Quote of the Week 12/30/04

"No, I'M positive. Your like Santa Clause on Prozac...at Disneyland; getting laid!"

~Phoebe Buffay

....Mommy?

Happy 46th mom!!

My mom is 46 years old and she's still a very beautiful woman. I got her another Dreamsicle for her birthday. Its titled "Holiday on Ice" and it shows a bunch of children ice-skating. Its rather cute and I know she loves them. So all works well.

The past few days, once again, has consisted of catching up with all my friends. Yesterday I did absolutely nothing and I loved every minute of it. Tuesday I hung out with Rebecca AALLL day and I enjoyed myself immensely. She's such an amazing woman!(but if you were to ask her, she's a "girl" not a woman. LOL. Whatever dude! I know a woman when I see one) She is an awesome friend and has always been a priceless blessing to my life.

Monday....I don't even remember what happened on Monday. Oh well!!

Oh yes!! Time for my quote of the week! ONWARD!!

Christmas....one day late

I was too busy being dumb with my friends to actually go on my blog and make a comment on Christmas day. So now I am going too....one day late. LOL. This make sense anyways, considering my blog is highly strange and a bit odd (CHEDDAR BABY!)

Moving on:

I simply wanted to say that I am eternally grateful for our Lord Jesus and the wonderful majesty of His birth. Because of what happened that cold night over 2000 years ago, I am now a free man....in every way. Amen.

Merry CHRISTmas to all and a happy New Year!!!

Quote of the Week 12/24/04

"Joey....women don't have adams apples."

~ Ross Gueller

Late nights. TMC is getting close

The past three or four days I have been hanging out with my good friends, Trevor, Damian, and Ryan. So I've been away from the computer for a while.

Not a whole lot has happened except hanging out and catching up on all that has been happening in our lives this past semester. Some good...some bad. Such as life.

Well here are the classes I will be taking next semester at The Master's College:

Old Testament Survey I
New Testament Survey I
Old Testament Theology
Christian Theology II
World History I

I only have three general ed classes that I need to take. About two didn't transfer and the other was only offered at the school. But one of the neat things is I have it scheduled to where I have Friday's off! So I have three day weekends BABY!!

It will be different to finally be away from home and heading out to a university. At the same time, it is just absolutely exciting! The first two years at my JC was great and fun. But once this last semester hit, I realized how much it was time to move on and begin my major. I mean, I was planning on leaving around this time, but during the past two years there never seemed an urgency to do so. Now I can't wait! LONDON BABY!!

"Just kickin' it" plans

Considering I have 5 weeks of vacation, I decided to plan out all the things I wanted to do. So first off, lets put aside the obvious one: the everlasting thirst for Friends, Friends, and more Friends. It plagues me! ALAS!

My friend, Trevor and I, have planned on reading "State of Fear", Michael Crichton's new book, for quite some time now. Kelsey bought me the book for my birthday, so once Trevor gets his copy, we are both going to read it and see how good it is. It sounds amazing, so lets hope so.

I also plan on reading "A Game of Thrones", by George R.R. Martin. He supposedly is the one of the main competitors in conquering the Fantasy genre for books. I have heard nothing but highly positive reviews in his favor. So we shall see!

In about a week, I will be receiving two books in the mail. One of them is the top Rationalist thinkers of the 18th and 19th century, and the other is the top Empiricist thinkers of the 18th and 19th century. I love philosophy, so I must consume more, more!

My Precioussss........... *slaps himself* "Pull yourself together, MAN!"

Anyways, back to the recreational plans! I'll of course, hang out with my friends who are now back home from school. I will also play Call of Duty.....I just can't seem to stop playing that game (I'm sure I'll probably stop once I go to school.......hopefully.......maybe.....ah whatever). I swear I'm not a bum....only on vacation. HA!

I also hope to hang out with Rebecca. She is so much fun, and considering we are both "thinkers" (in the sense that we always do and love to do it), we tend to have very deep and loooooooooong conversations. Some of my most fondest memories are with her. *slaps himself* "Whats the MATTer with you?"

Of course I will also have to do chores, work, and all the other stuff of life which is inevitable. But who wants to talk about that?

I mean, who throws a shoe? HONESTLY!!!!

The Cosmological Argument

The Cosmological Argument states that "everything that is is caused by something prior to it". So, either 1) There are an infinite amount of events that have something caused prior to it, or 2) Every event leads back to the first one, which is itself "uncaused" (or God) And since an infinite amount of events with no beginning is impossible, God must exist.

Interesting point, indeed. This argument is definitely my favorite and definitely raises a good point on who or what started it "all"?

David Hume attacked the argument with the idea that an "infinite amount of events" is not impossible, merely our human minds cannot comprehend the idea of infinity.

Hume's attack on this argument, is no doubt, one to disclaim God, henceforth annihilating the idea of the Spiritual world. The problem that I have with his statement, is that it sounds more like a statement of Faith. Our minds are not totally capable of comprehending a Being in whom's existence is eternal and never having a beginning, but we have faith in that Being's existence. Yet Hume is quick to think that the idea of scientific events, which have occurred for ever and ever with no beginning, is more logical! How does this idea not take faith?

It sounds like that takes just as much faith, and even seems more illogical, then believing that our universe was started by an eternal Being. More answers are solved in this assumption, than that which says, "There is no beginning, only infinity".

Hmmm, sounds like infinity is an explanation for one who cannot explain a spiritual being (or a spiritual event such as the beginning of creation).

Teleological Argument

This argument is another defense for the existence of God. It says that if something shows design, it must have been designed by someone.

Imagine a person walking through a forest and finds a watch lying on the ground. It shows a significant amount of order in how it works, therefore it displays a high degree of design. The only conclusion to this observation is that it was designed by someone.

Charles Darwin critiqued this by using an example of sand deposits on the beach. When one examines the sand deep into the earth, a person will find different levels of dirt. This shows specific order between each sand...yet that doesn't mean it was designed. Only that over hundreds of years of waves coming through, certain sands were deposited in such a way that it merely "showed" order, not "demanding" that it was designed.

The flaw I believe that Darwin missed is that although he may have described how sands "naturally" built themselves into a specific order, this doesn't negate the fact of where the sand came from. Certain natural events occur in such a way that displays order, but naturally occurring "order" doesn't negate the "design" of those natural elements (such as "sand" itself). So in another sense, everything was started by something prior to it all the way to something that never had a beginning (or in other words, God). This immediately leads into the "Cosmological Argument" On to the next post!

Quote of the Week 12/16/04

"I'm out like a cheap hooker who was hit in the stomach, by a fat guy with sores on his face."

~ Joey Tribianni

The Friends Trap

One must forgive my absence, due to a Christmas gift. My brother got me the first 4 volumes of the Best of Friends (Fan selected). So due to finals, my grandparents being down from Washington, and the beautiful gift from the gods called "Friends", my blog life has dwindled. But I have returned! ..... sort of

My philosophy final went great. I had to prove that "God does exist". On my next post, I will go into detail on a specific defense I used.

My grandparents left this morning. So sad :(

Anyways! It will be nice to go back to the gym tonight. Haven't been in a week given the play on the weekend and hanging out with the cool old people. LOL. VACATION IS HERE!

LONDON BABY!!!

Ontological Argument

The Ontological argument is 'a priori' (a truth that is established independently of observation) attempt to prove God's existence by showing that, from the very concept of God, his existence can be deduced. To sum up the points of the Ontological argument, I will use Descartes 5 point defense.

1) God, by definition, is absolutely perfect
2) It is more perfect to exist than to not exist (if you disagree with this, you might as well end your life, considering you believe nonexistence is more perfect)
3) Therefore, to conceive God (perfect being), it is necessary to conceive Him as existing (because to conceive of God as not existing is self-canceling)
4) Therefore, to say, "God does not exist" is to contradict oneself.
5) Therefore, the sentence "God exists" is true.

David Hume critiqued this defense with:

"It is always illegitimate to move from a pure definition to a statement of fact about reality. Definitions are only about the relation between meanings and as such are purely representations of logic and of linguistic conventions. Statements of fact about reality are always based on observation."

I disagree with Hume to an extent. First of all, I'm not saying that Descartes has necessarily won the argument, but merely that I see a flaw in Hume's critique. Hume says that definitions are merely representations of linguistics. Although this is true, it is also true that these "representations of linguistics" are based upon observation. The word horse is based after the observation of one. The horse was given the title "horse" and now that word (or representation of the animal) is created. So to conclude that God exists by the definition of "perfect" is not entirely in error. If I was to say that a the soda can in front of me was perfect (assuming there honestly were no scratches or anything that would take away its "perfection), then the word "perfect" is a correct representation of the idea. Therefore, the term "perfect" is based upon observation.

Once again, I don't think Descartes has nailed everything down, but I thought Hume has a fallacy. Anyways, I will post later on the Teleological argument.

Two hours....lost, lost

I woke up around 9 today to get to my Philosophy final at 1000 am. Well it turns out that it is on Wednesday. But hey! Its not entirely my fault. My backpack was stolen. Along with the syllabus to the class. For all I knew, it was on Monday. Oh well! I did have a final at 1230, but man! I could of slept in till 12.

Some of my friends in Point Loma would be mad to hear that. They always have to wake up early for classes and I am complaining of not being able to sleep in till twelve. But you know what? They would probably do the same thing if they were in my position. I'm simply taking advantage of it!

Alway carry some warm liquid with ya!

This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not! We have all had bad dates, but this takes the cake. This was on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Jay went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner, Marilyn, described her worst first date experience. There's absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize! Marilyn said it was midwinter... Snowing and quite cold...And the guy had taken her skiing to Lake Arrowhead. It was a day trip (no overnight). No, not Marilyn. They were strangers, after all, and truly had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon. They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for awhile. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her pee beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. Unfortunately, in the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing however, she soon became! aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to pump handles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor she answered her dates concerns about "what was taking so long" with a reply that indeed, she was "freezing her butt off and needed some assistance"! He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender. As for the Tonight Show... She took the prize hands down... or perhaps that should be "pants down." And you thought your first date was embarrassing. Jay Leno's comment: This gives a whole new meaning to being "pissed off".

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State of Fear

On the seventh of this month, Michael Crichton's new novel, "State of Fear", was released. My friend got it for my birthday and I am quite excited to begin reading it. Please feel free to let me know what you've thought of the book.

Reloaded....whats so bad about that?

I noticed that many people did not like the second Matrix movie. I don't understand this at all. What was not to like about the movie? There was plenty of action and you got to interact with a lot of new aspects of the matrix (the idea of certain programs not performing what they are meant to do; resulting in things such as werewolves and ghosts).

The two most annoying reasons that people thought it was terrible were: "I didn't understand it" and "Not a good storyline".

First of all, a persons inability to understand the depthness of a movie does not mean the movie is crap. Either you watch the movie again to give it a fair chance, or admit that it is way out of your league and walk away.

As for "not a good storyline"..............what? What about the story line, in any way, was cheap or not in depth? How was the first movie's story line more superior then the second? It seems to me that because the first movie brought up totally new ideas, and as such captivated audiences by the originality and special effects, that they then incorporated that as an AMAZING storyline. Just because you are now use to bullet time and the idea of people living in a dream world, doesn't negate the storyline one bit. The Matrix hit you with a mind boggling idea that we live in machines. That was new. Reloaded came out and continued the story line and then hit you with tons more philosophy and the realization that Zion had been created and destroyed several times before Neo. That was new...and mind bloggling as well.

Once again, whats wrong with the storyline?

23745 - 23724 = 21

I am now 21. Its a little scary how time goes by so quickly. Now I am officially legal. Unlike being 18, the law says "well you are a legal adult....but not really". But now that I am able to drink, I suppose that makes me an "official" adult. Or maybe an adult with privileges. Or maybe an idiot who honestly created the title of an "official adult" to a person who turns 21.

I had my first performance on the Christmas musical at my church. I will perform again tomorrow night...errr....tonight (considering as of right now it is officially Saturday), and then once more on Sunday. I will be relieved once its over. Not that I don't enjoy doing it, but performing in front of people isn't necessarily a walk on the beach.

Tragically, once I am finished with one thing, I must then study for finals with my lack of textbooks and notes. So this weekend will be rather busy in the most part.

And on a last note, my friend gave me The Ring (great scary movie) and Vanilla Sky (Tom's Cruise best performance). Fantastic movies!

Quote of the Week

"Step away from the duck!"

~ Chandler Bing

Why not the CD player?

On Tuesday night, after a long dress rehearsal for this weekends Christmas play, I went out to my car to find it unlocked. Did I leave it unlocked? That's an excellent question! The answer is no, I did not. But I thought nothing of it. So once I arrived home a little after 10:15 pm, I went inside to chat with some friends online. Around 12:30 am, I decided to go out and grab a Beef and Potato burrito from Taco Bell (beeeef. To bad there's no cheddar on them!) I also needed to check on a lady's cat whom I was taking care of, but to my surprise my door would not open! Alas!! Apparently the lock was jammed. I thought nothing of it (considering my car is slowly falling apart anyways) and took my brothers truck instead.

The next day my brother saw the damaged lock and said it appeared to have been broken into. That was a little confusing because nothing seemed to be missing. It turns out that whomever broke into my car stole my backpack! That's right! Out of all the cars in the parking lot, they chose mine and stole my petty backpack. They didn't even take the CD player! What kind of person does that? Honestly! So now I have finals next week, with no notes and no textbooks to study from.

Hmmmm, do I dare venture forth in this dark hour of my life?! Do I dare behold what lies before me?! Will I have the courage to do what it takes?

What the heck am I talking about?