This is my response to his..... "the supernatural doesn't exist" remark
A few quick examples....
In the summer of 1993 I prayed and asked Jesus for a very specific sign - the next morning I received around 240 postcards - they all answered my question....
In the fall of 1994 I believed that Jesus told me that he was going to give me a house to live in. (I had been trying to figure out how my girlfriend and I could get married with me being piss poor) I told her about it on a Friday. We laughed and joked about it all day Friday and Saturday but we didn't tell anyone but one another. Saturday evening a wonderful lady told me that we could live in the house she had just inherited from her mother - all we needed to do was pay the taxes and insurance.
In 2003 I decided to give away my salary for the entire month of January... I really wasn't sure how we would make it, but there were so many answers to conversations with Jesus that I had to start writing them down.
Last year, I had been driving a 1993 Mercury Villager for about 6 years. I never wore a seat belt. I just don't like them. They are frustrating and I always told people that I couldn't fit out the window anyway. I am 6 foot 5 and around 340lbs. Anyway - I do and did talk to my imaginary friend all the time (He isn't at all imaginary - Jesus is more real to me than you are!) but I never wore a seat belt. My wife and kids hated me not wearing a seat belt and we often had little arguments about it. Well one evening as I was pulling out of my driveway to watch a Carolina Tar Heel Basketball game on a big 12 x 12 projector screen... (They were playing LR College - it wasn't televised so some friends and I were projecting it at my office from a computer feed!) Anyway Jesus told me to put on my seat belt. I laughed and thought to myself... this is crazy. Now let me remind you - I have no rules! This will sound cheezy but... when you are with the king in the king's kingdom and He knows and sees and has all power - who needs rules. Anyway... I put on the seat belt... first time in years... (By the way - Jesus has never spoken to me with a voice that people around me could hear... some would say that it isn't an audible voice but I actually hear it in my head as clearly as if it were an audible voice) I took a left out of my drive way then took three more lefts.. and not 2 miles from my home a Saturn pulled out in front of me and I hit it hard. That d--- seat belt hurt my chest but it probably kept my face from busting the front glass.
BEST IMAGINATION I EVER HAD!!! OR MAYBE I AM RIGHT AND I ACTUALLY TALK TO JESUS! YOU DECIDE
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
A Non-Partisan Look at the Debate
A non-partisan, non-religious guy speaks about the debate.
(By the way I am non-religious but I love Jesus Christ!)
ISSUE 1: ECONOMY
Well it seemed to me like the debate started quickly with the economy being the first issue discussed. McCain brought up Joe the Plumber - If I understand right Joe has been a plumber for quite some time now and he wants to buy the business in the next few months or years. I believe when Joe buys the plumbing company he currently works for the revenues would be more than 280k / year.
McCain's never mentioned how much Joe the Plumber would make on an annual basis and by leaving out that piece of information I believe that the "Average Joe" felt as if he could really relate to "Joe the Plumber."
Obama on the other hand wanted to make it clear that his tax increases would hit people like himself and Warren Buffet and not typical "Average Joes."
Basically this is a place that you can vote for your preferred issue - leave the candidates out of this issue and vote for the way you believe taxes should be.
If you think taxes should be paid by all and shared in proportion to your income VOTE MCCAIN
If you think taxes should be charged heavier to the richest 5% of our income earners... VOTE OBAMA.
ISSUE ONE WINNER: MCCAIN - the Joe the Plumber played well for him. - it may bite him in a few days as the lower income voters realize that Joe the Plumber's company would have over 250 in revenue.
ISSUE TWO: WHAT WILL YOU CUT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET?
Neither candidate admitted that they would cut anything back.
ISSUE TWO WINNER OBAMA: OBAMA seemed to have some answers to things that he would cut out of the old economies... I suspect there is a ton more!
ISSUE THREE: NEGATIVE (DIRTY) POLITICS
I am not so sure that I am totally opposed to negative politics. I want to know if one of the candidates has a clear lack of character.
This issue allowed McCain to play Hilary Clinton's questions on Obama without looking like he was the only guy asking.
Obama's relationship with Bill Ayres was well addressed and clearly answered. Some will still be against Obama for that relationship, but Obama answered the question.
However, Obama didn't answer the ACORN issue with total truth. Even CNN reported this morning that Obama didn't totally tell the truth.
ISSUE THREE WINNER: MCCAIN... the combination punch of Ayres and ACORN may have missed with Ayres, but the second punch landed even if it wasn't as bad as the Ayres issue.
ISSUE FOUR: What type of people will you bring into office... and abortion?
Depending on whether you are pro-life or pro-choice or pro-life / pro-choice you got your question answered here. Obama is pro-choice and McCain is pro-life. They both said that abortion would not be litmus test for their selections of judges, but they both went on to say that a judge that he would pick would vote the same way they would in that matter.
ISSUE FOUR WINNER: OBAMA I think this subject helped Obama because of McCain's talking about Sarah Palin. As he was talking I wondered if she would have time to do her job.
ISSUE FIVE: Energy and Climate...
McCain won this easily. He started talking about Obama as a wordsmith"er". I received a phone call from a close friend. When McCain pointed out that Obama said that he would look into off shore drilling but that he didn't say he would do it.... My friend called (or texted) to say "I am voting for McCain."
ISSUE FIVE WINNER McCain
ISSUE SIX: HEALTH COVERAGE
Obama wins here. Unless you fear we are becoming a socialist country. (By the way - both of these guys were in favor of the bailout. I was against it. I liked Dave Ramsey's plan better.)
ISSUE SIX WINNER: OBAMA - I currently don't have health insurance. I am opposed to socialism and I am opposed to Obama's socialization of health care, but as he talked about health care I thought to myself - "If Obama gets in maybe I won't have to worry about loosing everything because of a medical issue."
ISSUE SEVEN: OOPS I MIXED THIS ISSUE up with number four... just noticed. Either way this was a somewhat split issue.
McCain did do a good job of portraying Sarah as a shoot from the hip and get things done kind of girl.
That didn't taste too bad. One thing I like about Sarah is... maybe she hasn't been a politician long enough have fallen in the trap.
ISSUE SEVEN WINNER: Mixed
ISSUE EIGHT: EDUCATION
Obama - throw more money at it
McCain - Don't
They both failed here. Either one of the candidates could have shown that they had thought this through more! This is a big issue and both candidates treated it like a secondary issue.
ISSUE EIGHT NO NO WINNER!
CLOSING STATEMENTS:
McCain won in the closing statements for one reason. When Obama went back to the eight failed years and I was reminded of McCain's comment about -"If you wanted to run against Bush you should have run four years ago." I laughed out loud.
MY TAKE... IF I HAD THE OPTION OF HAVING LUNCH WITH ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES I WOULD PICK OBAMA. I LIKE THE GUY, I THINK HE WOULD BE FUN TO BE AROUND. I DON'T THINK HE IS A TERRORIST. I THINK HE WANTS TO HELP AMERICA. However; I think I am leaning more towards voting for McCain because I agree more with his policy. The only place I adamantly disagreed with both candidates was education. No child left behind is a mistake - our education system needs the money the banks are getting - and we do need to pay teachers based on performance. We need to fix our education system - desperately. Our country believes the best answer to our economy is to more debt!!! Something about our education system is failing to wipe the stupid off!
FREEZE SPENDING.... ??? yeah I think that is the way I would start.
(By the way I am non-religious but I love Jesus Christ!)
ISSUE 1: ECONOMY
Well it seemed to me like the debate started quickly with the economy being the first issue discussed. McCain brought up Joe the Plumber - If I understand right Joe has been a plumber for quite some time now and he wants to buy the business in the next few months or years. I believe when Joe buys the plumbing company he currently works for the revenues would be more than 280k / year.
McCain's never mentioned how much Joe the Plumber would make on an annual basis and by leaving out that piece of information I believe that the "Average Joe" felt as if he could really relate to "Joe the Plumber."
Obama on the other hand wanted to make it clear that his tax increases would hit people like himself and Warren Buffet and not typical "Average Joes."
Basically this is a place that you can vote for your preferred issue - leave the candidates out of this issue and vote for the way you believe taxes should be.
If you think taxes should be paid by all and shared in proportion to your income VOTE MCCAIN
If you think taxes should be charged heavier to the richest 5% of our income earners... VOTE OBAMA.
ISSUE ONE WINNER: MCCAIN - the Joe the Plumber played well for him. - it may bite him in a few days as the lower income voters realize that Joe the Plumber's company would have over 250 in revenue.
ISSUE TWO: WHAT WILL YOU CUT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET?
Neither candidate admitted that they would cut anything back.
ISSUE TWO WINNER OBAMA: OBAMA seemed to have some answers to things that he would cut out of the old economies... I suspect there is a ton more!
ISSUE THREE: NEGATIVE (DIRTY) POLITICS
I am not so sure that I am totally opposed to negative politics. I want to know if one of the candidates has a clear lack of character.
This issue allowed McCain to play Hilary Clinton's questions on Obama without looking like he was the only guy asking.
Obama's relationship with Bill Ayres was well addressed and clearly answered. Some will still be against Obama for that relationship, but Obama answered the question.
However, Obama didn't answer the ACORN issue with total truth. Even CNN reported this morning that Obama didn't totally tell the truth.
ISSUE THREE WINNER: MCCAIN... the combination punch of Ayres and ACORN may have missed with Ayres, but the second punch landed even if it wasn't as bad as the Ayres issue.
ISSUE FOUR: What type of people will you bring into office... and abortion?
Depending on whether you are pro-life or pro-choice or pro-life / pro-choice you got your question answered here. Obama is pro-choice and McCain is pro-life. They both said that abortion would not be litmus test for their selections of judges, but they both went on to say that a judge that he would pick would vote the same way they would in that matter.
ISSUE FOUR WINNER: OBAMA I think this subject helped Obama because of McCain's talking about Sarah Palin. As he was talking I wondered if she would have time to do her job.
ISSUE FIVE: Energy and Climate...
McCain won this easily. He started talking about Obama as a wordsmith"er". I received a phone call from a close friend. When McCain pointed out that Obama said that he would look into off shore drilling but that he didn't say he would do it.... My friend called (or texted) to say "I am voting for McCain."
ISSUE FIVE WINNER McCain
ISSUE SIX: HEALTH COVERAGE
Obama wins here. Unless you fear we are becoming a socialist country. (By the way - both of these guys were in favor of the bailout. I was against it. I liked Dave Ramsey's plan better.)
ISSUE SIX WINNER: OBAMA - I currently don't have health insurance. I am opposed to socialism and I am opposed to Obama's socialization of health care, but as he talked about health care I thought to myself - "If Obama gets in maybe I won't have to worry about loosing everything because of a medical issue."
ISSUE SEVEN: OOPS I MIXED THIS ISSUE up with number four... just noticed. Either way this was a somewhat split issue.
McCain did do a good job of portraying Sarah as a shoot from the hip and get things done kind of girl.
That didn't taste too bad. One thing I like about Sarah is... maybe she hasn't been a politician long enough have fallen in the trap.
ISSUE SEVEN WINNER: Mixed
ISSUE EIGHT: EDUCATION
Obama - throw more money at it
McCain - Don't
They both failed here. Either one of the candidates could have shown that they had thought this through more! This is a big issue and both candidates treated it like a secondary issue.
ISSUE EIGHT NO NO WINNER!
CLOSING STATEMENTS:
McCain won in the closing statements for one reason. When Obama went back to the eight failed years and I was reminded of McCain's comment about -"If you wanted to run against Bush you should have run four years ago." I laughed out loud.
MY TAKE... IF I HAD THE OPTION OF HAVING LUNCH WITH ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES I WOULD PICK OBAMA. I LIKE THE GUY, I THINK HE WOULD BE FUN TO BE AROUND. I DON'T THINK HE IS A TERRORIST. I THINK HE WANTS TO HELP AMERICA. However; I think I am leaning more towards voting for McCain because I agree more with his policy. The only place I adamantly disagreed with both candidates was education. No child left behind is a mistake - our education system needs the money the banks are getting - and we do need to pay teachers based on performance. We need to fix our education system - desperately. Our country believes the best answer to our economy is to more debt!!! Something about our education system is failing to wipe the stupid off!
FREEZE SPENDING.... ??? yeah I think that is the way I would start.
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