Monthly Archive for December, 2007
20 Things That Are True But Nobody Wants to Admit
21. People Love to Smell Farts
You know you take a second smell after the first one. Even if the smell makes you wanna throw up, you take anothe whiff, just to make sure.
What can you add?
The article also talks about a sequel. Not sure what that will be. I am kinda glad Peter isn’t directing to be honest. He has good grasp on middle-earth and it worked for Lord of the Rings but The Hobbit isn’t a different book all together. What do you guys think? Excited? Don’t Care?
Homer Simpson takes a photo of himself everyday for 39 years.
The Original.
A Good Spoof.
You guys complain about no comments and then I write a post asking for them and one person responds. Anyways, our first entry in the “make your own bible verse contest” (as well as a highly intelligent response) is in.
From Casey:
“Women, obey your husband and do not trouble him with meaningless household tasks.” (Titus 2:13) The Greek translation of household means jobs which are traditionally for women. i.e. cleaning up after dinner and making the floor mat.
Who’s next? Dave?
I think sociology was my favorite class in college. Especially when it came to group dynamics and cognitive dissonance. They have an interesting relationship. The individual molds their beliefs to fit in the group, sometimes completely reversing long held opinions.
Last night I was sitting at a table and a local leader of an international religious organization made me aware that the organization had recently released a belief statement changing their stance on sin and the fall from grace. They no longer want to use the word “separated” in describing our relationship with God prior to salvation. They have given a list of descriptions that fit better with their adapted theology. The one he shared with me was “disconnected”. I am not a linguist but disconnected and seperated are quite different. Disconnected doesn’t sound quite like “eternal damnation”. Being disconnected from God sounds only slightly uncomfortable. Like we had a fight and we’re taking a few days off and we’ll hang out again later. What does this have to do with sociology you ask? Here it comes….
I then responded by making a complaint in front of a group of my peers, who also work with the afformentioned religious organization.
Disconnected? How about “Get away from me, for I never knew you!”
I responded, misusing bible quotes (The biblical recipient of that quote was not the same group being called “disconnected” from God, hence the misuse.)
I then backed up my misquote by sharing
I don’t think many people know this, but I went to bible school for two years.
Sorta true. This somehow validates anything I say about God as being correct.
It’s easy to quote the bible for whatever our purposes are. This is where cognitive dissonance comes in. We are “christians” except when we don’t want to be. We like the “blesseds” but not the “do nots”. Here is a good verse I just made up for all those 20-something Christian dating couples:
…And then their unwed laid down together. God looked upon this and was pleased. Habakkuk 6:2b
No one except Bro #3 has read Habukkuk so you can use it on at least 98% of people and they won’t be sure your wrong. Get one friend to back you up and you have group dynamics working. Say you took two years of pretend bible school and you’re golden.
Pick a response: What I think about separated vs. disconnected or make up your own fake bible quote to justify your actions (wittiest quote wins something good…)
You could also respond to both…you suckup.
