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Nov 8, 2003
By | Posted at 18:39:44
Most people that know me who don't agree with me politically would call me a right winger. However, the political compass disagrees. Over the last year and a half, I've increasingly become a centrist! In June of 2002, I had an Economic Left/Right score of 4.00 (far right), tonight as with a few months ago, I had 2.75. I've also become slightly more “authoritarian” socially, going from -1.28 (slightly libertarian) to -0.05 (very slightly libertarian). I got a similar score on another test as well… you can see my complete results below.
Thanks to Christopher for reminding me about the Political Compass.
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Nov 7, 2003
By | Posted at 18:47:58
…to try out Fedora 1.0, the successor to Red Hat Linux. I'll report on how it goes probably sometime soon.
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Nov 6, 2003
By | Posted at 13:52:30
David posted on his blog about V. Gene Robinson, the new gay Episcopal bishop. In his post, David says, “I think the church should see him for who he is and not what he does afterall, if God didn't want him in this position, it would have never happened.” Well, I started responding to the post on his blog, but as often happens, my comment grew so long I thought I ought to post it here instead. You can find it below.
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Nov 4, 2003
By | Posted at 18:43:31
I'll be back tomorrow. Really. I think.
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Nov 3, 2003
By | Posted at 18:34:17
It was Administrative Night tonight, so it is a bit late to come up with a good post. So, for tonight, I guess I'll just leave you with this important question to seriously ponder: If a person falls in the woods and there are no trees around…
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Nov 2, 2003
By | Posted at 16:21:29
If you're like me, and have been an avid reader of the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, I have a good book recommendation for you. It's Soon by Jerry Jenkins and it's very good so far (I've read the first four or five chapters thus far).
Of course, it might be awhile before I finish it — I tend to read a number of books at once. Right now: The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge, The Remanent (Left Behind #10) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, Through the Gates of Splendor by Elizabeth Elliot and What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis. Yeah, I should read one at a time, but…
Until last week I was also reading Napoleon by Paul Johnson, but I finished that. I also have a number of books waiting for reading, including Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur, The Loving God of Prophecy by Tim LaHaye and some little book I picked up a flea market from Michael W. Smith. Later on my reading list, I have Traveling Light by Max Lucado and The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancy.
Anyone out there reading any good books?
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Nov 1, 2003
By | Posted at 18:40:55
Well, if I don't count the fact that my one post was a comment/post “in exile” while the server was down on the 16th of October, I have succeeded in posting every day this month. I've been meaning to attempt this ever since Christopher accomplished the same feat in February.
Hope everyone had a nice Halloween yesterday. Did you get many Trick-or-Treaters? I probably had 35-40… my uncle, who lives near by, got about 80!
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Oct 31, 2003
By | Posted at 18:43:34
Well, sure it is Halloween, but it's also Reformation Day today. Happy birthday, Protestant Church (486 years young this year)! This seemed kind of appropriate for the day:
A Mighty Fortress is Our God
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God's own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabbath, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
On the full page for this entry, I've included a complete copy of Luther's “95 Theses” should anyone be interested in reading them for Reformation Day (or just for general interest). I think it is rather interesting to see how Luther, at this time, still had many views that we might call strongly Roman Catholic; really this document captures just the beginning of Luther's realization of what needed to be reformed. It's sad that the people of the time weren't more open to the reformation call he issued — perhaps there would still be one universal organization (well, two, since there was the Orthodox split, obviously) to represent the Church of Christ if the 95 These hadn't fallen on deaf ears.
Then again, if his 95 Theses had been accepted, Luther probably wouldn't have gone on to consider what other reforms were needed, and thus we'd be in a lot worse shape today. We really need more theologians like Luther — the mainline churches today could use a clear and unmistakable voice for reform.
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Oct 30, 2003
By | Posted at 18:0:20
Has anyone bought from NewEgg.com before? I've been looking around their store for a few components I need and I'm really impressed with their selection and low prices. They apparently are a BBB member and are BizRate certified, so they must be pretty good…
Let me know if you've tried them.
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Oct 29, 2003
By | Posted at 17:58:57
I'm not sure why, but I'm ready for the holiday season this year. I know it's early. But I'm ready for Christmas. I'm ready for the whole works — the Christmas trees, the lights, the carols, and of course, the celebration of the meaning of the season.
Note to self: must resist urge to start decorating before even the beginning of November.
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