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Sunday, 05 November 2006 |
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The argument involving free will vs. election by God is a hot-button issue right now. When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter either way. We all know that God is sovereign, and perfect in all of His ways. Whatever His ways are, they are perfect, and I don't think we should question them. Whether or not He chooses us, or we are given the choice to choose Him, we should make our focal point Jesus. The divisive issues aren't something we should argue or think about. Just know both sides of the argument, believe what you want to believe, and don't argue about it. This causes division among the people that make up the Church, and division is the last thing we need in the world of Evangelical Christianity.
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Friday, 03 November 2006 |
GET IT HERE!
This is better (in my opinion) to AllPeers! It reminds me of Hypernix Gooey (if you have the old gooey install file, please send a copy to admin@mattparnell.com)... But this extension will allow you to:
"> MEET your fellow website visitors
> SHARE with them any folder on your PC
> leave a BLOG for those that come After you "
Basically, it lets you chat, browse and download files p2p style, and leave notes for others who visit using the extension. It is slated to be ported to IE, Conqueror, Opera, and Safari in the near future as well. Hopefully you use Firefox, though.
I think this is the best extension ever! It is better than AllPeers, because it allows anonymity. Go get it now, start sharing/chatting/"blogging" on the sites you go to! Right now, I have found Google.com to be the most active. Lets try and change that, and make digg.com the most active site! Lets get this baby to "Critical Mass!"
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Thursday, 02 November 2006 |
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"Congress shall make no law RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, or PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
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RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION - Means that the government cannot recognize any church as the official government church, nor can it found, fund, or support any denomination/church. That doesn't mean that everyone and everything in government has to remain secular, and that the government officials cannot use their beliefs in their actions. This means also that religious symbols in/on/around government property are NOT illegal. The buildings in DC and various state capitols have Biblical scenes, symbols, and verses engraved on them. You going to go chisel them off?
I could argue that the Masonic symbol, which is on many publicly funded buildings, and on signs stating the names of various towns across the country, is a religious symbol. Nobody would try to remove that, but if it were a Christian Fish, or the Cross, someone would scream until it got taken down.
PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE - The government cannot keep you from praying, worshiping, or any other action of your religious beliefs, provided they don't break any laws. This means you CAN pray in schools. Congressional sessions start with prayer to Yahweh, the God of Christians and Jews. People are sworn in on what? The Bible. How anyone gets away with saying anything about "separation of church and state" existing in the Constitution is beyond me.
That doesn't imply that the National/State/Local governments, nor those who make them up have to keep religion out of their discussions, and daily actions
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Tuesday, 31 October 2006 |
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Please note that this applies to Evangelical Christianity. I am a firm believer in Jesus Christ, His sacrifice for us, and His salvation. If you don’t know Him, and would like to, don’t hesitate to ask in my forums. God has been pressuring me as of late to discuss some theological issues. I am finally following through. I have, through my short life, witnessed many types of Christian doctrines, organizations, and the like. I have some issues with some practices and doctrines. These issues do not apply to only one denomination, but to many, perhaps all of them. Some issues are more a church to church type issue, though. Please do not hate me, get angered at me, or cease friendship with me because you don’t agree. I have no problem with friendly discussion, though.
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Wednesday, 18 October 2006 |
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It appears that the Russian mp3 site, AllofMP3 has had its priveliges to process Visa and Mastercard payment types revoked. It seems the RIAA has likely had a hand in this. A spokesman from Mastercard said that "MasterCard does not tolerate the use of its network for illegal activity..." Visa took a similar stand. Why would they do this? The site itself, technically operates legally. They pay royalties to the Russian Multimedia and Internet society, who in turn attempt to give the money to the record companies. The record companies (RIAA) do not accept these. The purpose is to keep AllofMP3 from being a competitor.
The US government will not allow Russia into the World Trade Organization because of AllofMP3's existance. It is really all a ploy, in my opinion. The site follows Russian law, and attempts to pay loyalties (stupid RIAA is sandbagging to try and shut a viable competetor down). Furthermore, it is legal to use in the USA because we are importing a product from a foreign country. There is a legal loophole that allows such activities. Eventually the site plans to give its music away for free, using ads to support itself. When that happens, lets see how long it takes for the USA to set up a national firewall to block AllofMP3.
Oh well. Looks like we are stuck transferring money to Paypal accounts, then using XROST. Hopefully Paypal doesn't follow the card companies' suite.
More info:
http://www.betanews.com/article/AllofMP3_Fights_Critics_Loses_Visa/1161197051
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8KRC1KO0.htm
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