Chicken and Pagan Christianity...

I've been reading a book that has really been 'game changer' thus far....after I've re-read it...I will fully know what to think for sure..and as a result I'll let you know what I think.....But I am surprised how many pagan rituals were married with Christian tradition 200-300 years after Christ died....

on a Different note...I've cooked :)







See...

Religion a determent?

Read this article...What do you think? 

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/26/bird.arab.modernity/index.html?hpt=C

There was a ton of bashing religion in the comments and lumping all religions together that I had to respond so I said: 

I love how quick people are to bash religion...is it really the reason for the lack of advancement? Keep in mind that not all religions are the same....for example the reason that you have all of these advancements is because of not in spite of religion....many of the old universities started as religious institutions. In the US alone the great Universities Harvard, Yale etc...were religious institutions to begin with....Theology was not called "the queen of the sciences" for nothing..The logic and philosiphical matrix that was used in Theology was applied to many of the other sciences.Lets be serious here Religion can be quite debilitating
but lets not put them all under the same banner ok? Not the same... Sure Gunpowder was made in china but where was it perfected ? In "religiously held back medieval Europe" where it was harnessed for warfare...and not to mention the other advancements in Art, Science and Military Sciences. This was not in spite of but because of the system that was fostered through Christianity. History will present a more accurate picture of Christianity's affect on the world (and by extension religion's) --in short Religion was a determent but also a 'boon' --Sorry for the long explanation**

I'm not entirely sure when people became so ignorant of Christianity's contribution...(and of course I could be wrong...) but to the best of my knowledge I think this is a fact that shouldn't be overlooked...

This author does make some good points...though....

The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark

Early Sleep!

I'm ready for a change...there I said it...! ....like soon...

Hate that the travel 'sickness' is acting up again....and I have no means to do so right now...well I'll just settle for a list of places that I want to head to in the next couple of months/years (do I need to settle down?)

Belgium (again - had a great time there...) , Italy (first time for everything), China (so much to see so much history), Korea (miss the place already - probably wont miss it once I'm there), India (want to see what all the fuss is about), California (it's been years Drew), Missouri (that one is a no brain-er), and of course.... Antarctica...(nothing needs to be said about this its obvious)....


And I leave you with this wonderful piece of work....

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Dear Blog,

Sorry for not writing.

Sincerely,

Tim

ok now that thats out out of the way....

So these past weeks have been a bit of a blur...I thought I had the job locked up in Korea this month...then it was filled by someone else. They still want me (but they want me in September in Busan)...so I'm happy about that. I suppose, I can start thinking about how to get out to Arizona now.

Today I found Kimchi in the supermarket...going to attempt to make Kimchi jjigae ...I really liked that soup actually... The Kimchi that I'm trying is http://www.kingsasian.com/index.html King's Kimchi its ok...but some how I feel as if its lacking something.. I got the spicy but it doesn't seem that spicy at all... It was ok...

The most important resource...

What is the most important resource that a person can have? Land? ...that can be taken away anytime....Money? That can loose its value quickly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929, Programs become outdated, and things like Oil are limited. 


I believe that the most important resource that we have are people...Look at this....


I think its easy to forget (including myself ) the value...I was reading How to Make War...(good sleeping material...) and James F. Dunnigan affirms that the nations that fight a war most effectively

are the ones that invest in the training and indoctrination of their troops...not the nation that has the latest weapon systems and such...

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The nations that rack up the most losses...many times due to the leaders loosing sight of that...

On another note...I colored the Sweetest! Picture...with my brother's gf's kids....look...

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Good times

Well I was thumbing through Facebook and Amy Lim posted some pictures of myself and a few of my friends hanging out in Korea. I miss them....Probably won't see most of them for a long time....let this be a lesson...take things like grass, soap scum or arm pit hair for granted...not people...

thats all....