deep thoughts

methinks about the concept of god whilst folding bulletins today, and I think that i have a rrived at a logical conlusion. People ask "if god exists then why does he let bad things like war and poverty happen," and "If god wants us to love him then why does he not make it known that he exists?" I think i may have an answer. God does not want us just to love him, he wants us to have faith and love him based on that faith. that is why things like war and poverty happen and that is why he does not make it widely known that he exists. One of the first things that comes to mind when you think about the judeo-christian God is the saying "god is love," and if this be true then god exists between each and every human; in addition, god then, is something intangible and there cannot be any evidence that he exists other than the love between human beings for each other.

Another reason why god cannot be proven is the the infinate amount of questions that there are to be answered. Science attempts to uncover the mechanical nature of the universe and everything in it, but with every answer more questions are raised. for example the origin of life is attempted to be explained by the theory of panspermia which states that organic molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids arrived on earth via a foreign object such as an asteroid. If this is indeed the case then how did the organic molecules form? where did they come from? how did they get on said foreign object? where did this foreign object come from? there is an unending cache of questions to be answered in the sciences.

and the moral of today's story is: always write an outline first. There is more to this story, but the end escapes me at the moment. perhaps it will some back

peace and carrots y'all
Bandit Out

church today

so i went to church today, and i figured i might remember what the message was better if i wrote it down since they don't have the readings to follow along where i work.

so the second reading was concerning Elijah, and that his service to God was becoming wearisome and he began to pray asking God to take his life. when he was finished there was water and "hearth cake" at his side and a voice told him that the journey ahead would be too wearisome if he was to eat nothing. and so Elijah ate and walked to mount horeb.

The Gospel was a little less fantastic so i kinda lost myself in thought. i do remember something about their ancestors eating Mana from heaven and dying, but if you eat the Jesus bread then you will have eternal life.

during the sermon, i like Fr's opening statement about how if we did away with anger then there wouldn't be any talk radio or very many news outlets. other than that it was mostly are you going to conform to the culture around you and taking the message to the people and stuff like that. pretty cut-and-dry I'd say...

anyway, one of the my many pet-peeves are electronic drums in church. they are sooo unimpassioned!!! i wish if they would get a little inspiration for church music by listening to some motley crue or something. now that would be a service to remember!!!