kinja!!

finally signed up for this blog thinger called kinja, u may have heard of it, basically i just gave them a bunch of favorite blogs, then it reads all those blogs and puts every post onto my personal webpage, so basically i read all my blogs from one web page! its awesome, turned my blogging time from hours to seconds... and they have a bunch of digest blogs that are pretty good.

Chickens...

Merry X-Mas!

Don't we all just love hopiday music on the radio? Not me, I think they suck....but anyway my parents just love it to death. We were listening to it on 88.5 XPN...apparently I was the only one paying attention. It was a song that was basically: "Santa's coming to town! Let's have sex! Santa's coming to town! Let's have sex! Santa's comiong to town! Let's have sex!" and so on. I thought that XPN had grood quality music with the Classic Rock and Echos (and the guy who hosts it's daughter goes to my school) and such...

OMG

Check this post on Dave Barry's blog! Look who suggested it!

return to sender

this is another great webcomic u have to check out...

KARO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KARO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lighten Up

And listen up. It's the voice of reason, yo.

This whole religion thing has gotten way out of hand. I have one thing to say to pretty much all of you, regardless of your personal beliefs or whatever. I say this unequivocally and without bias.

STFU!

Okay, thank you. I'm not trying to be offensive or anything, but seriously. Just drop this whole subject. It's not getting us anywhere, and everyone's only getting riled up. I really don't care whether you worship Jesus, or Darwin, or a five-legged goat with the teeth of a tortoise and the tail of an antelope.

Religious tolerance, right? Isn't that supposed to one of the great things about America? I'm really getting sick of the whole "You're going to hell!" "No, you're going to hell!" thing. Also the "You're not going to hell, you'll just spend eternity slowly breaking down into your component molecules and atoms" thing.

Now, I'm not letting what I do and don't believe in interfere with me telling the lot of you to lighten up. We're teenagers. We're supposed to be worrying about our hair, not our immortal souls (or lack thereof).

Okay? Let's keep things secular, and keep out heated arguments on AIM and in the real world, where they might actually have some substance. It's easy to call someone a cockchafer over the intar-web, but a lot harder when it's to their face.

Eh? Damn straight!

ah hem...

just putting this out there....Second, no posting that insults someone else. Doing so results in deletion of post, verbal warning, and/or expulsion from the blog. and...no major curse words either! ... in fact u even wrote that didnt u matt??

WHA?!?!

a warning?!? that was a muse, not a insult.... not to piont fingers.. but u did call me a "fucking bastard"... come on did u really think i was seroius about u going to hell for not killing an animal a week.. chill....

hm....

i was reading this...I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT WHILE I'M SURE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT, IT'S ALSO REFERRING TO GOD'S PRE-JESUS LAW. THE SAME THING THAT SAYS THINGS LIKE TO SACRIFICE ANIMALS DAILY FOR THE LORD. DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT GOD WOULD STILL HAVE US SACRIFICE ANIMALS DAILY???... and thinking... its understood that some stuff changes over time.. but does gods law really change?.... are the commandments obsolote in a world riddled with war and greed?.... think about it... does God really change his law to suit the times, or are we abandoning him by conforming a church to suit are everyday life... so yea Matt, u might just go to hell for not sacrifing that animal....

follow up post!!!

ok well i tried to comment this but its way to long... i noticed that a few people flipped over my last post... just felt like addressing it... ok first off chill, i just thought it was interesting to post, but yeah whole piont of the letter is and that arguement in general is not to disapprove god its to prove that u cant take everything in the bible literally. I know relegion is a touchy thing, but my opionin is that people use religion as a means to solve the problems that have with themselves, a self help line really. It's hard to explain without sounding really screwed up, but i beleive in religion becuase i know that its the natural way for a human to cope with the hardships of life and it actually is helpful to me ina a ton of ways, but i dont really beleive in a god. I also beleive the bible is a story, A STORY, not a historal or holy document. Its created to help people, its a source of socail codes and a way to forgive themselves for sins. Unforunatly its also a politicail tool, it was re-written many times before it was finallized into the canan (in the third century... so ha dont call me ignorant about this stuff) and re-intpreted to allow for unchallegned rule of kings, invasions and crusades (yes even iraq in a way, not to mention those crusades started the grudge that led to 9/11 leading to the war in iraq.. its all a big circle), the improtance of men in a household, and the prosecution of gays, blacks and any other religion still seem like a holy document? Even today people use religion to excuse all kinds of things, like bush with the war, take for example "christains for the death penalty", if they called themselves "upper white class citzens with no criminal record or chance of being arrested for the death penalty and against the tax pressure of prison" then it would seem cruel, but if their christian.. then ok, as long as its in the name of christ... U REALLY THIBK CHRIST IS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY?!?! id say he got the short end of that stick in his day!!! I mean read the bible, i think "dont kill" is a pretty clear commandment, or love thine enemies... same for the christains for the war.... how do u miss that?!?! Either way.. back to my orginail piont, religion is a self help line. and should be treated as such... u never hear from the "pyschic phill hotliners for the war" becuase its not a way of life its a way to cope with it...

Letter to Bush, from anoymous

"Dear President Bush,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's law. I have learned a great deal from you and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to followthem:

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not to Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states that he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that, even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?

7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev. 24:10-16)? Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?

I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
"

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ok link didnt work... srry.....

Cost of War

cost of war in iraq counter... this is crazy....