I was thinking to myself, with a totally coherent 7am mind, that what if eventually ADD gets so prolific that it becomes common. You know, its not the "odd" thing anymore. And what if actually people were considered "odd" if they weren't ADD? WHAT WOULD THEY BE? Then it struck me... FAD... Focused Attention Disorder. All those wierd people who can actually apply themselves to the task at hand naturally... wierdos.
Sometimes my mind boggles me
Delicious Library is an awesome software that I came across when I bought a variety pack of software to support aids research. Delicious is a program that more or less allows you to catalogue every form of media you own. Right now I have over 70 books (2 out of my 10 boxes stacked up for packing) and some of my DVD's already put in. Ofcourse it seems like a bit of a tedious process, except for one thing... mac users delight.... using the iSight (built in on my 20" Intel iMac Core 2 Duo) I can scan everything in using its the barcode reader plugin!
That is right I am having way tooo much fun. I can't wait to unpack the other 8 boxes and finish scanning, plus i can also put in all my X-BOX games, and hey, if anyone wants to get me a Wii or X-Box 360 with some games I will gladly catalogue those too!
So now you really can alphabetize your entire library, need to know if you own a book or not? look it up! Missing one in a series? You can purchase them on Amazon through the program. How cool is that!
Yah I have some fun OCD times ahead of me.
You know the ones you don't wanna wake up from? Maybe this shows how far my love of photography goes, but I was dreaming that all of this photography equipment I have been wanting was suddenly being delivered to me I mean we are talking about the Canon Lenses I want, the tripods, flahses, a macbook pro, and then after these came a small envelope with tickets to Romania and a letter explaining me to photograph and document what is happening over in Romania as far as the epidemic of AIDS is concerned there and of the overfilled orphans from parents who do not want AIDS children in their homes... Karina is really rubbing off on me, in a good way for sure. I really did not want to wake up from the dream, so I am currently a bit angruy at myself for setting the alarm that woke me up this morning. Anyways yeah thanks for reading about my crazy dream.
Zach
In the entrance to the second millennium one of the greatest questions posed to the Body of Christ, was the very existence of God. Science was becoming less blasphemous and the thought of proving God's existence became intriguing. One of the early theologians Anselm of Canterbury wrote a self-reflection on his own faith, examining his belief in God's existence. In this he came to relate that, "the reality of God, is greater than the idea of God," because as he put it God is, "that which no greater thing can be thought." That is to say since the concept of God is already great, and because no one can think of anything which is greater than God to oppose God, that since the concept exists, then the reality must exist. It is a confusing thought I know, but chew on it.
One man did chew on this, a Benedictine Monk named Gaunilo. His reply was somewhat critical of Anselm as he believed Anselm to be forming an argument rather than a reflection, because Anselm was not arguing. Gaunilo felt that the concept Anselm was pursuing was rather ineffective because as he posed it, there could be a "lost island" which no man has found, and no man can think of a greater one, and since there was nothing to disprove it, this island must exist. However I felt that Gaunilo was off the track on this, because he was pursuing a tangible, physical, and actually if one had the time and resources they could map the entire ocean and actually find or not find this island. Whereas there is no way for any man to ever be able to have the time or resources to prove or disprove God's existence in any way shape or form. So good try, but no cigar.
One of the most practical minded theologians was Thomas Aquinas, he put his existence in God as something of an ultimate end or beginning of all things. Following a sequence of cause and effect relationship all things must have a cause, except God, for he is the Ultimate Cause, because there is nothing that could bring the reality of God into effect. He based this off a few factors. The very existence of Humanity as an effect of God's desire to be worshiped since we have offered nothing to the furthering of the planet (probably more to degrade it). Or perhaps how this existing humanity have functions that go beyong their need to survive. Honor, Goodness, Honesty, Trust, all these work against the survival instinct. Or even how humanity as this great exception to the world even goes so far as to work towards common goals, once again beyond necessity, perhaps a sign of Intelligent Design in our very lives. All these non-essentials have to be something of a point made, to show the existence of God.
So God's existence by concept alone has been tested and challenged, and God's existence by proof as well tested. Personally, I love both Anselm and Aquinas for what they offer, that of faith and of thought.
What do you think?
Those words began some of the most influential statements ever issued by the institutional church. Those wise men who gathered to both combat heresy and to begin the foundation for Christology. The creeds could be likened to the modern day "Statement of Faith" by churches, establishing what is believed by the church as its primary focus.
I love the Apostles' Creed, if you do not know it, I will share it with you now.
