http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/a common person's perspective on various topics hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/634816How do you pray to God? When I was a young lad I said my prayers every night before I went to bed. My prayers were mostly me asking God for something or another, like a long life, to be rich one day, my teacher would forget to check the homework assignments tomorrow, etc. etc. My prayers to God...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/634557I grew up with two brothers. One was older than me, the other younger. We were all separated by one year intervals, so we grew up fairly close in age. This, of course, meant that we fought…a lot. Being the middle son, it seems that I was always in the middle of one of the fights. My older, and my...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/634307Its kind of funny how life is now a days. One day you are told one thing, then the next day, they tell you something different. Who they are I'm not quite sure, but whoever they are, they can't seem to be able to make up their minds. I remember when I was young, growing up a Catholic, the nuns...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/634085Does Jesus’ dying on the cross absolve everyone from taking personal responsibility for their actions? If one listens to the TV ministers, and born again Christians the answer is yes. Of course the TV ministers expect you to send them money to become “born again”, and the churches expect you to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/633761I am a child of the sixties. When I was growing up we had lots of creepy monster movies to watch. They were all in black and white, and they all had fairly likeable heroes. They all were melodramatic, and they all had creepy, scary monsters in them. I am sure that anyone over the age of forty can...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/633477Today was kind of a crappy day. You all know what I mean, it was cold, it rained, and nothing at work went right. It was the kind of day you just want to bitch about. We all have these kinds of days, and we all like to bitch about them. A guy on my crew was in just this kind of mood, when he...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/633118Wouldn’t it be nice if we loved everyone the way we love our children? We all give our children unconditional love; it is natural to do so. Why can’t we give our mates, our siblings, our parents the same unconditional love? Why can’t we love everyone this way? Unconditional love means that you...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/632895I have noticed that everyone is writing their list about themselves, so I thought I would join in. I must warn you that I am a Virgo, and that my natal chart says that I am too open to others about myself (so expect a long list). Sigh, oh well here we go. 1) I am the second of three sons all one...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/mikescommonsense/632773I am troubled by the hostility I encounter every day. It does not bother me that people are vehement about their beliefs, but rather the way they communicate them to others. The politicians, the editorials, the news channels, the evangelists, even bloggers, don't know how to get their point...