I don’t have a scathing essay or a witty hook today–just some hefty questions and curiosities. I wonder if you share them with me?
What do I love most?
How can I make a difference and contribute to the world around me?
Which emotions motivate me to action the most?
Am I a slave to emotion, or is “slave” the wrong word?
Which personal need do I want to fulfill most?
What does this propel me to do?
Is this leading to a better life?
What would “success” look like for me?
Don’t I sound like the perfect candidate for a self-help seminar?
There are certain things I think every child does at camp. One of them is to simulate a rain storm using only your body. All at once, the group starts out brushing their palms together, swishing like a gentle drizzle. Then they transition gradually into snapping fingers (light rain), then clapping hands (a shower) and then smacking flat palms against thighs, crescendoing into a downpour.
So when I see this video on Today’s Big Thing, I really had to wonder… did none of these people (or anyone in the audience) ever go to camp? I guess the lighting effects and reverberating “thunder” make this especially grown-up. Even so, I think my day camp could have taken them on anytime.
For mainstream, American Christians, living as a believer means packing God into every nook and cranny. The goal is to push yourself and your natural habits, tastes, desires, and thoughts out. The more visible God is in your life (through bible study, prayer, church, etc.) and the more disciplined you are, the more holy you would become. After such prolonged exposure to God it’s sort of like getting skin cancer if you decide to go tanning and look like an overcooked carrot all year round.
Here’s a perfect example of the vocabulary used to describe The ideal Christian “walk”, life, day, and dreams from KristinaLovesJesus.
Just in case parties in your nether regions would make or break your devotion to a certain deity and its associated religion, this chart may come in handy!
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So, we’re not very shocked by this, right? Religious leaders want to control procreation in every way possible in favor of the glorification and expansion of their own systems. This is how they thrive, sadly. Buddhism, not to my surprise, is the most lenient of the major world religions pictured. I’d like to have seen Hinduism pictured, as well as a column for non-religious/secular people. That column would probably say “Personal and Social responsibility FTW!”
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