this is one of the hardest topics for me to discuss, so im going to keep a running tab on thoughts here till i come to my own conclusion. tolstoy, ghandi, martin luther king jr., gk chesterton. and the list of pacifist's grow. this should seem like such an easy and logical decision. war= not good. death. killing. peace= contentment, stability, life. but when you have grown up in a country where the church, state, and weaponry have all blurred into the same entity it is a much harder decision to come to. there are SO MANY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE on this blog, just read through the comments! my LORD! you guys are brillant. ang said "There is a time and a place for everything, it depends on the situation." but i would like to hear the situations in which violence is necessary. defend yourself? your family? but what about war, when do we have to kill? 'one murder made a villain, millions a hero'. your right ang this is hard because i would defend my family to the death wh
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i heard a quote somewhere at some point in my life that went somewhere along the lines of
"I'd rather live in a world of mystery than in one so small my mind can comprehend it."
I've always loved that quote, even if I couldn't remember it word for word :)
"we always have more to learn, don't we?!"
even if its a fresh perspective on an issue we thought we'd nailed down.
i think that's the most beautiful
quality in a person - a teachable spirit. that's the number one quality i want in a husband - that he'll desire to always be teachable when God speaks.
i don't think you can be teachable unless you're willing to ask questions and desire to learn the answers.
i love the thought of a holy curiousity - and i think it's really humble of einstein as one of the most brilliant minds of the century to acknowledge that the best way to live life is to constantly seek to learn more, from God and other people.
Here's to finding.
-Isaac Newton
What I think I like most about finding quotes by famous scientist is that the majority of them were christians, yet so many people now days would never know.
I feel it's a mistake to trust in such
A flimsy, spiteful thing
But
Although I know as much
When I saw you for the first time
And that old ring of mine
I always wear
Was a mirror image of
the tattoo on your back
I did think quickly, nervously
About fate.
But with even more speed
I pushed the thoughts away
And forced my mind to stay
Only on the though that
I like the muscles on your back
The ink that surrounds them
Nothing more - nothing less
I keep my feelings very thin
I keep everything thin
Without me and within
I don't believe in fate
But the day I hit that sparrow in the road
And came to see you approaching
As I gathered up its ruined wings
I thought about fate
And the way that I know
That bird had seen me coming
But, as if sacrificing himself for something,
Just stood there
Just stood there proud and still
Waiting to die
Waiting for me to unintentionally kill
I couldn't get away from that little bird
I swear there wasn't time
And then there was fate suffocating my mind
I thought a little longer about fate
Fate
And then we were face to face
You with concern and quivering lips
Me with a death on my fingertips
We both looked at the wings on the ends of my hands
And I realized
that old ring of mine
Matched perfectly
was a mirror image of
that bird before
it broke
And I realized that the bird
Was a mirror image of the ink on your back
So I thought,
And I think.
I don't just like the muscles on your back
It's not just t h a t .
My hands on your back and the bird on my hands
Would be winged enough to lift us up
D o w e w a n t t h a t ?
And you say, "They always fly away"
And I say, nothing
But I think,
Fate.
this side,
nicklecreek
Take care Stephen
Remember your email to me.. you were right, I was making excuses for myself. I was just trying to put aside what I already knew. It was too hard to let go and let God.
Enough of excuses for me!
It's finally liberating.
Thank you for your words.
Sarah.
Happy late birthday.
in fact we are called to be childlike, its what God admires in us as His kids.
"I am a deeply religious non-believer. This is a somewhat new kind of religion."
"I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or anything that could be understood as anthropomorphic. What I see in nature is a magnificent structue that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism."
The 'religion' and 'holy curiosity' that he spoke of was the underlying physical rules of the Universe, the outstandingly simple reasons from which the stunning complexity life can be derived. It was the pantheistic God, NOT a personal God, that appealed.
-Rich