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7th Day; 7 Words

 
12 hours later - victory.  Battle won.  Finally.

Leave your seven words in the comments.

Saturday Video

Bubbles

 
So,

I had this wandering thought while mowing the lawn yesterday:

Some people think that the Currency Bubble will be the next to burst.  Some people think it will be the Student Loan Bubble.

I'm talking about in the United States since there are still housing bubbles around the world, which seem likely to pop in the near future when all possible gimmicks have been played out.

My hope is that the Illusion Bubble would go soon.  I know it won't be first. 

This list is in no way all-inclusive.  So, tell me, what do you think will be the next bubble to pop in the United States?

Guest Post - The Dangers of an Afterlife

 

So,

I have karate practice and then I need to update my resume.  I've been invited to apply for a position in civilization.  Following that, it's back to work on the kitchen.  Luckily for me, Lenore from top online colleges offered to write a guest post.  As you can see, I have taken her up on her offer.  Enjoy. 

The Dangers of an Afterlife

The other day, I got involved in a good old-fashioned religious war over the internet. Normally I try not to waste my time too much on these matters as most people have no choice that they're irrational idiots (let me rephrase to say that not all religious people are irrational idiots, just the vocal ones who shamelessly press their beliefs upon everyone else). But I think it's important to raise awareness and promote a healthy questioning of one's beliefs.

Anyway, at some point in the argument, I got to talking about how life is infinitely important, to which some guy responds, asking why we should "ascribe any importance at all to this life?" Seriously? I wasn't sure if he actually believed the implications of his question or was just attempting to peel into my own beliefs, but either way, his mere suggestion was absurd.

I began explaining that if you can't value this life, the concept of value must be nonexistent. I go on to say that not appreciating the value of life is a disservice to society, which he also questions. Finally I decide to pull out the big guns and laid down this verbose rant:

The ability to value anything is predicated on being alive in the first place; therefore your question was absurd to begin with. Valuing anything at all without valuing life itself is completely intellectually inconsistent, so to question why we should value life is to question why we should value anything at all. Suffice it to say that I think that's a silly discussion to have. Now you are questioning the seemingly innocuous assertion that valuing life makes you more likely to positively impact your society. Who could disagree with that?

The argument shortly derailed after that. I went on to continue valuing my own life and live in a way that reflected that system of value while my internet opponent continued to live in coherence with a system created thousands of years ago that promises a paradoxically perfect and eternal life in exchange for (apparently) not valuing his current life.

Why is it that, in most arguments involving religion, religious people ask these super foundational questions when the irony is that questioning foundational assumptions is what usually causes people to deny their religions? It doesn't bother me at all when people pray, but it does bother me when prayer, rather than action, is all someone needs to absolve their conscience.

Of all the reasons to be religions, being granted a perfect afterlife seems to be the absolute worst. It just seems to have a "screw everyone else on the planet, I'm going to Harvard (or Yale or Heaven or whatever the hell they call it)" type of attitude to it. We have enough cultural elites telling us how to live as it is, I'd rather not have yet another group of people tell me why I need to get involved in yet another pyramid scheme.

This guest contribution was submitted by Lenore Holditch, who specializes in writing about top online colleges. Questions and comments can be sent to: holditch.lenore @ gmail.com.

The Bends

 
"What's for dinner?"  "Redneck Stew!"  "Yummy"

So,

I appear to be suffering from the bends.

You know you live in the desert, right?

Man!  I hate agreeing with the smartass. 

Okay, not the literal bends but a mental version. 

Your brain was submerged deep under water?

Lucy!  You got some 'splaining to do.

I have been going non-stop for so long, always attempting to reach deadlines (externally and internally created), that when I stopped a couple of days ago, it all seems freaky.  I thought I would take a couple of days to just completely unwind, even letting off pressure for projects I have going on at work.  And I did do just that and it just doesn't feel right.  Not that it's just different but I literally don't feel right.

Mostly, I just feel tired. 

Have you ever seen Life on Mars?

I've been watching episodes on Netflix and it's been interesting to see how 1973 police work is portrayed.  What a different world that was.

Did anyone notice his record skipped a groove?

Record?  Are you from 1973?

Anyway, I have decided that the proper treatment would be controlled recompression.  Without going all OCD, I need to get back in motion and get things done.  I have some projects that need to be done around the house and it would be ever so nice to do some reading that wasn't required.

There's more to it but, quite frankly, I'm not in the mood to go into it.

You know it's serious when he doesn't want to write.

I'm concerned for our safety.

I'm going to go get something done.  Tomorrow, there will be a guest post but it won't be from the Christian dating site.  Ironically, it's something quite the opposite.

Titular Tuesday

So,

Caption me this:

 

A Wonderful Day

 
So,

Yesterday was a wonderful day.  For those of you that always lose when playing Trivia Pursuit - Mormon Version, yesterday was the Day of Deliverance. 

And this means what to you?

Sadly, I have the same question.

Well, first, it meant seeing Harry Potter 7, which very well may have been the best of the series.  It helped that we watched it on IMAX 3D.  It helps that I didn't have high expectations for the movie. 

And this ties in to Pioneer Day how?

What's Pioneer Day?

Then we had dinner with Tia's cousin and his lovely English girlfriend. 

Ah ha, England is related to Utah!

Yeah, if you play the six degrees of Utah.

Then we went to see the Salt Lake Bees play baseball and saw the first ever in-the-park grand slam in their franchise history.

Bees.  Days of '47.  Got it.

Shut up already.

Then we visited with some friends that came to the game with us while we waited for 10,000 people to try to leave the area on a roadway that had been reduced to a single lane.

Like pioneers pulling handcarts.

You are so lame.

There's so much more to the day but there just isn't time to go into it right now. 

It was a good day, though, and that's what's important.

7th Day; 7 Words

 
Anyone want a Clay Walker T-shirt (2X)?

Leave your seven words in the comments.

Saturday Video

Moral versus Ethical

 
So,

I took my final today and I felt like it went okay.  Just okay.  Sometimes, I walk away from a test knowing that I hit it out of the park.  That's how I felt after my philosophy test.  This one.  Not so much.  I may have missed some small details. 

The up-side of it is that I have three weeks off and I'm going to take a week off from work during the three weeks and this time, I'm going to take a break.  Next week, I'm going to be installing new flooring in the dining/kitchen area.  Whee . . .

Let's get to today's question because I plan on taking a break from thinking for a couple of days.

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Weird.  I was sure the voices would have something to say.  Maybe they've already started their break.

Okay, to start, here are a couple of definitions from Dictionary.com:

Moral

1.  of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical:

Ethical

1.  pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.

Some people used these words interchangeably because their definitions are so similar.

The question(s):

Are they interchangeable to you?

If not, what is the difference in the way that you use them?