both a fervent believer and a firm atheist
You believe in something you don't believe in? I'm confused.
I was thinking about God recently and I was struck with an idea--what if God exists and isn't omnipotent? What if God's creation has spun out of his control? What if God despairs at the fecklessness of his children and gnashes his teeth in rage over the atrocities performed in his name but is powerless to affect either? Are there any religions that believe that God created the universe but it got away from him and now he's just making the best of it the way we all are?
You believe in something you don't believe in? I'm confused.
they were at different points in his life
It seems like a god who doesn't have power over the world wouldn't fulfill the societal needs that most gods do. (Or a fod, whatever. I'm a bit tipsy from not writing my paper.) That said, isn't that to some extent what most Christians believe, that because of free will S/He can't interfere but is desperately sad over the things we do? As evidence, I cite the phrase, "makes the baby Jesus cry." Because I like citing Gunn.
Er. Unless Gunn didn't say that. Maybe I'm getting mixed up. Gunn said, "with sweet baby Jesus" but maybe the crying thing was somebody else. Okay, well, Sipsey in "Fried Green Tomatoes" said that talking about suicide made Jesus cry. So there.
Gunn did say, "We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus."
I am just now leaving work. Mind you, I've been writing a paper for the last 1.75 hours, but still. I need to leave here.
{{{Jilli and Aimee}}}
So I made up the sweet part. Well, at least the baby part was there!
"Have those applications find happy readers who want to throw vast sums of money and job responsibilities at Calli"~ma
Done!
f(gf'(x)g') is not like gxg'
If I knew how to pronounce that, I could use it for a new swear word. I need to find something, as Aidan is repeating everything I currently use at a very loud volume in public places. Sometimes all at once.
I seem to have forgotten how to live nicely with other people.
I wish I had something helpful to say. I can't find the words, other than, being a mother sometimes just sucks.
I celebrated the non-gestational diabetes with a scoop of Dove vanilla ice cream
yay! and yay!
Greg pointed out, and so I had to share with you all, the current headline on Yahoo for my local news: Oprah Calls For Action With Sexual Predators
Today: I've had my boobs squished and I didn't even cry. Aidan has an ear infection. Kara is fine(ish), both of them went to the doctor for colds that wouldn't go away. Aidan's ear is clearly stopped up and weird looking, and I didn't even notice until after the doctor did. Bleah. I have to have a colonoscopy in a couple of weeks. I like my dermatologist, despite the fact that he has a 3 foot long unpronouncable name with too many consonants.
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Ewan McGregor looks a lot like Eddie Izzard in that picture.
Please to relink? For lo, I am tired, and have skipped many a post.
Bless you, Jen. Now if I could just make it larger. My screensaver would alternate between that and ASH as Frank.
ETA: How much do I love that it's saved as eyeliner01, and my computer told me I'd have to either save it as something else or replace?
Bleah. I have to have a colonoscopy in a couple of weeks.
As unfun as this is, I'm glad you're having one. My uncle's in the last stages of colon cancer so I prefer my buffistas to have lots of early-detection medical attention. When my uncle was diagnosed, both my parents went out and promptly got scoped.
