I am missing something.

Exodus 32

²⁵ Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. ²⁶ So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

²⁷ Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’ ” ²⁸ The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. ²⁹ Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

How can God, the same God that is the loving Jesus, command such a random killing of the people?

Really?!?!

Why do scientists/the media seem to always use the once ridiculed ideas to support theirs, such as: the theory of continental drift, the fact that rocks fall from the sky, the notion that the Earth revolves around the sun. Yet a belief that has been around for as long as human’s have existed and doesn’t contradict any science can in no way be true, according to many people. And yes, I am talking about God.

Fun Fact

In Philosophy Club most people raised their hands in saying that they would hypothetically take money to allow a person to commit adultery with their newly married spouse. One person who didn’t said, “So you are putting a price on adultery?”       Then a second question of, “Would you take 10 million dollars if someone you didn’t know had to die?” (Like that movie where they just push the button), and that same guy who was against the adulterous act raised his hand for this along with many others. The honor of a marriage is priceless, but a human life is not, wow. Pretty much everybody also said in the hypothetical situation of somebody coming into the classroom, putting a gun to their head, and telling them to pick somebody to die, that they could pick somebody out to take their place as the victim.

This all stemmed from the discussion of ‘human value,’ or the idea of one life being more valuable to another. You could say that we came to the conclusion that it really is completely relative, but a absolute true value would have to come down to either incalculable or equal.

Arg...

I was going to say something funny, but I completely forgot what it was. I think it was something my grandma said, but I can’t remember. ARG!!!

Rain+Robe

turned out all right. Love my Opa’s blue robe.

Light railing it

kenleigh:

So I want to visit my friend Ryan over in Tempe tonight and I took the light rail because I didn’t want to waste gas in my car and stuff. So I stayed until like midnight and then headed back. Well there were only a few people in the car I was in and there was one guy in the adjoining car. Well the adjoining car guy kept glancing over and it was weirding me out. So then he actually came into my car and sat down across from me and started chatting it up. It was super awkward. I think he was drunk and he introduced himself like 3 times. It reminded me of the “Hi I’m Tom” guy from 50 First Dates. And coincidentally this guy’s name was Thomas.  So after like 10 minutes 2 police officers came on the train to check passes and obviously they stayed on after that because they saw that the guy was being a creeper. They stayed on all the way until I got off which was really awesome. It made the guy seem a lot less creepy and a I saw the humor in the situation a little more. And the male policeman yelled at the guy for saying the F-word, which was awesome.  Anyways, the guy kept jabbering on about being an alcoholic and getting a ticket for walking across the train tracks and telling me how you shouldn’t drink because then the Devil and spirits take over your mind. It was super weird. I just started ignoring him after a bit, flipping through my Bible and saying “yep” every so often. And a couple minutes before I got off one of the other passengers came over and sat down and asked me if I was ok. Even though the police were there watching out and everything. It was such a genuine thing to do.

So that was my first crazy light rail experience. I really hope something like that never happens again. Next time: first car near the driver instead of the last one. More people ride there. I am exhausted now. I think I am going to collapse in bed with my normal clothes on. Yeah, I’m that tired. Goodnight.

My first time going on the light rail was in the evening with quite a bit of people on it and with my youth group, but there was this guy who had to at least be drunk and he threw candy at me from across the train. It was completely random and a piece of candy just hit me on the head. Took me awhile to find the source. Then when we got off he followed us for about 3 blocks, while foaming at the mouth. Very strange indeed.

I love how a 5.5 hour Key Club event can turn into 3.5 hours of working, 1 hour of lounging, .5 hour of eating, and 1 amazing photo shoot hour. So glad I brought a camera.