http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/Rants, Thoughts and Questions about religion.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/464145Everytime I hear someone say God is love or God is in you, I cringe. This is a nice way of a believer saying I have no idea what God really is so I'll reduce him/her/it to a fuzzy, warm feeling that can't be seen. Nice try. Why is it so hard to admit that humanity's greatest achievements and acts...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/460077Today I grieve. I grieve for the world of light and happiness I might have known. Instead of the darkness within me I couldn't banish. I cry for the pieces of myself buried for so long. The self shattered into black rags of hopelessness. I grieve for the loss of innocence and belief in self. I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/459050The children cry and scream for mercy, icy hands and hearts steal their innocence. Men die and bleed in petty wars, Virginia Tech massacre takes more lives, God's beloved children torture themselves emotionally- they drown the pills and cut their skin, yet not a word the all mighty utters....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/457953The Department of Homeland Security has discovered that a 33 percent of it's Religious Visas are awarded based on fradulent information. The program is designed to allow mosques, churches and synogauges to hired workers from overseas. Apparently 33 percent of foreigners see their relgion as an...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/451272One more face of grief Among the gray stone That forever defines Death. The royal features That grace So many TV screens. Only human, Suddenly vulnerable In this valley Of corpseshttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/449923Verse 1 That wasn’t me, that wasn’t me. [catches sight of herself in mirror] This can’t be me. God, what’s happening to me? Why? Why? These aren’t my tears, those aren’t my eyes. I can’t, I can’t be that pathetic. Why does it hurt so much? Chorus: She stares silently back at me, accusing with her...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/436855I felt my face twitch as the jelly shot slid down my throat. I was on my fourth one, I thought. I’d really lost count at number three. The vodka hit my throat with a sour crash. The small corner of my brain still sober wondered why I didn’t stop…soon. A fuzzy warm, relaxation had invaded my body....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/425502It was bad enough that the Left Behind series painted a black and white good guy vs. bad guy in the Christian world. Now there's a video game based on the idea of running around coverting non-believers, killing the rest and using prayer to strengthen troops in the serie's setting. What a great...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/421237I just got done reading an articled titled, "Sexual Exploration Goes Mainstream," on MSNBC.com. Pretty interesting. The journalist wonders about how satisfied sexual exploration makes people. He also talks about how commercialized sex has became. Sex seems to be becoming one more way to sell to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WhiteJedi/420503I know some of you, heck probably all of you, see me as a hardened atheist. In a way, that's the truth. I have my share of jaded skepticism, probably more than my share. I discovered recently that I haven't totally let go of spiritualism. Two students from a Christian group on campus were...