Backyard: mine. Ballistics: the study of the dynamics of projectiles.
The ingredients: Tom. Pringles cans. Duck tape. Tennis balls. Lighter fluid. Fire.
So far, no tennis balls, but he has blown the lid off the pringles can.
Daily Archives: July 11, 2008
I Missed John Calvin’s Birthday!
I am Reformed, but not rabidly so. I believe the Solas and I am pretty sure about TULIP (really sure about the "T"). I think that you could say that I'm "Calvinistic" in sotierology, but not in ecclesiology.
Since yesterday was 499 and we have a year until #500, it seems like a good idea to put a little bit of focus on Calvin and other Reformers.
Passions run high over religion...they always have and most likely always will. We can attempt to look at history and theology as best we can.
I grew up Arminian (or at least mostly) and my entire family is in Arminian churches now. My brother-in-law is a pastor and (on my husband's side) my sister-in-law is an elder. Most of my adult life has been spent in Arminian churches. I had been looking at the Calvinism v. Arminian debate for a while...then one day I was talking with my kids and asked them if they remember where and when they were saved.
My son knew. Where he was, who was with him.
My daughter..."Mom, do you mean the first time, or all the rest of the times?"
That was when I started looking for a "Calvinistic" church.
If You Really Think There’s No Double Standard…Watch This
As Glenn Sacks said, "Remember, if a woman is violent to a man, it's not violence."
And yet...this...is socially acceptable.
Do I think it's acceptable? No...but there is a double standard. I don't hear very many people speaking out against female on male violence or abuse.
Subtle Discrimination
From Glenn Sacks:
Him: Hey you remember Linda, the woman who was here a few weeks back?
Me: Yeah.
Him: She's in jail!
Me: No way, really? What happened?
Him: She got into a fight with her husband and she hit him and he called the cops.
Me: Good for him!
Him: No, he's a real jerk.
Me: Oh, did he hit her first?
Him: Well, no.
Me: Did he push her or something?
Him: No, but he's a real scumbag, and has probably hit her in the past.
Me: He has?
Him: I don't know, but he's a real jerk so probably.
Me: Did she ever say he did? Call the cops?
Him: No, but that doesn't mean anything.
Subtle message...it's always the man's fault.
From Barack Obama:
"My daughters and all your daughters will know there's no barrier to who they are. ... They will take for granted women can do anything that the boys can do, and do it better, and do it in heels. I still don't know how she does it in heels."
Subtle message...girls are better than boys. Even in heels.
From Scotland:
Ten police officers had been involved in the case at a substantial cost to the taxpayer, so Lindsay was charged with wasting police time.(...)
Sheriff Veal said she had shown little sympathy for Graeme and didn't care about the impact of false allegations on genuine rape victims.
But last week judges at the Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh overturned the sentence, after her defence counsel argued that the Sheriff should have taken into consideration the fact that Lindsay could be viewed as "vulnerable".
Subtle message: false accusations are a "waste of police time", not destruction of a reputation. False accusers DO NOT CARE about the falsely accused. False accusers get off.
False accusations hurt. Just say no.