It is time for a new post. However, what should I post? I could go on about my Thanksgiving in Alabama. How I had a wonderful time playing games, doing nothing, and eating good food. Until I passed the "too much food" mark, which sent me into a sort of sick depression that caused me to give up on life and eat more. I now weigh five pounds over what I should, and feel like a girl for being paranoid about my weight, but if I posted pictures, you would understand *shudders*, but what would be the point of posting of such frivolous things?
I could post about finals, and how I'm only worried about Western Civilization because I might be able skip two out of the four, and Greek, which is not one of those two, is pretty easy. Again, what would be the point? Such things seem pointless. Nevertheless, maybe I undervalue petty talk, which is what makes life so fun, or maybe I undervalue myself, after all, I never assume people want to talk to me or about me, and I do not force them to.
I could also post about how I am still comfortably repulsed by even the slightest thought of dating. However, this I foresee will cause many problems among my female friends, so I will not.
Instead, I shall post a serious question. I can feel the cringes already. "Not another controversy!" you say. I will reassure you that it is not, or at least that it is not intended to be. However, I will say why I like controversy. Controversy tests our thinking. It tears down the walls that our parents create for us and makes us think for ourselves; it opens our minds to new ways of thinking, and forces us to consider ideas that we never thought possible before; It shows us the character of other people and an insight into human nature.
My question is this. Is it better to be repulsed and offended by language and immodestly or is it better to hear, see, and forget out of hand or desensitize ourselves to it, if you will. We must still be mindful of what we say, how we dress, and what kind of image that sends to people. “Desensitize” does not equal “Do not care.” We all agree that these things are bad. However, in my experience, I find that when I am offended and actively try not to think about it then I spend the most time dwelling on it. When I desensitize myself, though, I forget much faster and I have fewer problems. I still care if I did not than I would be dressing and talking just like everybody else. I just do not worry about it because there is nothing I can do about it. I simply say, “That’s a shame,” and move on. I find this is helpful in being able to enjoy living on earth. Sure, it is a festering pit of cow manure, but I am content to live where God in his wisdom puts me until he decides to bring me home or send me home, which ever it is.
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Sorry for the long posts. I know how they are hard to read some times.
Controversy is more fun.
Basic answer to the question: we must learn to see ALL people how Jesus sees them--with love in our hearts for them, and a willingness to help what is seriously misguided. We as sinful creatures are no less repulsive to God than the people you describe.
You are a strange little being and you don't have my pitty... In answer to your question, in my opinion... any form of repulsive language or modesty should be noticed and recognized as what it is (if it is grotesque or inappropriate). Nothing will change the matter if we just ignore it and try and put it out of our mind. If the matter is causing others to sin or have thoughts that are ungodly, something should be said or done to address it. There are matters that may make one person uncomfortable and another person not notice anything. My issue when it comes to totally ignoring any immodesty or such is that if you say or do nothing to prevent it, it prevents who and what you are to be seen (especially in the case of a Christian). I think most matters of language and immodesty should not draw attention if you are to correct them. If something is said to a certain person about a word they use being uncomfortable around another, they will think about that every time they say it and, if they are considerate, will try to prevent themselves from using it around the other person. There are many ways you could take with this, but you are probably tired of listening to me by now…
it's the name of a character in one of my novels; I'm leaving in like, fifteen minutes, but I do want to contribute to answering the "serious question," so I'll check it out later; have a good day!
festering pit of cow manure? you know... there are 2 type's of peaple, there that guy that looks at his glass of water and say " festering manure pits! , my glass o' water is bally half empty! " and then there was that other guy that says " i say old chap! my glass o' water is jolly half full! [x]
I agree with Audrey. Just because some one is desensitized does not mean they don't do anything about it. It is still wrong, and one can still care. But being able to forget is more a servival method than anything else.
I agree with Audrey. We are to stand up to sin, of any kind. Should we just ignore murder or theft as long as we don't participate? I know it is hard to say or do something about language or immodest dress, or at least it is for me. It makes me uncomfortable to tell someone that I think they are wrong, but if I think it is hurting them spiritually, I should be more concerned with that.
Today I had by far the most bizarre experience of my short life. Anger, I'm sure, is an emotion we have all felt. It is a common nee-jerk reaction to anything we do not like. I have been angry many times at my siblings, but even then I could not hurt them out of some sick desire to cause them pain to punish them. However, today I broke new ground in the anger department. It was such a furry that I have no words for it. All I wanted to do was cause pain ten times that which was in my shoulder. It was pure hatred. I didn't want to kill him, but I wanted him to know I was not playing. I had no love, not even pity that he was such a moron. But what did he do to receive such hatred? You ask. This is what happened.
It was great day. The air was chilled (something that does not happen often) and my first class had been canceled so I could get a head-start on my paper. Needless to say, I was in a good mood. Chapel passes with a good talk on thankfulness, and everyone rushed to the student center to check their mail. So, there I was, slightly dazed, perhaps, from being tired, but I was in a good mood. At least, I was until one of my friends decides to swat another "friend" with a piece of paper (due to an incident that does not need explaining). This sparked the idea in that genius' head to hit me. It was not a swat as he had received, nor was it a playful punch. I can take pain. After all, if you can not take it do not give it. When I am assaulted though, it is a different story. Like I said, he was not playing he was being stupid. The first time he hit me it hurt, but hey, I can handle it. The second time the pain was setting in and it was not funny anymore. The third time I just wanted the pain to stop, and I was ready to hit back with a four fold O.T. vengeance. Whether he hit me a fourth time I can not remember, but I was getting ready. I tensed, changed my stance, balled my fists, and I paused...."No," I thought, "It's not right, I shouldn't, I can't." I un-tensed myself (which took a few seconds), and I walked away. I was still very angry, but I did not want to think about it anymore since it wouldn't do any good.
Well, that is my story, and I am sticking to it. I am not angry anymore. In fact, I find it kind of exciting. It was such a bizarre feeling I have never felt before. I laugh about it now, and I have no hard feelings. It was just a nee-jerk reaction. I guess this is just one more proof of the importance of thinking before acting.
To those of you who know the culprit, do not say anything. It was such an insignificant thing that does not matter. It was such a tiny blip it would not register on the radar screen. I'm happy, and there are no hard feelings.
Franky G.
One point to who ever knows what is wrong with the quote at the top.
Obi-wan Kenobi, is the owner of that grammatically incorrect sentence.
Good job handling yourself, I've flown off the handle before, believe me, it doesn't help. It won't make you feel better, if anything, it only makes things worse, 'cause then you're angry at yourself as well.
I can hardly ever remember being angry because I can't remember anything that happpens during that time. Luke said there have been a few times he remembers when I was angry.
Wow, I know you made the correct choice today by not letting him push your temper past the breaking point. Only a real man could have resisted the strong urge to fight.
Obi-Wan. Just so everybody knows, I knew who said the headline before I read joes comment. That statement is really kind of stupid, because, the statement itself is an absolute statement, so that would imply that Obi-Wan is a sith.
The "Only Sith deal in absolutes" thing actually came up in my intellectual history class last night. We talked about Star Wars for at least half an our (the topic was George Lucus so it makes sense). Yeah, my class is cool.
guilllltttt tripppp.... in my defense, I had no idea that his was going to get passed on...sorry! Delayed apology considering how old the blog is; by the way, this is Disney Princess, in case you haven't figured that out yet.
ummm, you told me what your secret pleo identity was in an email; so I discovered it by reading; which question? the "the hit" one? in comment one, I wrote "that his was going to get passed on" and I meant that, "the hit was going to get passed on." Also, do you not have your cell phone on you? 'Cause I called you yesterday with a question about MLA format for a paper, and you have yet to answer it! Argg! No not really; I'll just ask somebody else :)
I'm pretty sure everyone's burned out on quoting the bible. So, it's off to something more interesting!
All my life, or at least ever since I learned to read, I have gotten a kick out of signs and messages about things that were so clear that it was ridiculous to even have a sign for it. Such as, "don't park on the rail road tracks,"...well, duh! You know you live in a great country when the government has to post signs telling people to use common sense.
I've also been very humored by directions companies have to put on their products. I mean if you need directions to open a bag of peanuts you probably don't deserve to eat.
This brings me to the third thing I find funny. seeing adjectives with nouns that they shouldn't go with. For example, minor artery, since when was an artery minor? Or how about, sanitary sewer, no. They don't go together.
Now don't ruin this by explaining what is really meant by these titles. Furthermore, anyone who does will be shot with an axe. If you are not bent on ruining the fun, please post some of your own that you've seen. You have to post ones that you've actually seen because we could make these up until we're blue in the face.
Franky G.
P.S. Just to clarify, I like reading my bible just as much as the next guy, or more, depending on who the next guy is.
on the hair straightener instructions: Do not use while bathing. Do not place in, or drop into water or other liquids. Never use while sleeping. Unit is hot when in use. Do not let heated surfaces touch eyes or bare skin (I'm just wondering how I could get the straightener to touch my eyes...would I have to be straightening my eyelashes?)
we've got peanut butter that has its own special sign saying "contains peanuts" like we could'nt figure that one out you know with the big sign saying and i qoute: PEANUT BUTTER. whoo... glad to get that off my chest. :)
Fall break was awesome. I think I hit the happy medium of being productive but still relaxing and enjoying the weekend. I spent a ridiculous amount of time in the presence of good company, and decided that Newsies is an awesome musical. That's about it, although I will say I'm going to have to buckle down and spend less time in good company... a Shame, but such is life.
