Momma Told ME Not To Hate

It was my birthday Sunday. This weekend has been filled with fun stuff. Friday night I went over to Koop and Steph's house to play Euchre and by 10 I was too tired to continue. I guess I will never be able to get anywhere close to Bussis' record of consecutive Euchre games. Saturday was a day where I had a lot of friends over. I, for some odd reason, decided to make my own Roast Beef, and while it was fun, it was very time consuming. Anyways, I had friends over and we ate dinner, watched part of a wrestling DVD that I got for my birthday then finished the night off with "The Prestige." Today I shall go to church and hang out with Koop, Steph and Lana afterwards. Yeehaw for me having friends.
But, on to what this blog is actually about. I just read a story on WSCAL's list about James Cameron unearthing the tomb of Jesus Christ. http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2007/02/jesus_tales_from_the_crypt.html#comments I seem to remember a few years ago people claiming to have discovered the tomb of James, brother of Jesus, somewhere. I wish that these people would make up their minds. In the article it says that James Cameron can prove via DNA tests that it is Jesus' tomb. If this is our Savior's tomb and there is a possibility of a DNA test that would mean that Christ never rose. But, wait a minute. I know that people are good at figuring out their family trees, but how are you going to get that good of a DNA makeup from a 2000 year old body? And how can you prove that it is actually Jesus Christ? I think it is an absolute shame to even claim that you found the body of Christ. Yes, you will outrage Christians and get more people on your side, but for what? So what if a tomb was found with ten bodies inside being the family of Jesua, there are probably millions of people with this family tree. I guarantee that somewhere out there there is another family living right now with Gerald, Annette, Eric, Beth and Adam as a family. But what does it prove?

What I Think

I am starting to think that writing blogs is a waste of time.
This past weekend was an interesting one. I woke up at 1:30 Friday morning with the flu. Yeah, that is not too fun. Needless to say, that kept me out for one day, so Zach couldn't get any material on me being strange with the exchange students Friday night. Saturday was a better day. I still felt kind of sick, but nowhere near what I was like on Friday. Saturday night I got to hang out with friends from seminary and also some future seminarians. We saw "Breach," which was a great movie and then ended up at OTB, where I only managed to eat half a chicken quesadilla. Then we went to Starbucks and got coffee and talked more. This was where someone figured out what the Calvin guys have known all along, that they can make as many jokes about me as they want with little or no consequences. Is this a huge problem for me? Not really, but some people may say that I need to get more serious. Oh well, I will let it role off my back. Sunday I wore a suit for the second week and people thought that I was exhorting instead of Zach. That was quite odd. I mean, we do kind of look alike, but these people know both of us and Zach's name was listed in the bulletin, so there is no reason that anyone should think that. Plus, I am not even allowed to exhort yet, so that kind of makes it more difficult to make that jump. One day soon it will be the truth though, I will be able to exhort. Sunday night I played Euchre with Zach and Steve and one other guy from our church. It ended up that Steve and I were on a team and we won 2 out of 3. It was quite a good weekend overall, I guess. It is over now and it is now time to study.

Famous

I think no one would be surprised to know that my favorite sport is baseball. But, what many do not realize is the reason that I like minor (or independent) league baseball more than the majors. You see, in an age where the Cubs can spend $300 million in an off season to bring in the best talent, I don't really care about talent. I care about the love of the game. Those guys out there making no more than $1000 a month have to be in it for the love of the game. I love the game of baseball, so I enjoy watching these guys. I don't care that much about being able to say that I met or got the autograph of that famous player. In the end does it really matter? Can saying that I have met this person really get me any further in life. Sure, saying that you know someone famous can get into that new trendy nightclub, but life is not a nightclub. In the end it does not matter if you know that famous person or if you simply know that next door neighbor. Everyone has a story to tell, and the most important story does not come through that famous person's autograph, but in the greatest book of all, the Bible. In the game of life knowing your next door neighbor and the famous player may be on different levels, but at the end of life neither of these will matter. That famous person's autograph may get you $1000 on ebay today, but tomorrow it may be just a cent. You see, in the end, that famous person becomes less famous and they are just like you and me. They are humans, not superhumans.

Justice, Again

You know, my thoughts come up once again. I was reading about the humanists again last night. I don't understand what doing the most good actually will do. What does doing good get you if there is no afterlife? People are wicked by nature and there has to be a prize at the end, right? So, are these people trying to stay on earth as long as possible to do good, even though they will not be remembered for it? What really does it mean? Doing good, I guess, can be seen as what is good for the most people. But, do we actually know what is good for the most people? In the humanist mindset, or the postmodern mindset, isn't "good" relative? I am utterly confused. If there is no afterlife there is no reason for life in the first place. I do not believe that good works will put you in heaven, but I still try to do what is good in the eyes of the Lord. I fail miserably, but I keep trying. As for the humanists, they say that they want to not discriminate against anyone, but they discriminate against Christians and all other religions with a central figure. That is the ultimate discrimination, I think.