As I get older and approach graduation, my world seems to be increasingly chaotic. A lot of people freak out by this.
It's just the Second Law of Thermodynamics, I guess.
It's inevitable. Our lives will get more and more chaotic until death.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
God's Unpopularity
I am a Christian. Not just a Christian who attends church to be called a Christian because it's some kind of magical word that helps people get elected to office. No. I really believe. And that seems to be a really unpopular view in today's educated world. I've been asked how my belief in God can coexist with my understanding of evolution and other scientific findings. Well, here is a small story telling why I believe what I do.
I saw God when I was a freshman in high school. At this time in my life I was skeptical of most of the Bible thanks to science. However, I had a catharsis one day in early November, 2005. I don't even know what it was. I was sitting outside by myself, thinking and was suddenly hit with an overwhelming feeling. Despite the 30 degree temperature (Fahrenheit), I became really warm and didn't feel alone anymore. I could feel someone talking to me silently. Really, it was indescribable feeling, but I have no doubt in my mind that it was the Holy Spirit. Of course, I was terribly frightened, but found myself unable to move. I have never, in my life, had such a feeling of pure terror and pure calm.
That's when I first started truly believing in God, even though I had been forced to attend church my whole life. As I continued my daily routines, I saw God in more and more places, I believe, because I let him into my heart. God can never enter a heart that is too calloused. That's why it is impossible to argue God's existence with a non-believer. They will never see him, and I will never not see him.
Although God doesn't seem to be popular in the scientific community, I think that science proves His existence, but that's another post
I saw God when I was a freshman in high school. At this time in my life I was skeptical of most of the Bible thanks to science. However, I had a catharsis one day in early November, 2005. I don't even know what it was. I was sitting outside by myself, thinking and was suddenly hit with an overwhelming feeling. Despite the 30 degree temperature (Fahrenheit), I became really warm and didn't feel alone anymore. I could feel someone talking to me silently. Really, it was indescribable feeling, but I have no doubt in my mind that it was the Holy Spirit. Of course, I was terribly frightened, but found myself unable to move. I have never, in my life, had such a feeling of pure terror and pure calm.
That's when I first started truly believing in God, even though I had been forced to attend church my whole life. As I continued my daily routines, I saw God in more and more places, I believe, because I let him into my heart. God can never enter a heart that is too calloused. That's why it is impossible to argue God's existence with a non-believer. They will never see him, and I will never not see him.
Although God doesn't seem to be popular in the scientific community, I think that science proves His existence, but that's another post
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tiny Tim
So, this is the official beginning of my blog, and I thought that it would be appropriate for me to quote the boy who inspired me to write, Tiny Tim himself.
In The Christmas Carol, it was Tiny Tim who said, "God bless us, everyone." That's where history was made. Basically every time Tiny Tim is mentioned, people immediately think "God bless us..."
However, I find it strange that this quote is so famous. Same goes for the old adage, "God Bless America." Why? Well, both of these sayings use to subjunctive of "bless" when, instead, they should use the indicative.
Subjunctive verbs describe a clause of wishing, as if what they are saying is not true. So when we say, "God Bless America," and not "God Blesses America," I scoff at you because you have no idea how conceited you sound. It is so apparent how blessed America is. It's really not even fair. I say that God does bless us, so there is no point in using the subjunctive.
I parallel this with Tiny Tim's quotation. I think that God does bless all of us, it is just sometimes hard to see it. Look around. There is so much to be thankful for and, too often, we take it all for granted. So as the new Tiny Tim, the blogger, I will say this as my concluding line to my first post...
"God blesses us, everyone."
In The Christmas Carol, it was Tiny Tim who said, "God bless us, everyone." That's where history was made. Basically every time Tiny Tim is mentioned, people immediately think "God bless us..."
However, I find it strange that this quote is so famous. Same goes for the old adage, "God Bless America." Why? Well, both of these sayings use to subjunctive of "bless" when, instead, they should use the indicative.
Subjunctive verbs describe a clause of wishing, as if what they are saying is not true. So when we say, "God Bless America," and not "God Blesses America," I scoff at you because you have no idea how conceited you sound. It is so apparent how blessed America is. It's really not even fair. I say that God does bless us, so there is no point in using the subjunctive.
I parallel this with Tiny Tim's quotation. I think that God does bless all of us, it is just sometimes hard to see it. Look around. There is so much to be thankful for and, too often, we take it all for granted. So as the new Tiny Tim, the blogger, I will say this as my concluding line to my first post...
"God blesses us, everyone."
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