Gay-Marriage: 6 Arguments That Do Work

Gay-Marriage Is and Has Always Been A Perversion In God's Eyes

Determination of what is natural or what is perversion is not the decision of mankind or the Supreme Court. Studies have shown that eyewitnesses cannot reliably agree on what they have seen, how can mankind agree on what is or is not a perversion of nature. Their fix for this is to declare there are no absolutes, thus everything is okay. But, steal their car and see if its okay. Sleeping around is okay, as long as, it's not their spouse doing it. Yes, there are absolutes. And, mankind is not capable of agreeing on what they are. Calvin Coolidge recognized this when he said, "Men do not make laws. They do but discover them. Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundations of righteousness." That foundation of righteousness is the Bible.

Most legal systems in the world and specifically western legal systems are based upon the 10 commandments. Our moral compass's true North is the Bible. There can be no other choice. Therefore, it is the Bible, the Word of God, that decides what is moral, what is ethical, what is natural, and what is not natural.

With this understanding, let us look at six reasons against gay marriages that do work because …

It's Not Natural!  It is declared so in the Bible. “For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.” (Romans 1:26-27 ESV). Clearly, ….

The Bible's Against It!  But why? Because God had a purpose of mankind: to procreate. “And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth'...” (Genesis 1:28) It was a job given to mankind. “But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female. Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.” (Mark 10:6-9) Since gay-marriage is against the plan and commandment of God, then it is sin, thus …

It's Filthy! Why, because …

It's Immoral! “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,” (1 Corinthians 6:9). Many of our founding fathers understood that the success of our government would rest upon how close its people followed God. That is why ...

The Founding Fathers Would Hate It! Thomas Jefferson said, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever; That a revolution of the wheel of fortune, a change of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by Supernatural influence! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in that event." --Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, p. 237.

This nation and its people can use all the psychology they wish. They can label people as intolerant. They can sue for their civil rights. They can even win, but it will not change the facts. God said, "For I the LORD do not change;” (Malachi 3:6)

10 Great Reasons for Not Being an Agnostic: Agnosticism is the Weakest Intellectual Position

All the agnostics I know like to say their refusal to take a position shows true open-mindedness. By not accepting there is a God and by not saying there is not a God, they claim intellectual superiority because they remain open to both sides' arguments. Yet, unconvinced by either.

Agnosticism seems to be the worst position one can take in an intellectual debate, because it shows a lack of understanding of a basic fact of intellectual life: The refusal to choose is the worst choice. Jesus said it this way: "I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” (Revelations 3:15-16 ESV) Agnostics by choosing not to choose are showing a lack of intellectual and moral character.

Below are 10 reasons why I believe agnosticism is not the better position in the debate between evolution and the Biblical account of creation. The refusal by agnostics to take a side in this important debate requires one to ask...

1. Are Agnostics Cowards? A failure to support a position by default indicates one is against both. With both sides claiming the case has been proved, how can someone not make a decision. One must conclude this results from a lack of moral and intellectual courage. The courageous and honest thing is to say which side you believe. Thus, one must ask…
2. Are Agnostics Honest? Jesus said, “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” (Luke 11:23) Not choosing is a choice. Claiming that the most intellectual thing to do is not to choose begs the question...
3. Are Agnostics Being Irrational? You claim that neither side has convinced you. Yet, evolutionists claim that evolution is an established fact; that no open-minded person can ignore the assembled evidence. While at the same time, Bible believers present their evidence that says science proves the Bible true. But, you are too busy to study the evidence and decide. Therefore, we must wonder …
4. Are Agnostics Lazy? A refusal to study the evidence and make up one's mind shows intellectual laziness. Perhaps, intellectual arguments are too much for you. Perhaps, you cannot be bothered with studying the evidence so I must ask …
5. Do Agnostics Love Fence-sitting? So, you sit on the fence claiming the high ground. Refusing to support either side. By doing this…

6. Are Agnostics Allowing Wrong to Continue? By not fighting for the right side, you are allowing wrong to continue. Neither side likes fence-sitters because their support might bring the battle to a conclusion. So, does a refusal to join either side mean that …
7. Agnostics are not Respected by Either Side? Your failure to join the battle leaves both sides questioning your intellectual ability and courage. They do not believe that anyone truly believes in nothing yet …
8. Agnostics believe in nothing. They believe that neither is right? What a horrible life to live being in nothing, if it is living at all. It is certainly not intellectual life. They find themselves in the black hole of nothingness because …
9. Agnostics only see the wrong in both sides. How black a mind and heart must be to only see the errors in both sides. Maybe both sides do have some minor points wrong. But, they are polar opposites, so how can both sides be wrong? One side must be near the truth, so support that one. But, they refuse. So one must conclude that …
10. Agnostics do not advance the truth. They hinder the truth. They ignore the truth. They fear the truth.

Agnosticism is not okay for all the reasons above.

Why Did God Create Everything: God's Plan for Mankind

As a person, I have so many questions for which I wish I knew the answer. As a Christian, I have fewer questions for which I need the answer. For instance, I don't need to know if the hot blonde babe is digging me. I don't need to know the lottery numbers. I don't need to know if I can get away with a little white lie to the IRS.

Not only do I not need the answers to a lot of question, but, as a Christian, I know the answer to a lot more questions. One of the biggest of them is the question of creation. Why did God create mankind and place him in the universe which he created to be his dwelling. 

The simple answer is found in Revelation 4:11 (KJV), "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." But, this begs the question. What pleasure could we provide God? 

Let us attempt to get some insight into the mind of God, so we can answer this? We know that "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my (God's) ways higher than your ways and my (God's) thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:9). This is reiterated in Romans 11:33, "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" If we are to get answer, God will have to provide them in the Bible, because our feeble attempts at reasoning can no way compare to God's thinking. 

The question having been posed needs some attention. And, the point having been made that we need God's help to understand why. Then we will turn to his word, the Bible, to find the answer. Consider how Adam and Eve came to be in the Garden of Eden. Some of the scriptures about Adam and Eve will provide insight into God's special care for and relationship with mankind. 

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" (Genesis 1:27 KJV). "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. … And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him" (Gen 2:7-23). "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man" (Genesis 1:28). … " And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"(Genesis 3:6-9).

An image is not the real thing. So, we are not mini-gods or god-like. We are human being. But, God made man superior to all his creation in that mankind was to have dominion over all on this Earth. And, we unlike all of the creatures on Earth are able to know God, to love God, to worship God, to serve God and to fellowship with God. 

God can observe the acts of the creatures he created and God can communicate with them, if he chooses. It appears from the above that He did come regularly in the cool of the day and walk and talk with Adam and Eve; He enjoyed fellowship with them. Does God need this? I don't know, but he must have wanted it. He did create the universe and place man in it. So, God created man to have fellowship with him. But, there was a problem. 

When the thought entered the mind of God that he would create a people to bring him pleasure, He immediately knew that Satan would tempt man causing man to sin. This rebellion against God would stand between mankind and God. It would keep mankind from entering into the presence of God. Jesus words from the cross which were taken from Psalm 22:1, " My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" points to this fact. Thus, man's choice to sin eternally separated man from the presence of God. God knew that He had to bring an end to sin in order to fully enjoy His creation. So, he developed a plan to do just that. Specifically, he had a plan " to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy" (Daniel 9:24). How this is accomplished is the next in this series of articles. All that is happening in the world is part of God's plan to restore man, so that he can once again walk with God in the cool of the evening.

Click here if you are interested in how God plans to do that.

Pawpaw Ponders How to Construct a Good Excuse : Some Good Ole Boy Wisdom

“We are all manufacturers. Making goods, making trouble, or making excuses.”(H. V. Adolt)

“Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.” (Kingsmen song lyrics)

“Leaders sometimes lie and they lie for good reasons. I tried to make the case [in my book, Why Leaders Lie] that although instinctively all of us believe lying is a bad thing that's not always the case. ...” (John Mearsheimer, Political Science Professor and Author) I glad to learn its now approved, because we all can think of times when lying (an excuse) might have helped. I am married. I have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I am active in a social group. So, the number of people authorized to find fault with me has always been big enough to keep me creative with my excuses. I'm glad someone has finally seen the good side of excuses (lying).

So, if the occasion should present itself where a lie (excuse) is needed, then you need to know how to produce a good one. I'm going to use some good ole pawpaw wisdom to teach you how to produce good excuses and avoid the bad ones.

1. A guilty dog barks the loudest

This points out the number one characteristic of a good excuse: “Don't oversell it.” What happens when the husband arrives home very late and start speaking like this “Unexpected business call …...resulting in me having to …. so I did not get out before …...I got assigned....”. All the time ranting and raving about how unfair you are being treated. That gets you out of the frying pan into the fire faster than dark flees light. You have a reputation as truthful, or you don't, so “I had to work late.” works are nothing does.

2. You can catch more files with honey than with vinegar

Don't get mad. It maybe an accepted principle that if you are not upset by being accused then you are guilty. That is false. Someone who has done nothing wrong has no reason to feel defensive.

3. Every dog has fleas.

Admit you are not always perfect, but this time you're innocent. Admit that occasionally you just need time with the “guys”. When you admit to a less offensive act, the person feels the lie has been found out, so they are satisfied. This also helps establish an excuse for the next time.

4. If brains were leather, he wouldn’t have enough to saddle a junebug.

Act dumb. Insignificant actions of the day are not remembered in detail, so lies should not involve details. Consider the following conversation. “Why didn't you call and let me know?” asks the wife. The husband responds, “My cell phone battery was dead.” Wife asks, “Couldn't you have used the house phone, or your friend's phone?” Remember, the more facts you give the more facts that can be checked out.

5. Keep her as happy as a tick on a fat dog

Earn her good graces before you need them. Buy her flowers when she knows you have none nothing wrong. I know, these times are far between, so don't let a opportunity pass you by.

6. You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear

Be yourself. Don't make excuses that don't ring true to who you are. Don't say you stopped to fix a tire for an old couple broken down on the road, if you have never lent a hand to another stranger.

7. Even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then

You might get away once or twice, but remember we all have “tells”. Remember, if you wife knows you so that she can finish you sentences, she knows your “tells”. The more excuses you make, the more likely you are to get caught.

8. Excuses are like backsides. Everybody’s got one and they all stink.

Don't do thing that you are ashamed to get credited to your account. Be sure you lies will find you out.

Core Values: A Winsome Look At Our Silent Puppet Masters

Be careful of your thoughts, for they produce your words. Be careful of your words, for they will be backed up by actions. Be careful of your actions, least they become habits. Be careful of your habits, for they built your character. Be careful of your character, for it is you. This is good, but where do we get the thoughts that turn into words? I've pondered this for some time. I hope this pondering here helps you to understand the answer to this question.

I have a tendency to engage by mouth before my brain is fully functioning. Well, honestly, that is not true. What is true is that I believe that honestly is the best policy. I believe that one of the biggest signs of maturity is the ability to take the truth without having to have it flavored or mixed with sugar. These are two of my core values. Although, the result of having them is that I have fewer “friends?” and that I make people mad at me, I just can't see why I should change. It matters not how much they impact me socially. It mattes not how many times my wife reminds me to mind my manners. I keep on being me. I value maturity over social acceptance. I think they should grow up. The idea that I should accommodate their immaturity conflicts with how much I value maturity. So, I become a social outcast for the sake of my core values which I can't even explain how I came to process.

Our core values are what we live by. Our core values are what we cherish. They are the unseen puppet masters of our lives. Our core values are the principles that we truly value above all else, that is why we call them core values. Let me give you a couple of examples to help see how they affect our behavior.

While serving as a group leader, I was forced to confront one of my values, beliefs, I had been taught for years in my church. I had supported this belief and encouraged this belief. I had taught this belief and the reasons for it. I thought it was mine, but I learned it was not.

It happened on a Saturday morning one summer. I was the leader of a group of men and boys who had spent the previous day fishing only to catch as near to nothing as you can. So, the group decided to go swimming in a nearby river.

While I did not condone mixed bathing, it seemed OK since this was an all male group. Being relatively new to the area, I did not know the location we were going. I was bought up swimming in a local rivers and creeks. It never occurred to me that there might be females. I did not know that this place was a large public swimming and camping site.

I did not discover this until we arrived and the boys had jumped out and were running towards the water and all those scantily clad females. What was I to do? I knew what “hell would be paid” if I forced the men and boys back into vehicles. But, if I really believed mixed bathing was such a soul destroying thing, I had no chose but to do exactly that. Of course, I did not. What a surprise. I learned what one of my core value was not and learned that I had one I was not aware that I had.

My wife and her sister where raised in the same household, with the same parents. I say that in case you are young and not use to the time when this was the normal home lifestyle. Despite the uniform upbringing, my wife got into more trouble than her sister because she could not keep quite. And, because she thought that some things were worth getting into trouble over. She did disobey, but she did it fully understanding the risk-reward possibilities. Her sister on the other hand, willingly conform her conduct to that expected or managed someway to get her sister to receive the blame. These two people obviously valued the principle “Do what keeps you out of trouble.” differently. One obviously valued the principle “At all cost, don't get caught.” a lot more than she valued the principle “Don't lie.” Maybe more than she valued her sister.

Even though they had the same upbringing. The same rules where enforced for each. Yet, they had different core values. “Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.”¹ The same can often be said of our core values. They seem to be populated automatically for us like spell check in auto-correct mode. They are learned, often without us even realizing it.

Just as the child learns to talk by interacting with others, it also learns many of its core values by its interactions with others. This is confirmed by observing that a child knows when it is loved. It does not have to be told, in fact, saying it a million times will not convince the child of something contrary to what it knows from observation and interaction. The child has learned what love it and that it is either to be treasured or devalued by interacting with its surrounding. So, we acquire our core values. Our puppet masters.

Dogs Against Romney Website

If being entitled to fifteen minutes of fame is everyone's right. My life up until now has consisted of a few thirty-second spots gained by writing letters to the editor of our regional paper. As do many, I yearn for more exposure. However, none seek more fame or fortune than the website developer of Dogs Against Romney.com.

A political columnist in a regional paper reported about the creation of this site by Scott Crider. According to the article, Mr. Crider, a marketing consultant who specializes in social media, while cruising the internet found an article describing an event that was observed and reported in an article in the Boston Globe. Sound like hearsay of hearsay of what someone else might have seen. It gets worse when you hear when the event occurred.

Reportedly in 1982, Mr. Romney, his wife and five boys were traveling by car on vacation to Canada. Their rather large dog was cared on top of the car in a cage to which Romney had built a windshield. At some point during the trip, the boys noticed some brownish stuff sliding down the rear window and alerted Romney.

Finding a gas station where water was provided, Romney preceded to wash the dog and the car using a water hose. Crider saw these actions as a very “cold-blooded thing to do”. What did he do in response? Mr. Crider created a website extolling human treatment of our critters. No, he created one on which he “exploits” the event for profit by selling T-shirts and other items. The article reported that T-shirt sales on the website were skyrocketing. If, as quoted, Mr. Crider is so repulsed by the treatment received by some “critter”, then I assume the money from the sale of the items on his website must go to animal rights organizations. However, I could find nothing on the website that indicates that any of the money goes to help anyone, but his employees and himself. And, maybe the Democratic Party.

Notwithstanding, his entrepreneurial ability reminds me of what Mitch Romney did when he saved the Olympic Games by using the same skills that helped make him successful to turn a financial failure into a successful event. It is these types of individuals and actions that have made America the envy of the world. I believe both of these men deserve credit for their profit-making skills.

Seriously, what was Romney to do? I'm sure the dog and the family enjoyed the vacation more by taking the dog along than they would had the dog been left behind in a boarding kennel. Truthfully, none of us can probably think of a way to handle the situation faced by Romney any better. (Seriousness is over. I promise.)

The article farther reported that Mr. Crider was “hearing from some high-ranking officials in the Obama campaign” who obviously want to make political hay out of the event. When you take a story that should be published in the Reader's Digest humor section so it can be enjoyed by all and try to make political hay from it, they must think voters are about two sandwiches shy of a picnic.

I'm sure we all can enjoy the humor in this report and also see some reasons to vote for Romney. Here is a man who loves his family, who loves his pets, who can think on his feet, and who knows how to get rid of stinky stuff. I hope we voters know as much.

Scott Crider's vision to see an opportunity for financial gain and his ability to take advantage of it to make money speaks volumes for the opportunities afforded to all by our capitalist economy where bright people can turn ideas into money. I suspect the reporter from the Globe who broke the story wishes he'd seen the opportunity to profit off the event.

Further examining the incident with some wisdom and knowledge about dogs may reveal a true area of concern. Maybe, those not fortunate enough to have been born and raised in the South have never seen a dog in the back of a pickup truck before. All southerners know how much most dogs love the wind in their face, so the only thing that could be wrong in the incident as described would be the construction of the windshield. Did it provide access to fresh air or not? That would be the real concern for the dog.

Those trying to benefit politically from the incident must assume that dogs would prefer to be cooped up in a car with them instead of out in the fresh air. Undoubtedly, dogs prefer fresh air to some of the smelly stuff politicians keep putting out. But, before I get too repulsed by Romney's cold-blooded act of preventing his dog from enjoying the wind in his face, I suppose, I need to investigate the blue prints for the windshield. Maybe, I should also call Mr. Crider to make certain that he is not donating the profits from the website. Or, I could just create a website called PAW, People Against Windshields or Proper Animal Windshields, to try my hand at making money. You ready to buy PAW T-shirts? (You ready to buy anything these particular politicians are putting out? You ready to read more posts by me?)

Blogging Ain't Easy When You Have Old-Timers

The other day I was driving down the road trying not to be bored to death by the routine of driving the same highways over and over and over some more. I've driven  it so much that I could drive them in my sleep. You doubt me. Perchance I have taken poetic license? Well, somewhat. But, one night on my way back from a night class, I awoke on the four lane coming into town and noticed that the night had a beautiful blue glow to it. Of course, the scene was disturbed by the loud yelping sound of the police siren. Luckily he was a student also, and he had a kind heart, so I only got a warning ticket. But, I digress. Which only proved I have titled this blog site correctly.

As I was driving the other day, this humorous, satirical and enlightening series of thoughts occurred to me, not witless, crazy unrelated to good sense thoughts, but those for which I one day hope to be famous. I arranged them into my next article for Yahoo Voices as I was driving home. 

Y'all no the old saying, "Even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then." Well, I was sure I'd found one.I was somewhat proud of it. Finally, I got home, got the computer up, and got the word processor open only to stare at a plain, blank white virtual sheet of paper. I had forgotten everything, but how great the ideas were. Maybe, its old-timers or maybe God just had mercy and saved the world from one too many witless wanderings, but, for the umpteenth time, I had lost those thoughts that were going to help make me rich.

Having nothing else to do, I set there remembering the way too many times when I lost my thoughts before I could put them down. (How it is that we can remember our failures so much more often than we can remember our successes?) Any, if all the fantastic articles I have written in my head, yes, often when I was suppose to be doing something else, where on paper the internet would be full of my winsome, witless ponderings.

But, what is ever worse than forgetting is remembering, then discovering that once they are on paper they are neither winsome nor witty. That means I have to actually invest some time to produce something that might be entertaining and enlightening to others when my head seems to be empty.

The blue light pathway

Returning to my almost getting a ticket for speeding. It was around midnight. And, the streets where empty. Our city is not quite a sleepy little hamlet. They don't roll the sidewalks up after dark at least on the week-ends.

Pondering on this caused me to wonder why I was stopped when it appeared to me that I was endangering no one, but myself, if I was really doing that. Maybe this had an impact on the officer giving me a warning ticket instead of a money maker.

I was stopped for not obeying a sign. I am neither crazy nor an anarchist. But, a sign? An inanimate object that's dumber that a road lizard is telling me how to drive. A traffic sign are incapable of recognizing that traffic patterns change throughout the day and adjusting to meet the situation. It begs the question, just how many things in our life which have no mental ability at all control us? (Get me some examples of the dumb things that control our lives. They have to be dumber than us now.)