Following are two poor poor syllogism proving it is wrong to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend.
I. God made humans to be in communion with him
II. God made humans to be happy
III. If we are not in communion with Him we will be unhappy
IV. Having a boyfriend or girlfriend takes time and energy away from being in communion with God
V. The more time taken away from communing with God the more unhappy we will be.
VI. If we are actively choosing something which would deny us the ability to commune with God we are sinning.
I. God is the only being who can satisfy the desires of a human.
II. He commands us to come and drink of Him so that we might be satisfied.
III. A boy who truly loved a girl would not become her boyfriend because that would only distract her from pursuing God who is the only true relief.
Because I'm falling asleep in my chair I'm just gonna say plain and simple I think boyfriend girlfriend relationships are wrong bad and otherwise unehlfpul. Not even because anything wrong happens in the relationship itself (even though 99.9% of such relationships end in regret remose and hurt people) but because of the time it takes. Humans were made to serve God, to love God and through loving God to love other people. If we truly love other people we would spur them on towards God. We would not hinder them in their race to eternal bliss by getting them all wrapped up in us. This goes for boys and girls. The wives will be made by woman who do not need a man to satisfy them but who has allowed God to satisfy all the emotional needs of her heart. The best husbands will be made by men who already know how to humble themselves before God and serve Him.
Just encase my logic doesn't make sense then talk to any of your highschool friends who have ever had a boyfriend or a girlfriend. See if any of them would be able to say that the relationship was a positive experience and that throughout the whole thing they were growing in their relationship with God. I do not think you will be able to find any.
Next blogpost will try to unravel how, if we can not have boyfriends and girlfriends how are we supposed to treat them.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
"Our hearts, Oh Lord, are restless until they find their rest in Thee."
I've been thinking and interacting alot with the spiritual world lately. I think its a part of our universe that goes unnoticed and unknown which is a horrible pity because in many ways the spiritual world is far more real then the physical world which we observe with our sense. My contemplation has brought me to these conclusions, which you are free to dispute in your comments.
I. Each human has a spirit which is active in the spiritual world.
II. Most human spirits are acting on impulse rather then planned movements making them very vulnerable.
III. Satan wars with God by manipulating people's spirits thus getting people to act in the physical world how he would like them to but washing his hands of it at the same time.
(Here I must explain myself)
It is common knowledge, or should be anyway that the spirit is meant to be in control of the physical. As Christians our actions ought to be a mirrored reflection of our spirit and our spirit ought to be a mirrored reflection of the Holy Spirit which is rooming with our spirit inside our hearts.
According to Romans 8 God purifies our Spirit first by sending His spirit to dwell inside of us. When His spirit is firmly entrenched inside of us then He will kill our fleshly body. Once the flesh is dead He will bring our mortal bodies back to life through the power of His spirit with no trace remaining of our original sin nature. That in short is the process of Sanctification. That being said our spirit is the key player, it never dies and never comes back to life, it is purified through its interaction with and self subjugation to the Holy Spirit which dwells inside us.
Satan knows that the best way he can counteract God's plan for the reunification of humanity with Himself is to hinder our spirit connecting with God's spirit. Since Satan himself is a spirit it is must easier for him then attacking us in the physical world or the world we observe through our senses. This is why we dont see Satan walking around gathering a following and burning churches, he attacks peoples spirits and he can so manipulate them that he can get people like Joseph Stalin who gather their own following and burn churches for Satan. It saves Satan time, resources and effort to manipulate other people to do his dirty work rather then do it himself.
Now how do we counteract Satan's plans to counteract God's plan?
IV. To counteract Satan people must be willing to interact with their spirit and to let their spirit be the one in control of their actions.
V. We must be open with other humans,
(I need to explain again here)
Satan can not beat God in any sort of real contest, he can cheat God he can manipulate people he can slink around but he can never meet God in any sort of pitched battle because he will lose every time.(this proves I'm not a dualist for the record) What Satan can do though is cut people off from God. He gets people isolated, stifles them in their own emotions and misunderstandings which will inhibit them from being a powerful voice for God. It is of prime important that people are willing to be open and honest with each other, primarily about the state of their spirit.
The Puritans had as the cornerstone of their theology a cross diagram. The vertical part of the cross representing one's relationship with God and coinciding with the first and greatest commandment. (Matthew 22:37), the horizontal piece representing our relationship with each other and coinciding with the second greatest commandment. (Matthew 22:39). The point is both of those relationships are essential for God fulfilling his purposes on earth. Not that He needs us specifically but people need to focus on these two items. If someone focuses only on the vertical he will be a holy island which will be of no help to anyone except for that one person. If we focus only on the second we will become polluted by the world.
VI. The Spiritual realm is much more worthy of exploration then anything terrestrial.
Things spiritual last much longer then things earthly and if it is our spirit which is guiding our perception of the physical world then what we experience in the spiritual world will transfer over to the physical world making life better in general.
VII. In the spiritual world we are not subject to our circumstances or our emotions but rather we can rise above both those hindrances and pursue God with praise and adoration.
I apologize for the longevity of this post but I think that too often we get lost amidst the complexities of this earthly life with all its unknowns and misconceptions. We seek solace for our spirits in things earthly rather then allowing our spirits to rest in God. So if nothing else I hope this post might prompt you to reconsider how you spend your time, how you go about combatting Satan and when you are troubled where do you run for help. I hope you will take to heart the words of Augustine who says, "Our hearts(spirits) are restless until they rest in Thee" and to rest in him does not necessarily mean going and knitting a sweater or relaxing in front of the tv but pursuing him through prayer and study.
Some of my favorite books in the world.
I. Each human has a spirit which is active in the spiritual world.
II. Most human spirits are acting on impulse rather then planned movements making them very vulnerable.
III. Satan wars with God by manipulating people's spirits thus getting people to act in the physical world how he would like them to but washing his hands of it at the same time.
(Here I must explain myself)
It is common knowledge, or should be anyway that the spirit is meant to be in control of the physical. As Christians our actions ought to be a mirrored reflection of our spirit and our spirit ought to be a mirrored reflection of the Holy Spirit which is rooming with our spirit inside our hearts.
According to Romans 8 God purifies our Spirit first by sending His spirit to dwell inside of us. When His spirit is firmly entrenched inside of us then He will kill our fleshly body. Once the flesh is dead He will bring our mortal bodies back to life through the power of His spirit with no trace remaining of our original sin nature. That in short is the process of Sanctification. That being said our spirit is the key player, it never dies and never comes back to life, it is purified through its interaction with and self subjugation to the Holy Spirit which dwells inside us.
Satan knows that the best way he can counteract God's plan for the reunification of humanity with Himself is to hinder our spirit connecting with God's spirit. Since Satan himself is a spirit it is must easier for him then attacking us in the physical world or the world we observe through our senses. This is why we dont see Satan walking around gathering a following and burning churches, he attacks peoples spirits and he can so manipulate them that he can get people like Joseph Stalin who gather their own following and burn churches for Satan. It saves Satan time, resources and effort to manipulate other people to do his dirty work rather then do it himself.
Now how do we counteract Satan's plans to counteract God's plan?
IV. To counteract Satan people must be willing to interact with their spirit and to let their spirit be the one in control of their actions.
V. We must be open with other humans,
(I need to explain again here)
Satan can not beat God in any sort of real contest, he can cheat God he can manipulate people he can slink around but he can never meet God in any sort of pitched battle because he will lose every time.(this proves I'm not a dualist for the record) What Satan can do though is cut people off from God. He gets people isolated, stifles them in their own emotions and misunderstandings which will inhibit them from being a powerful voice for God. It is of prime important that people are willing to be open and honest with each other, primarily about the state of their spirit.
The Puritans had as the cornerstone of their theology a cross diagram. The vertical part of the cross representing one's relationship with God and coinciding with the first and greatest commandment. (Matthew 22:37), the horizontal piece representing our relationship with each other and coinciding with the second greatest commandment. (Matthew 22:39). The point is both of those relationships are essential for God fulfilling his purposes on earth. Not that He needs us specifically but people need to focus on these two items. If someone focuses only on the vertical he will be a holy island which will be of no help to anyone except for that one person. If we focus only on the second we will become polluted by the world.
VI. The Spiritual realm is much more worthy of exploration then anything terrestrial.
Things spiritual last much longer then things earthly and if it is our spirit which is guiding our perception of the physical world then what we experience in the spiritual world will transfer over to the physical world making life better in general.
VII. In the spiritual world we are not subject to our circumstances or our emotions but rather we can rise above both those hindrances and pursue God with praise and adoration.
I apologize for the longevity of this post but I think that too often we get lost amidst the complexities of this earthly life with all its unknowns and misconceptions. We seek solace for our spirits in things earthly rather then allowing our spirits to rest in God. So if nothing else I hope this post might prompt you to reconsider how you spend your time, how you go about combatting Satan and when you are troubled where do you run for help. I hope you will take to heart the words of Augustine who says, "Our hearts(spirits) are restless until they rest in Thee" and to rest in him does not necessarily mean going and knitting a sweater or relaxing in front of the tv but pursuing him through prayer and study.
Some of my favorite books in the world.Friday, February 11, 2011
The Beginnings of 2011
I havn't done a none serious post in awhile so for all my readers who are like, "oh will he just shut up with his illogical speculations", this is something you might enjoy. Prior to Christmas 2010 we had had no snow, hardly a sprinkling. Since that time Connecticut has almost beaten our record for most snow in a winter. Pretty impressive if I do say so myself. Here are some of the pictures I've taken over the past two months.
This is just the beginning. Sometime early in January we had a small dusting.
Then kabooom!! We got bombarded.....
....by storm....
...after storm....
...after storm....
..after storm, until the snowplows broke and we had to recruit the local population of garden gnomes (because garden gnomes are the only gnomes dumb enough to be caught) to shovel all our driveways and plow our streets.
After the gnomes had done their work the turkeys came along to sweep the last little bits of dirt and slush away.
left, right, left, right,left, right....."left wheel!!"left, right,left, right, "the humans have seen us, quick!!double time!!" and away they went.
Then we got another storm
The picture is blurry because the tree was shaking because of all the weight of the snow on it, not because it was so cold outside that my hands were shaking.
Since we were stuck inside so much during the storms, we had to come up with clever ways to spend our time.
Ezra conteted himself by making a house of cards in the shape of Edinburgh Castle, then destroying it because he didn't have enough cards to make it life size.
I manned my post up in my room. Reading, writing, studying and trying by will power to transform my Algebra II book into the worlds largest Snickers bar.
It didn't work so I had to go downstairs and make fudge. Which was actually superb which was surprising considering I didn't have enough rum extract to give it its usual potency.
This is just the beginning. Sometime early in January we had a small dusting.
Then kabooom!! We got bombarded.....
....by storm....
...after storm....
...after storm....
..after storm, until the snowplows broke and we had to recruit the local population of garden gnomes (because garden gnomes are the only gnomes dumb enough to be caught) to shovel all our driveways and plow our streets.
After the gnomes had done their work the turkeys came along to sweep the last little bits of dirt and slush away.
left, right, left, right,left, right....."left wheel!!"left, right,left, right, "the humans have seen us, quick!!double time!!" and away they went.
Then we got another storm
The picture is blurry because the tree was shaking because of all the weight of the snow on it, not because it was so cold outside that my hands were shaking.Since we were stuck inside so much during the storms, we had to come up with clever ways to spend our time.
Ezra conteted himself by making a house of cards in the shape of Edinburgh Castle, then destroying it because he didn't have enough cards to make it life size.I manned my post up in my room. Reading, writing, studying and trying by will power to transform my Algebra II book into the worlds largest Snickers bar.
It didn't work so I had to go downstairs and make fudge. Which was actually superb which was surprising considering I didn't have enough rum extract to give it its usual potency.
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