mmkay.. I'm working on about 5 hours of sleep and with a building migraine, so forgive me in advance if this gets kooky again. I felt that I owed it to you to at least answer back since you took the time to read and argue with my posts.. first I haveta apologize about the soup kitchen thing.. got carried away there. also got too damned preachy and I hate that, both from me and towards me. So hypocrit I name myself. :)
Unlike Erin though, I'm not comfortable with arguing this sort of stuff. it's taken me years of thinking to get to where I'm at, and while it makes sense to me, I can't really articulate it. And tha's pretty much why I'm gonna back my arse out of this after this post and leave it to you and Erin. :)
I'm glad to see that you do question everything. I take Evolution pretty much as a given, because it just makes sense to me. Creationist ideas make all the sense to me that fairy tales do. So it was really a shock to read your previous post where you brought up the contradictions of your beliefs and work. I know you understand that I'm not flaming you for that.. and I thank you for understanding that.
btw, I did take the test and I ended up flat on my back after three hits and a bitten bullet. There are some glaring huge holes in that presentation, as Erin said. A true and false answer test is crap, imho.
Life is contradictions. The most fun one of all is that you have to recognize everyone's differences, and not only accept and appreciate them because of their differences, but also to accept and appreciate them despite their differences. :) And that's where most humans stumble.
I do not believe that all people are inheretantly evil, or even inheratently good. and I hope I'm not being graded on spelling either. :) I believe people make choices on their beliefs and principles and desires. Some choices are obviously wrong. I've done several things that I'm not proud of. The whole situation with Mike being the most obvious one between the three of us. But I don't consider myself a bad person either. All I can do is live my life the best that I can and hope that in the end that I at least batted a .500 game.
again, as I've said, I'm not an argumentative person.. ::hugs:: I figure between Erin and Kyle, you've got two sides to debate with. :) Just figure out what works for you. And overlook us freaks on the sideline who are waiting to be reborn through the reincarnation method. :)
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timeasmymeasure
Re: Finishing up with this one...
Date: 2003-10-02 10:37 pm (UTC)Unlike Erin though, I'm not comfortable with arguing this sort of stuff. it's taken me years of thinking to get to where I'm at, and while it makes sense to me, I can't really articulate it. And tha's pretty much why I'm gonna back my arse out of this after this post and leave it to you and Erin. :)
I'm glad to see that you do question everything. I take Evolution pretty much as a given, because it just makes sense to me. Creationist ideas make all the sense to me that fairy tales do. So it was really a shock to read your previous post where you brought up the contradictions of your beliefs and work. I know you understand that I'm not flaming you for that.. and I thank you for understanding that.
btw, I did take the test and I ended up flat on my back after three hits and a bitten bullet. There are some glaring huge holes in that presentation, as Erin said. A true and false answer test is crap, imho.
Life is contradictions. The most fun one of all is that you have to recognize everyone's differences, and not only accept and appreciate them because of their differences, but also to accept and appreciate them despite their differences. :) And that's where most humans stumble.
I do not believe that all people are inheretantly evil, or even inheratently good. and I hope I'm not being graded on spelling either. :) I believe people make choices on their beliefs and principles and desires. Some choices are obviously wrong. I've done several things that I'm not proud of. The whole situation with Mike being the most obvious one between the three of us. But I don't consider myself a bad person either. All I can do is live my life the best that I can and hope that in the end that I at least batted a .500 game.
again, as I've said, I'm not an argumentative person.. ::hugs:: I figure between Erin and Kyle, you've got two sides to debate with. :) Just figure out what works for you. And overlook us freaks on the sideline who are waiting to be reborn through the reincarnation method. :)