White Sox Win!!!!!

Yipeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!


ETA - Hope you were watching Grandpa! I know you would have loved it!

Ha! See, hon, the Bible even says so!

Eccl 4:11 "So also, if two sleep together, they keep each other warm. How can one alone keep warm?"


My point exactly! You are supposed to be a heater. Stop complaining.

Evolution and Creation - solved. :P

Food for thought.

Genesis 1:24 "Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds."

Now I know that I'm pushing it a little.... okay, alot.... but could this be God "creating" evolution? I got this idea while I was reading Katie's Bible for pre-schoolers. I guess it just stood out more in that version.

I believe that it is obvious that God's seven days were not 24 hour periods. We have evidence of dinosaurs, etc. that are not mentioned in the Bible so obviously the making of earth took longer than our week.

Now I know that the Bible says that man was also made of dirt [earth] also (actually clay in my version). But it goes on to say that "the Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life" Gn 2:7. So there was more involvement than just saying "Let it be".

That's my two cents for the day.

This is why I believe in the death penalty for violence against children!!

Four Month Old Killed

From my September 4, 2005 entry of things that would be happening once I was Queen:

1. Proven child abusers and rapists will immediately face a firing squad.

A firing squad would be too good for this guy. If you read the article it says that his four month old died of undetermined causes in 1999. This four month old was not a blood relative. Sometimes I think torture might not be a bad idea. At the very least it would make me feel better.

Back to Religion - a little

I was just wondering what everyone's favorite passage or part of the Bible is. Not sure what mine is yet, but I was just wondering what everyone else's was.

And can someone please tell me why Psalms is a book in the Bible. Sorry, I had alot of trouble staying awake during that one. I'm hoping Proverbs doesn't have the same affect on me.

You Go Girl

Sexual Assault Victim Puts Suspect in Hospital

"When the young woman cried, pointed to her bedside Bible and begged her attacker to have mercy on a Christian woman, he told her to shut up or she'd be shot.

So the Hyde Park woman tried another approach: She smashed her attacker over the head with a bottle, stabbed him with a kitchen knife and wrestled his gun away"

"Earl's [the attacker] injuries were not believed to be life-threatening" That's really too bad.

Libby, I think you can take over from here. It's been a long time since I let you decapitate someone. LOL

Hell, continued

The old posts continue to have comments added to them for anyone who has an interest but hasn't been checking the old posts.

Now then, let's see if I can cloud the picture any more. I have delved into my copy of "The Essential Catholic Catechism". You've heard the saying "know enough to be dangerous"? Yep, I am the embodiment of that philosophy. It's one of my charms. And it covers a number of topics. Like computers. But I digress.

It appears to me from what I've read that the Catholic take on Hell is this: it is not God's fault that people go to Hell, God made man with free will and does not force anyone to choose the way that leads to life. Also, there is alot of focus on the internal pain of Hell - eternal separation from God, along with the agonizing guilt of realizing that it is due to one's own choice. I can see that. Now, to the external pain of Hell... Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." It seems to me that for every quote arguing that there is no Hell, there is another arguing there is. I'm not going to repeat the two that I've mentioned from Revelation since I've posted them twice and haven't had a direct argument against them.

I'm not necessarily sure what I believe about Hell, I'm not sure if I ever will. But I do think that it is impossible to say that one religion is wrong and another is right. These are all man's interpretation of God's word. If you take everything in the Bible at it's literal meaning, you (general you) may think that you know what is going to happen. But is there a religion that takes everything literally? Credibility is lost in my eyes if you say take this part literally but not this part. We won't know for sure what is going to happen until it happens. That does not mean I'm not going to continue searching, I am, and I'm going to continue asking questions. And I appreciate everyone's contribution and will continue to.

Croats donate blood for soccer

Croats donate blood to see key soccer game

"I have always been afraid of syringes, but for Croatia I found the courage," student Ivica Brnadic told the daily.

Not for Croatia, for Croatian soccer. I knew you guys were crazy, but geez! And yes hun, if you're reading, this means you. :)

Heaven and Hell - Yes/No?

I think, and I'm sure that I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, that I'm safe in assuming most people believe in Heaven. That is most people who believe in God in one form or another. I'm obviously not included atheists in this.

But what about Hell? I posted a couple passages earlier that got lost in the whole Revelation question.

They were:

Revelation 20:15 "Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire." Also, 21:8 "But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

This to me sounds like Hell. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Okay Cynthia...

Where are you? I'm still expecting a comment on the last post BUT I finished reading Daniel. I know that there are a few references to many years in the future. Can you explain 1914?

A little levity - that fits in with the subject matter - maybe

Sister Karen, who worked for a home health agency, was out making rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it a gas station was just a block away. She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas.
The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.
Since the nun was on her way to see a patient who needed a bedpan badly, she decided to walk back to her car. She looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to her patient. Always resourceful, she carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gas and slowly carried the full pan back to the car.
As she was carefully pouring the gas from the pan into her tank, two men were watching from across the street. One turned to the other and said,
"If it starts, I'm turning Catholic".

Revelation - Post 2 ('Cause I don't have a better title)

I'm going to piece apart the comment in the first post because it covered alot of area and I think it will be easier to start a new post than reply to all of it in a comment.

Here's how I'm breaking it down (and I'm not commenting on everything at this time).

144,000 go to heaven - not going to argue the point although I have a tendency to think that this is more of a symbolic number than an actual number. Divisible by the twelve tribes and thousands is a representative of what the people of the time thought was a big number. The Bible is God's Word, but it was interpretted by men. I'm sure that men at the time could not fathom several million, let alone billion. I'm not necessarily arguing the point because believing the 144,000 or not is a difference between reading Revelation in an literal sense or a symbolic sense. I think it's a little bit of both - just can't get off the fence, can I?

Hell. Okay, I'm going back to 20:15 "Anyone whose name ws not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire." Also, 21:8 "But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

Spirits - we can discuss who the Bible tells us the spirits are, but I know one of the spirits was my grandfather. I don't know if that is something the Bible tells us, but it is something that makes it confusing to determine what exactly is going on after death.

Daniel. I need to read Daniel, I am leaving Daniel alone right now. I might skip ahead in the Old Testament, but if I do that I'm skipping Psalms and Proverbs again. :) Might have to do it anyway, just make sure I go back.

Let's start with the hard stuff

I was going to try to start with the basics, but realized that there really are no basics in Revelations. At least not in my opinion. Trying as I am to understand the Catholic faith, I am interested to see other points of view. Although I would be equally happy if someone would explain the Catholic viewpoint to me.

Here's a quote from the Catholic Study Bible. Revelation 20,12-15.

"The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead. All the dead were judged according to their deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second death.) Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire."

Okay, here's my quandary. If we are awaiting the second coming to determine if we are in the book of life, and that decides whether we are saved or "thrown into the pool of fire" why are we "Catholics" taught that when you die you go to Heaven or Hell? (And if I have gotten that wrong, I'm sorry Dad, but I'm pretty sure I got that much.)

Now, I have to say that I believe in spirits. I have seen two and there is nothing that is going to convince me that I have not. So. If we remain in our graves and our spirits or souls do not go anywhere when we die, how do I explain the spirits that I've seen? My own personal problem I guess, but if you'd like to comment on the real question of the post, please feel free.

I am no where near an expert on religion and am pretty much just looking for answers like everyone else. I'm willing to listen to anyone's ideas, but I will not abide intolerance on my blog and you will be deleted and or blocked if it happens. This is obviously not meant for those of you already reading my blog, but for others that might wander onto it from a google search or other method.