Introducing a no-frills journal of commentary on the issues of life, society, death, and judgment

Asking the question: What should I be doing with my life?

Origins fight/cultural war

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This journal is an ongoing digest of thoughts and musings about life--its transience and its meaning. Included throughout the text are links to other Web pages not affiliated with this page. They are included for your convenience.
Be aware of one thing: The words "End Times" are included in the title with tongue firmly planted in cheek. While I do believe in the culmination of history with the Return of the Messiah, I'm well aware that people have made fools of themselves in the past by claiming prophecy fulfillment through newspaper headlines. Various candidates for THE Anti-Christ have come and gone: popes; Napoleon; Hitler;

Mussolini..... All have been wrong. So we might have a few years, a few centuries, or even a few millennia left.
But in one sense, the End is near--for you and me. We are living the last days of our lives. If you are over 20, you might have about 60 or 70 years ahead of you. Sure, life expectancy may increase. Medical progress! We could add more time. Then again, maybe not. You could get hit by a car tomorrow. I can be killed by a terrorist. It doesn't really matter how long the rest of the world has; for every individual, the End is drawing closer. Regardless of how long your life is to be, by this time next week, it will be seven days less than it is now. So what do we do with our dwindling lives?
Carpe Diem! might be the reply--especially for those who saw the movie Dead Poets Society. More

Ohio's "origins" controversy on whether to include Intelligent Design in science standards has ramifications far beyond high-school science classrooms. At stake is the guiding philosophy of future leaders in Law, Government and the Arts. If man is an accident--merely the result of random chance, there is no purpose for his existence. He exists as a machine, an automaton--assembled via natural selection and random mutation. As such, we can rule out any supernatural events taking place inside his thought processes. If it is true that we are only products of matter and chance, no soul or agency exists that transcends the material laws of cause and effect.
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