The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

In a move that shocked conservatives all across the country, after attending a Bible reading which was made mandatory through legislation backed by the Republican majority in both the House and the Senate, the Republican Party has decided to renounce Jesus. Realizing the inevitable backlash from supporters that the party was going to receive, the Republican National Committee mailed a letter to every registered voter, which said this: "Dear patriot, As sad as we are to say this as Republicans, we can no longer call ourselves the party of God, faith, or religion. After attending a Bible reading, we realized Jesus' teachings and beliefs aren't in line with our own and have decided to renounce him. We just ask that you still trust us, give us money, vote for us, and regardless of how our actions may showcase otherwise, believe us when we declare to the world that we're Christians. God bless you all and God bless you the United States of America. Sincerely, RNC...

Republican Minnesota Representative and person voted most likely to need an exorcism in the next year - Michelle Bachmann - has called on the nation to join together in a "National Day of Prayer and Fasting" on September 11th. Bachmann said, "Our nation has seen judgment not once but twice on September 11 and that's why we're going to have a '9-11 Pray' on that day. Is there anything better that we can do on that day rather than to humble ourselves and to pray to an almighty God?" I'm not going to come out and suggest Ms. Bachmann is either right or wrong in her beliefs, because I can't objectively do that, regardless of her beliefs. However, just those two sentences she constructed make me laugh some, because they don't make a lot of sense, especially when placed in such a close proximity to one another. Bachmann refers to God as "almighty" or omnipotent (all-powerful), yet also contends that the United States has been ...

So, as most people I speak or hang out with regularly know (as well as regular readers of my blog), I get asked if I'm gay about as much as a nymphomaniac moans the word "god". I've tallied at least 25 people whom have asked me that very question in the past year and a half, I'd say, including last Friday. I was talking to a friend of mine about this recently and she relayed a thought unto me which I found to be quite amusing. You see, it seems as if a solid majority of those 25+ people asked that question (or thought it to be true), because I've been witnessed turning women down for sex. I'll get propositioned by a woman I hardly know about once a month. At the end of the night, they're either going home alone or with someone who is not me. So in response to this, my friend said something like, "It's kind of funny. People assume you to be gay because you're too 'moral' to be straight, yet many people think it's immoral to be...

There are many things about organized religion that confuse me, especially the Christian faith, as that's the religion I grew up learning the most about, living in a country where the majority practice this particular faith. One debate I've always had problems with on a logical level is with regard to predestination vs. free will and also mixing in "God's plan" to the equation. I know people whom believe in predestination. I know some whom believe in free will. I know others whom believe in both. I know some that believe God granted us free will, yet he/she/it has a plan for every one of us. Breaking this down, I can understand if a person believes solely in one or the other, whether that be predestination, free will or that God has a plan for us. However, I have difficulty in understanding how we can simultaneously have both or all three. If our destiny is predestined by a higher power, of what difference would free will make in our outcome? If I was predes...