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I found this on Twitter ...

Saying "It's been a cold winter proves global warming doesn't exist" is like saying "I felt great when I did cocaine, so it can't be bad for you."

I have never understood why some Christians are so dead set against the thought of global warming. I remember studying it in 8th grade Advanced Biology and I really don't get what the big deal is ... other than maybe it convicts them because we haven't really done that great a job at being stewards of the earth God gave us. We have actually sucked at it in a very big way.

Who knows.

I thought that I would share this with you ... mainly so you don't end up in the same predicament and because I am still floored that this has happened.

Recently, I went to add our church to GodTube. After I created the group, and had a conversation with another person, I felt it would be best if our church was not associated with my account. If I were to ever be replaced as webmaster, the new webmaster would need to be able to take over the account. So, I wrote GodTube and asked them if I could delete the account and start over or move the group to another account. This was their response:

Hello,

Your account has been removed so that you can start over.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  Please let us know if you have any further questions.  We appreciate your support of GodTube!

GodTube Community Care

Just so you know ...

1. I am tired.
2. Facebook is addictive.
3. I wish I had more money. My wishlist is growing.
4. I still want a Wii and a Wii Fit. In a very bad way.
5. I am tired of hearing about The Shack. It is fiction people! God is not Aunt Jemima, Jesus is much more than just a carpenter, and the Holy Spirit is not a fairy.

That is all for now.

Have you ever been to a secular site or blog where a discussion of the Bible was taking place? Have you ever noticed that most of the people in the conversation have no clue what the Bible says and the ones who profess that they do ... really don't and it is really obvious that they don't?

Yeah. Me too.

I always feel compelled to "set the record straight" but have found that it is best that I don't. Honestly, I don't think they really want to know what the Bible actually says because normally it just starts a fight if you tell them. They want to argue about how the Bible "contradicts itself" and will claim that it says the most bizarre things. Or, better yet, they will claim it does not say what it says and you can show them all day long ... but in the end it will be that you are interpreting it wrong. Or my all-time favorite ... someone changed the Bible to say what it says now but that is not what it originally said.

It is not productive conversation. Not at all. Their interest really isn't what the Bible actually says ... but more along the lines of using pieces of the Bible to justify their beliefs about what they claim is in the Bible or why no one should read the Bible in the first place. They can't grasp the difference between religion and faith or what it means to have an intimate relationship with our Lord and Savior. Nor are they interested in reading passages in context of the other passages around the one they are quoting.

I guess that is why Jesus tells us not to throw our pearls before swine (Matthew 7:6). They don't appreciate them. They trample them underfoot. They mean nothing to them. Instead ... they just try to rip you to shreads. It is better to just turn and surf away ...

I have been a member of the Christian Women Online Blogroll for awhile now. I love CWO. It is an awesome online mag and such an encouragment. So when I found out that they were also on Facebook, it was a given I was going to join their group there as well. It is really fun too. They have contests and giveaways ... just some really fun stuff.

Well ... I won the latest giveaway and it is so awesome! I won a bracelet from Bracelet Stories. Oh my! You have got to see the work that is put into these bracelets. They are gorgeous! They began creating them in memory of children (miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn) but they also make them for brides, anniversaries ... any special occasion you want to commemorate with a bracelet. :)

I chose to have them make me a Mommy Bracelet. It has my children's birthstones in it surrounded by pearls. It is gorgeous! Check it out ...

Well ... my Bloginality might be ISFP, but my blog's is not. According to the Typealyzer, my blog is ...

ESFP - The Performers

The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead - they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.

They enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions.

Hmmm. I am not sure how my blog can have it's own personality ... but okay. :)

Hat tip: Conservative Musings

A few years ago, I was a professing Christian who had fallen away from the faith. To say I was a "backslider" was an understatement. I had slid so far back in some regards, there was no way you would ever have even considered me a Christian in the first place. I was definitely living "the way of the world."

I knew I was not right with God by no means. My mother would tell me I was saved because I had came to salvation as a child. But, I didn't feel that way. I knew I was living a sinful life, going through the motions of "apologizing" to God and asking Him to forgive me ... and then doing whatever I wanted. I figured there would always be time to "live" like a Christian later. I wanted to do things my way for the now. Plus, I was a good person. There were lots of people far worse than me.

There were times that I would seek God more earnestly and want to have Him in my life. It was during one of those times that I came across a website and it changed me. When I first came across The Way of the Master, it had Kirk Cameron as the first thing you saw and he asked you if you were a Christian. You picked "yes" or "no" and then he would walk you through the ten commandments. I realized real quick that I was in serious spiritual trouble. 

I know. It is silly and I am not even sure why I did it other than it is easier to update my Facebook with it than anything else and I love me some Facebook!

Why anyone wants to know every little thing you do or why we would bother to tell everyone about such things ... is a mystery to me. But, it is kind of addictive. So, I am definitely all a'twitter. :)

http://twitter.com/therogueangel

Update 3:56 PM: If you are on Twitter ... let me know. I need to follow some people around like a crazy cyber stalker. Ha!

I don't have a lot of time to blog right now. I need to get to church and get our Pastor's computer hooked back up and ready to go. He will need it when he comes in Monday morning for sure, if not tomorrow.

Anyway ... I wanted to point you to some really awesome posts that I read this morning. They spoke volumes to me and I hope you will enjoy them as well.

First is ...

We are the Problem

Some of us have formed an unholy alliance with a political party which forces us to spend time defending them and their policies. Others of us have refused to be good stewards of the miracle of transformation God desires to work in our lives, and we have been caught up in the things of this world. Until we change, both as individuals and as church families, our great nation will continue to decline.

And then there is ...

It's Not Just Politics. A Word of Warning to Christians.

I sometimes wonder what happens to Christians around election times. I support democracy in America. But more importantly, I am first a subject in a holy kingdom. The rules of that kingdom supersede the rules of this kingdom. In that kingdom, gossip, slander and lies are against the rules. So is hatred, idolatry and fear mongering.

Both are really good posts, with honorable points and intentions. They are definitely worth the read. So ... what are you waiting for? Check them out!

I think Blogrolling.com has been hacked. Some idiot who can't spell is declaring that ...

ALLAH IS GREATEST

And Mohammed Hist Massenger

My reply: It's too easy. I am not even going to go there. LOL!

Update 10/9/08: The hacking attack is over. We can edit our blogrolls once more! :)

Update 10/10/08: Well, I was wrong about editing blogrolls. Blogrolling.com has been down since yesterday.

While taking a stroll through BGEA, I found this and think it is just the sweetest thing ...

"On November 7, my father will celebrate his 90^th birthday, and we'd like to give him a special gift. If you or someone in your family came to know Jesus Christ through his ministry, please share that with him. Send us your story--or a simple greeting--by November 1, and we'll put all the messages together and present them to my father when we celebrate his birthday. Thank you for helping us encourage him on this special day." - Franklin Graham

If you came to Christ via Billy Graham's ministry, please participate in this. It is such an awesome way to honor a man who has given his life to bringing the world to the Lord.