Until the end of they, I have no idea how much time I’ll devote to this blog. It could be more, less, or the same. Just an FYI for ya.
I felt really empty last night missing the opening night of the new Star Wars movie.
I think most of the public believes a casualty, in terms of the military and such, means death, but it also includes injury, illness, capture and desertion.
The weekend before Christmas is when all of WifeGeeding’s family gets together in East Texas, so we have a road trip planned tomorrow. Since I no longer have living parents, I wonder if WifeGeeding feels lucky that she doesn’t have to fret about a trip to see another set of grandparents. It’s not that I feel unlucky or that I’m not appreciative of my relationship with my in-laws, it’s more of me wondering if WifeGeeding and her siblings understanding just how fortunate they are to still have their parents around and for their children to get to know them. And yes, I’m jealous.
I don’t know a lot about survivalist Bear Grylls, but I caught the end of his special with President Obama last night. He ended it by asking if he could pray over the president.
There’s a lot of local buzz about trying to find afluenza teen Ethan Couch who is now on the lam, but the local media (on television, at least) keeps showing an outdated picture of him, instead of one more current.
When I was a child, in catholic school, I remember the first time they explained to us that Abraham had Ishmael first because he thought he couldn't have a son. Then when Isaac was born Sarah made Abraham send Ishmael away. And that Ishmael's descendants ended up founding Islam. So as a catholic child, we were taught that the God of Abraham was the same God of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
It's really strange to see people fighting so strongly about something that you've understood since you were a child.
No one said the religions were the same or equal or correct or whatever. Just that it was the same God. The world would be a better place if all children were taught that different people believe different things, and that it was ok.
What Mr. Corey fails to mention (unless I missed it in my quick reading of his otherwise well-written post) is that the Christian God is absolutely different from Judaism and Islam primarily because of our view of the nature of Jesus. Christians believe in one God in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Spirit. This is the Trinitarian view of God (which is the orthodox view of Christianity). Neither Jews nor Muslims recognize Jesus as God, so how can one say we worship the same God? Yes, I believe that we follow the same Abrahamic tradition. I believe that the Father for Christians is akin to Jehovah for the Jews and Allah for the Muslims. But no, we do not worship the same God, for God is Father, Son and Spirit. I admit that trying to understand the Trinity is infinitely complex, but at the same time the Trinity is what distinguishes Christianity (and our God) from all others.
Until the end of what? The holidays?
I can't argue with Texas Monthly's Bum Steer selection.
When I was a child, in catholic school, I remember the first time they explained to us that Abraham had Ishmael first because he thought he couldn't have a son. Then when Isaac was born Sarah made Abraham send Ishmael away. And that Ishmael's descendants ended up founding Islam. So as a catholic child, we were taught that the God of Abraham was the same God of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
It's really strange to see people fighting so strongly about something that you've understood since you were a child.
No one said the religions were the same or equal or correct or whatever. Just that it was the same God. The world would be a better place if all children were taught that different people believe different things, and that it was ok.
What Mr. Corey fails to mention (unless I missed it in my quick reading of his otherwise well-written post) is that the Christian God is absolutely different from Judaism and Islam primarily because of our view of the nature of Jesus. Christians believe in one God in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Spirit. This is the Trinitarian view of God (which is the orthodox view of Christianity). Neither Jews nor Muslims recognize Jesus as God, so how can one say we worship the same God? Yes, I believe that we follow the same Abrahamic tradition. I believe that the Father for Christians is akin to Jehovah for the Jews and Allah for the Muslims. But no, we do not worship the same God, for God is Father, Son and Spirit. I admit that trying to understand the Trinity is infinitely complex, but at the same time the Trinity is what distinguishes Christianity (and our God) from all others.