God Loves, God Kills

[Dave/Scott]
Recommended Reading: “Lightning kills 5 children praying at cross.” The New Zealand Herald. 25 Apr. 2006.

Five children between 9 and 16 years old died and several others suffered burns when lightning struck a white-painted metal cross set on a hill in the town of Santa Maria del Rio early on Sunday, according to two newspaper reports.

I wonder if there was a booming voice warning them before the bolt to get the hell off His symbol, following his warning with a sigh after he saw that the kids were ignoring him. No, I don’t think children dying is funny, I just see it as ironic due to the circumstances. Perhaps Christians shouldn’t ignore the fact that God can be wrathful from time to time. This is also why parents don't like you kids playing in the rain.

♪…FLASH BEFORE MY EYES
NOW IT’S TIME TO DIE…♪

Song of the Moment: “Ride the Lightning” by Metallica

Are You Not Entertained?

[Dave/Scott]
Recommended Reading: Ewalt, David M. “In Praise of Blood Sport.” Forbes.com. 18 Apr. 2006.

I have to admit that after spending years of eating at Woodruff with Bruce, I can’t look at football the way I used to. He pointed out that though the sport is purportedly of the contact variety, on about 75% of the time plays end within seconds of contact (Bruce likes hockey). I am aware that an average man hit by a NFL linebacker (aka moving wall) would likely knock the man out cold, but I’d rather watch something proposed in the article linked above. I’ve pasted a snippet below if you don’t feel like taking two minutes to read it. Bring back lions vs. Christians!

It's hypocritical to suggest that we're somehow above violent sports. Consider what happens on the average football field or hockey rink; men tackle and hit one another, using physical strength to knock the other down and move ahead. If someone hip-checked you in a grocery store, or on a street corner, you'd have them arrested. But in a stadium, we accept it and embrace it.

Movie of the Moment: Gladiator starring Russell Crowe

Some Food for Thought (Religion)

[Dave/Scott]
I finished reading Mark Millar’s Chosen graphic novel about a week or two ago and it brought up some interesting bits. One of the ones that really got me thinking was something brought up by a Catholic priest, who through hardships over the years has become rather agnostic. Here’s what he says:

“Well, suppose I’d been there two thousand years ago when the original Jesus Christ was doing his thing? Would I have bought all that hocus-pocus about God-made-man, or just stood there and watched while they hammered in the nails.”

Comic of the Moment: Chosen by Mark Millar and Peter Gross

College Makeover

[Dave/Scott]
When Jack and I first moved in this 9th floor apartment we had the intention to do some decoration so that it didn’t look just look like another college apartment with bare walls. The deer’s head was the first step, but we stopped there largely because we didn’t spend much time in the living room due to circumstances with Matt (crazy-druggie-former-roommate). Earlier this semester Jack and Ryan (not Jack Ryan from Tom Clancy novels) went to Tower Records and bought all the cheap records with the weirdest covers that they could find. You should’ve seen the look on the cashier’s face when she was typing in their prices. They finally got around to putting them up on the wall, and I have to say that the result wasn’t half-bad, in its own ghetto-college way. Click on the picture to get a closer look.

♪…STEP INTO THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT…♪

Song of the Moment: “The House that Jack Built” by Metallica