Homosexuality

Ok, I just saw a thing that cannot be unseen and I had so many "snide remarks" welling up that I respected expressed wishes that I keep my snide remarks to myself and "get a blog".

There was a photo showing locations that punished homosexuslity by death. Instantly I thought, well duh, move then, if you do not like the rules sonewhere. It reminded me of that Lady why lived in Mississippi and felt prosecuted because she was not religious and tried to remove all prayer from social life. I get so upset, how one or few people want to gain their "freedom" by taking away everyone elses, when  people are "free" to live where they want. Second I sort of laughed at the terminology "punishable by death" cause, to me homosexuality already is such in itself. I mean, think I f Animals and how many genus or species are homosexual. Probably, any that were are endangered or extinct, unless sone species evolved to a point where sexual reproduction did not require both sexes.

My final tirade was how on the map, it was instantly obvious that the only places where it was acceptable were non acvanced, third world countries. So, in a blink, I thought, hmm, it must be a part of being civilized to realize the punishment of a bahavior that otherwise might kill off a nation ought to be discouraged. With that I wondered if further enlightenment comes because of cultural advancements or whether the enlightenment causes advancements.

What you need...

Acording to the words of Jordan Peterson
"You need a philiosphy that can withstand tradgedy."

Remember this

"Reality manifests itsel in the particulars."

"Chistanity died at the hands of it's own construction."

"Action is oriented by thought." That is the same Idea I got from reading a preface or something in "Lectures on Faith".

I love how the exact same idea can be expressed in a way that it (the communicated message)becomes a symbolic spear or sword that pierces the heart.

As a side note, I was noticing that I can feel a much stronger, noticeable pulse in my stomach than my wrist or even neck. That means something... I AM an alien. I knew it! So close, but tiny hints are there, eat you heart out Mulder!

Fidget spinners

Even though they are pointless, I had a reason to get them for my children. The fidget spinners are a fad, but one my kids are so obsessed with and cheap enough I could afford them. It seemed like a no brainer. Plus, I knew that if the kids believed they would somehow make them better kids, they probably would. Fastforward to present day, they have been lost/forgotten but if I had never gotten them I would still be pestered. I got to use them as a case study on how retail therapy as I call the "keeping up with the Jones". Peer pressure, gives nothing back if given in to. It reminds me of an idea my first husband had of taking the kids to toy stores and letting them touch and even pose with their toys, knowing that they would tire of them even before we could get to the counter to buy them, thus saving alot of money. It almost always works, only my husband now always sticks to traditional rules of do not touch anything and so going to places like ToysRUs is pure torture instead of cathartic. So, instead the kids watch a whole lot of videos anout toys, like ptoduct reviews. The kids know the ins and outs of every toy and they even got to have thrir own fidget spinners... for a while. (Glad that is over.)

Trangender athletes

Regarding a story I read about a boy who merely claimed he was a girl to win track events.

I am still think about this because I know that it will not just go away if I do not acknowledge it, and I like to discuss relevant things with my children and this is part of the crazy world they will live in where being a "good boy" is too vague. I need to inform them how one should react to such things.

My son pointed out that he figured if they were s boy growing up then they would have boy muscles. Because I have taught him that girl snd boy muscles are different in how they store and access fat thus making women "softer". You never know when you lightly say a thing and it will become monumental to him. This is the case with muscle growth in men and women for him. Ofcourse, we have not even begun to talk about chemical differences yet, still he had an interesting point if DNA determines muscle formation than even with drug/hormonal treatment would the person actually be changed? It is like taking a terrible althlete and giving them steriods. It would not mean that they would suddenly have an unfair advantage only that they had an chemical advantage. Maybe a better example would be my high school cross country team. At the start of the year, I had the "natural" advantage and was a higher position on the team, but gradually one by one others were beating me. I figured it was just that enough time meant there was a shift from who had the better physical make up to who worked hardest and honestly, I did not work hard. Then, at a regional competition, a few girls asked me what pain killer I was taking cause it clearly wasn't working. Apparently, many girls were changing their performance by taking pain killing drugs. But, the girls who only possesed a desire to win but not the ability, no amount of painkiller made a difference and though, I moved down a few notches, I still, to this day, am not convinced it was due to pain killers. I believe that regardless of chemical advantage, the body is what makes someone win or loose. Hormones effect strength, but not the creation of the DNA or does it. I am no expert.

But, Holy Crap, batman! What kind of world is this going to be? Lately, I hear so much chatter regarding robotic manipulation, gender altering, etc. Pretty soon " who" anyone is will be so fluid and unreliable we will look back at the days of weight gain being the enemy fondly.

Prayer pen pal

I often think of people whom I rarely see as I pray and showing my age, I often equate prayer to the song Feivel sang in "American Tale" where it is acknowledged that no matter how far apart people may be they are looking at the same moon. I think that about prayers, further, if the God we are both praying to, really nothing can seperate us if we believe, not even death. But, I was thinking right now about how the time I wrote to a magazine I read and figured others were reading it too, so I felt absolutely compelled to ask for addresses so that I might write to them. The very funny thing about pen pals and God is that regardless of the evidence, you never know who you are actually talking to. Without saying anything in detail, last night I saw a movie where a guy was praying and someone interceeded and claimed to be the one who could give them whatever it was they wanted and it struck me how much this person wanted to know what drove the other guy to pray for it.

Like that, but less religious, I just heard about a 10 yr old girl write to and eventually meet someone who the press had decided to demonize and it made me wonder at how it was claimed not to be opinion, but this man was terrible. But, that did not convince me, so I thought of the story my dad told us about seeing terrible scenes of a fire and riots in Detroit so, he wanted to go see it. Um, dumb Idea, huh? Well, ends up he drove all over detroit and only found one small fire. He did find an actual fire, so that was true, but not an entire city burning down as the news made it appear.

I suspect that happens alot using the internet to communicate, it is as blind as praying. You have to decide what you believe.