Christians Attack Science ... And Christianity

So I was Stumbling around the internet recently and came across the following video: What I would like you to do is watch the video. Then, if you if you feel so inclined, read the review that follows, which will be bulleted for your easier reading. (Warning, If you are Christian the review may be highly maddening, and inspire you to write your own blog about me, as I am about these two gentlemen.) This video was originally aired on Nightline ABC News, it talks about "the gentlemen" (Billy Jack and Rusty Carter) who lead BC Tours.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/ruinmuseum

The gentlemen recognize, and say, that they are being closed minded and only seeing the world from a biblical standpoint. "I've chosen to believe to look out of the bible" 7:57

The gentlemen lie about the facts/teaching of their own faith, the most widely agreed upon fact in fact. "We believe Jesus is our designer and our creator of everything that was ever made." 1:12 This kind of flies in the face of the book of Genesis, which interestingly is one of their prime sources of information, and which tells us, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth," (Genesis 1:1; KJV) I think that should be it for ad hominem attacks, sorry.

Yeah its unfinshed, IK, more later.

"Let There Be Peace"

Nothing important, I just thought I'd hit you all with another peaceful song I picked up at camp. Titled "Let There Be Peace" by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller (1955):

Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on Earth,
the peace that was meant to be.

With God as our Father,
brothers all are we,
Let me walk with my brother,
in perfect harmony.

Let peace begin with me,
let this be the moment now.
With every step I take,
let this be my solemn vow,

To take each moment and live each moment
in peace, eternally.
Let there be Peace on Earth,
and let it begin with me.

This is a very simple piece that promotes the ideals that so many of us work for. Sadly, like with so many other songs of this ilk, it was inspired by Jill's new found love for and from God. (1) For once, just for once, I would like to be able to find a couple of songs that don't rely on God, Jesus, scripture, Buddha, or any thing else to promote a message of peace. I would like to find a song that can rely solely on your morality and ethos, to show the need for peace.

Pax.

You Gotta Talk

So I was on a trip recently after a hectic start to term. It was very relaxing, and I wrote a few poems. The following is the one that really Spoke to me most. There are a couple of rough bits but I think you will get the Idea:

Here is the audio

Speak Out

If you see something wrong

do you try to fix it?

If you see something wrong

and are asked your opinion

do you give it?

Do you give your opinion

knowing that it may,

just may,

do more harm than good?

Knowing that you,

you alone,

are all that stands between two lovers.

Knowing that you

could split them apart like an ax splits wood

or keep them together like pi and circles

Knowing all this,

do you give your opinion?

Do you let your voice be heard?

Do you speak out

and make the hills echo with the voice of righteousness?

Your Voice!

Do you speak out

even when you are speaking alone?

Do you speak out

even when you're talking to people who don't care?

Have you ever tried simply saying what you think?

If you did would it be good?

Or bad?

Would it help people?

Or hurt people?

Would it keep people together?

Or split them apart?

And do you really need to say anything at all?

Or is just being there enough?

The answers to these questions and many more...

I don't know.

I simply do not know.

But what I do know

is that you have to try

to speak out

to say what you believe

to give your opinion

and whatever happens....

Hope that it is

GOOD.

LibriVox Hits *1000*

Today was the day. We've done it. With courage, daring, greatness, a microphone, and a will! We are LibriVox and So Can You. This is the official press release written by the organizations founder: Hugh McGuire:

LibriVox, the free audio book project has just cataloged it's 1,000th book: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," by Edgar Allan Poe (read by Reynard T. Fox).

LibriVox.org started in August 2005 with a simple objective: "to make all public domain books available as free audio books." Thirteen people collaborated to make the first recording, Joseph Conrad's "Secret Agent."

Two years later, LibriVox has become the most prolific audiobook publisher in the world - we are now putting out 60-70 books a month, we have a catalog of 1,000 works, which represents a little over 6 months of *continuous* audio; we have some 1,500 volunteers who have contributed audio to the project; and a catalog that includes Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," "Moby Dick," Darwin's "Origin of the Species," "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Einstein's "Relativity: The Special and General Theory," Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason," and other less well-known gems such as "Romance of Rubber" edited by John Martin. We have recordings in 21 languages, and about half of our recordings are solo efforts by one reader, while the other half are collaborations among many readers.

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SFP #3 Continued

Recent research demands that I reopen the books on this song. I was getting ready to record this for LibriVox and was unable to find a single original source file, meaning a scan of the original printings. The best I could do was to get something that might be a PD text from civilwarpoetry.org. ¹
I did, however, find original scans of a song entitled "Two Little Sailor Boys". This was published in 1906 with lyrics by Edward Madden (the same fellow who wrote the lyrics for "Two Little Boys") and music by Dolly Jordon. Surprisingly, or maybe you'd already guessed, "Two Little Sailor Boys" has the same tune as "Two Little Boys". An odd coincidence or something else?<sup>2

1</sup>http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/FAQ/twoboys.html
²http://levy-test.dkc.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/display.cgi?id=150.085.000;pages=4;range=0-3

One Tin Soldier

I learned the song One Tin Soldier at camp from a friend of mine. A really great person. It was originally written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. They wrote it in the 1960's as a protest against the Vietnam War, but like most songs of that era it is as applicable now as ever. So here it is:

One Tin Soldier
By Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter

Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the stone,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Now the valley cried with anger,
"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"
And they killed the mountain-people,
So they won their just reward.

Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it...
"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

I really love this song and hope that it reaches you well!

Child 'X'

So the other day I was Stumble!^tming around the web a couple of days ago when I found this:

X: A Fabulous Child's Story
By Lois Gould ^© 1972

Written in 1972 this is an amazing short story!! By following the life cycle of a gender ambiguous human child Mr. Gould shows us very clearly how much better life would be without - what I like to call - gender casting. Many of the specific items that are addressed in the story are not as much of an issue a quarter century later, but the story as a whole holds just as much weight now as it did then.