Epic Guide

Atleast someone is making sense these days,

BAGHDAD — A thinner but combative Saddam Hussein said yesterday he would rather die by firing squad like a soldier than hang “like a common criminal,” as the defiant ex-president made his final appearance before the tribunal until it renders a verdict. - The Washington Times

Ever wonder what they really talk about on Al Jazeera?  Well I came accross a site that translates it for you. Memritv.org aka the Middle East Media Research Institute. It’s fair to say, they hate us westerners, especially us Americans.  Here are two videos that show an Arab American arguing with Al Jazeera about why they want to kill.  There are also videos of clearics telling kids to be terrorists and such.  It is clear that they dont want to kill us because we are encroaching on them, they want to kill us because we are infidels.

Johnny Cash…although old and has been around a long time, is a passing fad. He has all this popularity from the movie “Walk The Line” with Joaqin Pheonix and so it’s cool to like Johnny Cash right now. He’s really bad though. He doesn’t hit the notes at all. Maybe he’s a good songwriter, but seriously, his voice is weak and boring. Sadly, he would be laughed off the stage at American Idol. And ring of fire is not that good. Out.

As a person involved in starting discussions of the two things you’re not supposed to bring up (politics and religion) I feel it necessary to point out that while everyone involved in the dialogue has their own perspective, it’s important to listen to what the other has to say. A conversation with someone will be much more enlightening than spouting of facts that seem to prove one’s point. When discussing matters of disagreement, I ask myself, “What’s right about what the other person has to say?” None of us know everything. Let’s stop pretending that we do and try to learn something new.

The fact of the matter is that in the canonical gospels, there are many contradictions of stories. Some of the obvious ones are the time frames of the synoptics (Mark, Matthew, Luke) compared to John, the differences of the passion and birth narratives, even as technical as the genealogies of Jesus differ. Not only this, but theologically one must consider the differences between Hebrews, James, and Revelation compared with the rest of the New Testament. And then there’s the differences between the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The differences are endless. But does that mean that Christianity is based on lies?

NO!

First of all, most of the differences are insignificant compared with the broader message of the texts that are generally in agreement (mostly because if the texts had said something completely contradictory they would not have made it into the Bible at all), nevertheless, there are important differences - but that does not make the entirety of Christian Scriptures untrustworthy.

Something can be true and not historical. For instance, in the move Platoon, there is a really great scene where charlie sheen and tom beringer get in a fight over how to treat the vietnamese. This obviously is a fictional story, but it’s profoundly true in the sense that it shows the struggles of the soldiers and american society. In the same way, the texts of the Bible are not true because of their historical accuracy, although in some instances that is necessary, the majority of the stories about Jesus are important because they point to larger theological truths.

For someone to read Jesus’ resurrection of Lazarus as a guidebook for how to raise people from the dead would be foolish, that’s not what it is. The point of the story is not how to raise people from the dead, or even that Jesus did it, the point of it is to show Jesus’ compassion for those he loved. Truth is bigger than history.

I’m so ready to go to Wordcamp, it’s going to be just like Space Camp, but a bit more nerdy.

In a not so shocking move, France has forgiven their fallen Soccer leader Zidane, who head-butted a Italian.  I’d say that if the French won the game, Italy would have attacked France, knowing that the streets of Paris where built for foriegn marching armies.

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5775686

“A poll published Tuesday in Le Parisien newspaper showed 61 percent of the 802 people questioned forgave Zidane. No margin of error was provided, although it would be plus or minus three percentage points in a poll of that size.”

“In the poll, 78 percent of respondents said Zidane was the tournament’s best player - in line with his selection as the Golden Ball winner by World Cup journalists.”

The French are idiots, and soccer is a boring sport.  At least American’s got to see some action when head-butts flew.