I love reality shows and so I'm ALL caught up in this Dancing With The Stars fiasco. I've seen some pretty unfair crap on that show in years past but this year takes the cake! I immediately picked Audrina and Tony to vote for but was shocked to see David Hasslehoff ousted first. Clearly he wasn't the worst. Then there was the whole Michael Bolton/Bruno debacle, which to me was a bit over dramatized by Bolton because please! You start your dance crawling out of a dog house with a bone in your mouth, you are asking to be trashed but Bruno was unnecessarily harsh. Right off I could see who was going to be good, who was going to be entertaining, and who needed to get the heck out of there and find a new hobby. I wasn't impressed with Jennifer Gray because she was clearly a front runner but dang! Want some cheese with that whine???? I thought her Patrick Swayze breakdown was a bit contrived and I understand she's had some major surgeries and she's 50 but clearly she's no amateur so right off I thought that was unfair. Brandy is a singer and actress, but singing talent and dancing talent don't go hand in hand. Plus I always give kudos to those who can survive Maks. Even though he's HOTTTT and one of my faves, he's certainly no picnic. Margaret Cho wasn't going to go far and quickly learned it wasn't a comedy thing after the first show. I had no feelings one way or the other for pro basketball player Rick Fox or pro football player Kurt Warner. Florence Henderson was pretty good and entertaining same with Kyle Massey.
The second really WRONG and SHOCKING elimination was Audrina. She'd had a bad couple of weeks but to me it seemed more Tony's fault for the choreography. She had been at the top of the leader board consistently and Bristol Palin clearly sucked. The judges were shocked as well. My kids like Kyle because he's on the Disney Channel plus he's fun and doing his best but he'd slipped back a but. Kurt wasn't the best or worst and Rick was steadily improving. The best part about Rick was when Cheryl chided him on his lack of grace especially in the foot work. She asked if he was that bad on the basketball court and he laughed. Apparently he's notorious for it and thus has the nickname "Tank" or something like that. HE was in my opinion the best in working to improve. At one point the stars were split up in a team dance with Apolo Ono and Kristi Yamaguchi. Rick's score suffered because of being teamed up with Bristol and Kyle giving Kurt an edge and Rick went home.
Now here we are, stunned by the upset of Brandy being sent home and Bristol in the finals. Bristol Palin is the finals of a dancing show is like Sarah Palin in the running for Vice President. Totally unqualified and flat out insane. How is she getting all those votes? Some of her more mentally unstable fans explain how they are doing it here: Jezebel.com
One good thing to come out of this experience is a public service message with The Situation from Jersey Shore. It plays more like a spoof because Bristol is clearly a grenade. Also, his message is better because aside from teen pregnancy hpv is a real issue and like it or not abstinence will often fail and pregnancy isn't the only danger. My doctor has diagnosed a 13 and 14 year old girl with cervical cancer.
I'm thinking that the Palin family is going to take over my reality show world. Bristol will be on Biggest Loser next, Willow on 16 and Pregnant. Todd and Sarah will be on The Amazing Race but without passports and they keep ending up in Russia.
Bristol is a busy girl. Being a teen advocate for abstinence is a full time job though she does find time to tag team with her sister Willow on Facebook. People act shocked by the gay slurs. I'm not. They are conservative wingnuts. Sarah shoots homosexuals from a helicopter when she can't find wolves. I'm more surprised by the openly foul language. Is this family the WORST examples for everything ever???
Here's my take and I may add more later: Bristol isn't a teen so she can't be considered a teen advocate. What they did approached bullying which is a serious matter. Bristol finds the competition unfair because some of them have experience.I find it unfair because she's not a star.
*More later*
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Okay this is childish, but fun!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Jon Stewart on Rachel Maddow
I like Rachel Maddow. I find her refreshing but as my mama said: you can walk through shite and come out smelling like a rose (okay my mom didn't say that but if she was British she might. She scored an amazing interview and she didn't waste a moment of it. She got Jon Stewart smack dab in the middle of the flu. She's a stronger woman than I am if she really came out of that believing she wasn't a touch radical and unfair. I am RADICALLY radical and extraordinarily unfair. I am linking to HuffPo because they have clips of highlights but I recommend sitting through the entire thing. It's all about responsibility.
If you are running for office and you campaign on a level that inspires fear then when you allow shouts talking of murdering your opponent or complete lies and don't stop that behavior, you are responsible.If you run a 24 hour news network you are responsible to provide news professionals. I could be an infotainer and in my small world I am. I am responsible for what I put here but I am not qualified to be on Fox News. Bobby Kennedy put himself into a political battle knowing the risks and died for his beliefs in civil rights. Martin Luther King knew he was putting himself in to a hateful war and likely knew his demise was a more effective signature to his great words than any other path could have been. President Obama was elected by idealists who believed he could change the country. Unfortunately the people who represent us have different motives. On some level he had to know he'd fail if he ever makes it through. I will never change my position on him. I have noticed a few Republicans with ideas that are less polarizing and of course I voted for a Lib and a LOT of Repubs (because there was no options. Welcome to Utah). I am responsible for my vote and for the work I do campaigning.
Now Jon Stewart has a satirical "news" program on Comedy Central. If you leave it on all day you'll see Blue Collar Comedians and a South Park or 2. Your kids will learn new words. So turns out Jon Stewart has a lot of fans. In an insane country he's become the face of sanity. He didn't run for office or move to a news network. He's a comedian on Comedy Central who has been made fun of for having an audience full of liberal stoners cutting class. Turns out you actually need a dictionary if you are the average American (see stupid people). He bears no responsibility for the choices made by viewers. But he's far more educated and far less invested in Mentholatum than other "commentators". When you see an emotion you can bet on it that it's real. You can be pretty sure you will laugh. Maybe even at yourself.
Yup, I'm guilty of extremism. Here's that link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/rachel-maddow-jon-stewart-interview_n_782538.html#snp_friends_module
If you are running for office and you campaign on a level that inspires fear then when you allow shouts talking of murdering your opponent or complete lies and don't stop that behavior, you are responsible.If you run a 24 hour news network you are responsible to provide news professionals. I could be an infotainer and in my small world I am. I am responsible for what I put here but I am not qualified to be on Fox News. Bobby Kennedy put himself into a political battle knowing the risks and died for his beliefs in civil rights. Martin Luther King knew he was putting himself in to a hateful war and likely knew his demise was a more effective signature to his great words than any other path could have been. President Obama was elected by idealists who believed he could change the country. Unfortunately the people who represent us have different motives. On some level he had to know he'd fail if he ever makes it through. I will never change my position on him. I have noticed a few Republicans with ideas that are less polarizing and of course I voted for a Lib and a LOT of Repubs (because there was no options. Welcome to Utah). I am responsible for my vote and for the work I do campaigning.
Now Jon Stewart has a satirical "news" program on Comedy Central. If you leave it on all day you'll see Blue Collar Comedians and a South Park or 2. Your kids will learn new words. So turns out Jon Stewart has a lot of fans. In an insane country he's become the face of sanity. He didn't run for office or move to a news network. He's a comedian on Comedy Central who has been made fun of for having an audience full of liberal stoners cutting class. Turns out you actually need a dictionary if you are the average American (see stupid people). He bears no responsibility for the choices made by viewers. But he's far more educated and far less invested in Mentholatum than other "commentators". When you see an emotion you can bet on it that it's real. You can be pretty sure you will laugh. Maybe even at yourself.
Yup, I'm guilty of extremism. Here's that link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/11/rachel-maddow-jon-stewart-interview_n_782538.html#snp_friends_module
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Okay, I know this is like shooting fish in a barrel...
Palin Lashes Out At WSJ Reporter, Misquotes Story
The Huffington Post | William Alden First Posted: 11- 9-10 09:06 AM | Updated: 11- 9-10 11:33 AM
In what can only be called a valiant effort, Sarah Palin has defended her monetary policy remarks from the Wall Street Journal's pointed criticism.
On her Facebook page, Palin claims the WSJ reporter who has pointed out a factual error in her speech is himself in the wrong. "Do Wall Street Journal Reporters Read the Wall Street Journal?," her Facebook note asks.
In remarks delivered at a Phoenix convention, and first leaked by the The National Review, Palin criticized the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing policy, in which the bank will purchase up to $600 billion of new U.S. government debt (as part of a plan that could reach $900 billion), and urged Fed chairman Ben Bernanke to "cease and desist."
As HuffPost's Shahien Nasiripour noted Monday, the Federal Reserve operates independently of any other government body, and so political criticism of it is unusual.
Even more unusual were the specifics of Palin's critique: As WSJ's Sudeep Reddy pointed out Monday, she doesn't get all of her facts right. In response to Palin's assertion that "everyone who ever goes out shopping for groceries knows that prices have risen significantly over the past year or so," Reddy wrote Monday that "Grocery prices haven't risen all that significantly, in fact." He notes that prices have actually increased only 0.6 percent over the past year. It's the lowest rate on record -- so low that it inspired a high-profile Twitter fight late last month.
But Palin would have none of it. She wrote in her Facebook note, "That's odd, because just last Thursday, November 4, I read an article in Mr. Reddy's own Wall Street Journal titled 'Food Sellers Grit Teeth, Raise Prices: Packagers and Supermarkets Pressured to Pass Along Rising Costs, Even as Consumers Pinch Pennies.' She continued:
Now I realize I'm just a former governor and current housewife from Alaska, but even humble folks like me can read the newspaper. I'm surprised a prestigious reporter for the Wall Street Journal doesn't.
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Reddy has responded to Palin on Twitter, pointing out that she has actually misread the WSJ article she refers to. As Reddy notes, the article's first sentence discusses "the tamest year of food pricing in nearly two decades."
The source of confusion comes in the next paragraph. The article says the cost of goods has risen, a burden that food sellers must decide whether to pass on to customers via prices. The rise in prices hasn't actually happened yet. Palin omits this key fact.
Reddy has also re-tweeted a tweet from Columbia Journalism Review's Ryan Chittum, who defends Reddy and blasts Palin for misquoting the WSJ story about prices. Here's Chittum:
Palin has a journalism degree, so I'm guessing she knows what an ethical no-no it is to misquote somebody like that. It ought to be awfully hard for her to get on her pedestal and condemn the media when she can't even quote somebody honestly. How about to make it up to Reddy, Palin lets a real reporter like him fly out to Wasilla to interview her for once instead of going to her house folks at Fox News?
UPDATE:
Sudeep Reddy has responded in the WSJ to Palin's Facebook note. He cites Labor Department data to reiterate that Palin's argument about food prices is not grounded in fact, and he continues:
Weak demand, high unemployment and thrifty shoppers have led retailers to keep many prices from rising despite the rising cost of some commodities, including coffee and sugar. ... Critics of the Fed's quantitative easing policy are focused primarily on concerns about potential future inflation.
Sarah Palin is a news analyst for Fox News, whose parent company also owns the Wall Street Journal.
Do you ask yourself:
What the heck has Obama done so far? You TOO can know the answer to that.
What the heck has Obama done so far?
What the heck has Obama done so far?
Monday, November 8, 2010
Abominations to God according to Leviticus
My take on Chapters 18 and 19 from the book of Leviticus and why we're all going to Hell. The scriptures are from the King James version of the Bible. It's the version the Bible that The LDS faith uses. My observations are in green. They are simply what I am concluding and it doesn't mean I agree or understand them.
Chapter 18:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life time. Sexual molestation and incest in every way shape and for is a very huge sin.
19 ¶ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. Adultery is a sin.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Homosexuality is an abomination and I'm going to assume that applies to women as well.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Bestiality is a sin
24 ¶ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 that the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. All of these apply no matter where you are.
Chapter 19:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths:
I am the LORD your God. Fear meaning honor and obey your parents in righteousness. On the 7th day God rested. He's commanded we do the same.
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. The obviously being the gold calf etc. Coins are molten and the money has become of such importance that it could be argued it is worshiped. I'm not too concerned with the words "In God We Trust" being taken off our currency because they are words. Our actions should show our respect to God.
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Blood sacrifice was eliminated and made unnecessary through the atonement to Christ.
9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. Provide for the poor and needy.
11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. The words "God" and "Jesus Christ" should only be spoken in reverence.
13 ¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind,but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. Judge not lest ye be judged. Leave that to God.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD. Gossip is a no no.
17 ¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. Okay here we have one I wonder about. Anti-hybrid?
20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Adultery is a BAD thing should be punished by the death penalty if you are the woman in the equation.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. That's a pretty obvious weird one.
26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Horoscopes and psychic earrings=bad.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. No shaving. Suffer through premature balding and the beard to the floor in silence, okay?
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. No tattoos, piercings, or surgery.
29 ¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. So in the story of Lot (Sodom and Gomorrah) when he told the men who wanted to have sex with God's messengers he should have just said "No because homosexuality is wrong." WITHOUT offering his daughters instead.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Sabbath day thing again and you shouldn't be defacing churches, mosques, etc. NOR burning Bibles, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon or any other books that are considered holy and sacred.
31 ¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. Respect your elders.
33 ¶ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Arizona's illegal immigration/racial profiling is a sin.
35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
So I agree with the majority of this but somethings have changed like blood sacrifice. Homosexuality is a sin, in my opinion and according to my beliefs. But so is judging others. Also, according to Leviticus, shellfish (anything without fins and scales) are an abomination. It's worded the same as homosexuality. It's an abomination. So even with these words from God, I am committing an abomination because I like lobster and shrimp. I'm going to worry more about that than I am who loves who and who is committing abominations because what God ALWAYS talks about is love.
Chapter 18:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life time. Sexual molestation and incest in every way shape and for is a very huge sin.
19 ¶ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. Adultery is a sin.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Homosexuality is an abomination and I'm going to assume that applies to women as well.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Bestiality is a sin
24 ¶ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 that the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. All of these apply no matter where you are.
Chapter 19:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths:
I am the LORD your God. Fear meaning honor and obey your parents in righteousness. On the 7th day God rested. He's commanded we do the same.
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. The obviously being the gold calf etc. Coins are molten and the money has become of such importance that it could be argued it is worshiped. I'm not too concerned with the words "In God We Trust" being taken off our currency because they are words. Our actions should show our respect to God.
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Blood sacrifice was eliminated and made unnecessary through the atonement to Christ.
9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. Provide for the poor and needy.
11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. The words "God" and "Jesus Christ" should only be spoken in reverence.
13 ¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind,but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. Judge not lest ye be judged. Leave that to God.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD. Gossip is a no no.
17 ¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. Okay here we have one I wonder about. Anti-hybrid?
20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Adultery is a BAD thing should be punished by the death penalty if you are the woman in the equation.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. That's a pretty obvious weird one.
26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Horoscopes and psychic earrings=bad.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. No shaving. Suffer through premature balding and the beard to the floor in silence, okay?
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. No tattoos, piercings, or surgery.
29 ¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. So in the story of Lot (Sodom and Gomorrah) when he told the men who wanted to have sex with God's messengers he should have just said "No because homosexuality is wrong." WITHOUT offering his daughters instead.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Sabbath day thing again and you shouldn't be defacing churches, mosques, etc. NOR burning Bibles, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon or any other books that are considered holy and sacred.
31 ¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. Respect your elders.
33 ¶ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Arizona's illegal immigration/racial profiling is a sin.
35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
So I agree with the majority of this but somethings have changed like blood sacrifice. Homosexuality is a sin, in my opinion and according to my beliefs. But so is judging others. Also, according to Leviticus, shellfish (anything without fins and scales) are an abomination. It's worded the same as homosexuality. It's an abomination. So even with these words from God, I am committing an abomination because I like lobster and shrimp. I'm going to worry more about that than I am who loves who and who is committing abominations because what God ALWAYS talks about is love.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Am I a glass half full girl or what?
So in the aftermath of the monumental beat down that the Democratic party just received I've found the bright side... Pretty much can't blame the Dems/Obama Administration anymore. You are ALL represented by Republicans and chickens#it faux dems. Sucks to be you. We'll never know what could have been, now can we?
Monday, November 1, 2010
Sanity.
I truly loved Jon Stewart's closing speech at the end of The Rally to Restore Sanity. *Text and video* The number of people in attendance was staggering (reports of 250,000). 82 countries had rallies of their own to watch the live feed.
I've been very thoughtful of the interview on The Daily Show with President Obama. I've felt some frustration at the lack of progress. Jon Stewart called the President "timid". I disagree. I think we all hoped for more results and much quicker, but I have realized that he was put into office by a huge grassroots movement. Problem with that is that we ARE rooted. We worked hard to get him there but that is where our power ended. He needs support by his fellow Democrats in office and Republicans willing to reach across the aisle. It's like he led us into battle, so to speak. Running to conquer our countries problems only to look back and see that his army lost heart and he was alone. I wish we could have the time to see the results for good or for bad. I think that so many lack courage and some are truly corrupt.
I've been very thoughtful of the interview on The Daily Show with President Obama. I've felt some frustration at the lack of progress. Jon Stewart called the President "timid". I disagree. I think we all hoped for more results and much quicker, but I have realized that he was put into office by a huge grassroots movement. Problem with that is that we ARE rooted. We worked hard to get him there but that is where our power ended. He needs support by his fellow Democrats in office and Republicans willing to reach across the aisle. It's like he led us into battle, so to speak. Running to conquer our countries problems only to look back and see that his army lost heart and he was alone. I wish we could have the time to see the results for good or for bad. I think that so many lack courage and some are truly corrupt.
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