It stinks to be the underdog, you know? There are classes of people who are always on top, and others who always seem to be on the bottom of society, no matter what they do. It is important to always respect those who are not born or allowed to retain the benefits some of us have on this earth. After all, change is not always welcomed, and it is not always beneficial. Sometimes, change comes and it can rip one's life apart sending them into a life they never intended or welcomed, and without choice, they can end up hated by people who once loved them.
I'm speaking, of course, of the Fempiror race, who are who they are because they were forced into that life by some errant rebel who injected them with some kind of serum that changed their person to this other life that most of them never wanted. They aren't freaks. They are misunderstood. They don't want to be hurt by the sun. They don't want cold skin. They don't want to live a long life and be ridiculously strong. Actually, many of them dig that last part, but what they don't want is to be driven out of polite society just because they're different.
The Fempiror are of all colors and nationalities, and many of them are very old. As a result, they understand the world's take on them, and accept their sub-life. Many of them have formed their own communities only associating with other Fempiror since too many times, they've been hurt by those they call "regular humans."
They don't deserve this. Only by cross-contamination of blood can you become a Fempiror, so you need not fear their presence or think they will hurt you or make you become like them (unless they are really angry and think they can some kind of vendetta against humanity, in which case, you'll want to avoid them). Seriously, most of them are fine, upstanding people just trying to make their way in the universe.
Hug a Fempiror today. Show them you care.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Popular People
You know, I recently went over a shameless list of search terms and while looking over trends, I noticed how Miley Cyrus actually popped up a lot in several trending lists. Actress, musical artist, people (did you know she was a person?), and teen pop artist. I never watched her show, Hannah Montana, though I do have the misfortunate of recalling her father, Billy Ray Cyrus's tune, Achy Breaky Heart. I much prefer the Weird Al knock-off, Achy Break Song, where he begs not to ever play that song again.
One thing I will admit, however, based on what I do know about young Miley is that she actually does have some singing chops. I've listened to quite a few of her songs, and it isn't bad. Her older stuff is fairly bubble gum, but some of the more recent is quite passable. I also found it interesting that she is more popular than everyone's favorite teen punching bag, Justin Bieber, at least as a search result. And of course, a big search engine welcome to Cory Monteith of Glee fame, which is another show I've never watch, but I totally clicked on his name to find a Wikipedia article written in his honor.
Hm, it says he's Canadian. That's not remotely interesting.
Naturally, William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are right near the top of the list what with that new royal English baby they got going on. Prince William being the second in line to the rather pointless throne of England behind his father. I watched an Animaniacs episode once that had Prince Charles, William's father who was married to the illustrious Princess Diana (I bet he felt so lucky to get with someone so popular), as a character, and at one point, Yakko (probably) asked him, "Who died and made you king?" to which the downtrodden Prince Charles replied with a sniffle, "Nobody." Laughed out loud every time. I still laugh out loud at that. Well, I'm not laughing right now, since I would distract the people around me, but if I were alone and actually watching the episode instead of merely replying it in my head, I would probably laugh...every time. That's a probable chance of an every time laugh right there.
It is worth noting that Kate out trends William in the search. That'll show him. I'm not sure what it'll show him, but it just will(iam).
And before I drop this shameless post, I'll just shout out to Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump. No reason, really. Just thought I'd include them because I can. As someone in charge of one aspect of my life makes clear, when you're in charge, you can do what you want. Happy Sunday.
One thing I will admit, however, based on what I do know about young Miley is that she actually does have some singing chops. I've listened to quite a few of her songs, and it isn't bad. Her older stuff is fairly bubble gum, but some of the more recent is quite passable. I also found it interesting that she is more popular than everyone's favorite teen punching bag, Justin Bieber, at least as a search result. And of course, a big search engine welcome to Cory Monteith of Glee fame, which is another show I've never watch, but I totally clicked on his name to find a Wikipedia article written in his honor.
Hm, it says he's Canadian. That's not remotely interesting.
Naturally, William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are right near the top of the list what with that new royal English baby they got going on. Prince William being the second in line to the rather pointless throne of England behind his father. I watched an Animaniacs episode once that had Prince Charles, William's father who was married to the illustrious Princess Diana (I bet he felt so lucky to get with someone so popular), as a character, and at one point, Yakko (probably) asked him, "Who died and made you king?" to which the downtrodden Prince Charles replied with a sniffle, "Nobody." Laughed out loud every time. I still laugh out loud at that. Well, I'm not laughing right now, since I would distract the people around me, but if I were alone and actually watching the episode instead of merely replying it in my head, I would probably laugh...every time. That's a probable chance of an every time laugh right there.
It is worth noting that Kate out trends William in the search. That'll show him. I'm not sure what it'll show him, but it just will(iam).
And before I drop this shameless post, I'll just shout out to Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump. No reason, really. Just thought I'd include them because I can. As someone in charge of one aspect of my life makes clear, when you're in charge, you can do what you want. Happy Sunday.
Shades of Grey
If you know anything about religion, you probably know that Christians can be a very confusing group of people. Some of them of radical one way or the other either loving or hating everyone, and it seems there is a massive effort to convert the world into their way of thinking. I've been a Christian all my life, and I've gone through quite a few phases of the process of growing within my faith. Through all of this, I've found that a Christian lifestyle is not as black and white as people want it to be. When you actually look at what Jesus did and how he lived, he would go two directions at once that seemed both contradictory but in perfect harmony with what he taught.
For instance, he said to go into all the world and teach the gospel., but he also said if someone won't listen, let them go. No where did he say to scream in that person's face to make them hear the truth. He knew the truth, and he knew that someone has to be receptive, and if they won't listen, there is no need to waste time with that individual. He encouraged the following of the law during his time on earth, but the leaders felt he broke the law all the time. In actuality, Jesus knew the law so well that he knew how to follow the law while simultaneously pissing off the establishment. Did not sin, but showed the Man up.
In our modern world, a common phrase is to love the sinner but hate the sin. This is a concept that most people cannot wrap their head around since it involves accepting someone for who they are regardless of what they do while simultaneously acknowledging that you don't approve of what they do. However, in order to fully live this, it goes quite a bit further than that. It is a matter of accepting that person and who they are whether you agree or not while allowing them to come to their own decisions. If their decisions don't agree with yours, you have to accept this as their own truth because even if they are biblically wrong, you have to ask what Jesus would do. Jesus would let them walk.
It is ok to wish people would come to know the truth of the gospel. It is ok to want them to believe. But it is not ok to forcefeed them or declare their wrongdoings. If you think about your average toddler who won't eat (parents, you know this all too well if your child survived the single digits), if you stand over the child and command that every bite must be eaten, what happens? Nothing. That's what. Three little, non-eating princesses later, I can tell you that the food remains on the plate, tears are had, hair is pulled, fits are thrown, doors are slammed, and once you finally decide to come back out of your room to the child who wonders what just happened, the food remains uneaten as they ask if they can play now. A few swigs of Brandy later, you go ahead and agree while you contemplate whether to just eat their food or throw it to the dog.
People are the same way with the truth. No matter what you do, everyone has their own truth. It is said that perception is reality, and if someone perceives the Christian to be a total nutjob, then guess what? You're a nutjob, and no one will listen to a word you have to say.
How to approach this little problem? With the greatest of subtlety. Jesus spoke to large groups of people without addressing very many individuals. Those he spoke to were receptive to him, and those he rebuked publicly had originally started the conversation. They asked. He answered. What Jesus never did (feel free to correct if I'm wrong here) is walk up to a random stranger, declare their sins without any prompting, and tell them exactly where they were going to go without the truth and his help. Instead, when he declared the truth to a group of his closest followers, most of them left. His apostles wanted to go after them, but he told them to let them go because His truth is a hard one.
Truth is hard. Truth will set you free, but acknowledging any truth is extremely difficult because we don't want to accept it, especially if it makes us look bad. Whatever sins we think people have, we have to understand that their life is their decision, and only by living the Christian lifestyle can we ever hope to influence anyone. We can stand up for the truth when confronted, but we should not condemn anyone (that's anyone) unless they specifically ask us for our help, and even then, they should not receive condemnation but love and guidance.
The greatest commands in the Bible, according to Jesus, are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength," and to "love your neighbor as yourself." In approaching anyone, we have to first decide whether we want to be treated the way we intend to treat someone else. We should also decide whether Jesus would act how we intend to act based on the accounts we have.
Keeping this in mind, go into the world.
For instance, he said to go into all the world and teach the gospel., but he also said if someone won't listen, let them go. No where did he say to scream in that person's face to make them hear the truth. He knew the truth, and he knew that someone has to be receptive, and if they won't listen, there is no need to waste time with that individual. He encouraged the following of the law during his time on earth, but the leaders felt he broke the law all the time. In actuality, Jesus knew the law so well that he knew how to follow the law while simultaneously pissing off the establishment. Did not sin, but showed the Man up.
In our modern world, a common phrase is to love the sinner but hate the sin. This is a concept that most people cannot wrap their head around since it involves accepting someone for who they are regardless of what they do while simultaneously acknowledging that you don't approve of what they do. However, in order to fully live this, it goes quite a bit further than that. It is a matter of accepting that person and who they are whether you agree or not while allowing them to come to their own decisions. If their decisions don't agree with yours, you have to accept this as their own truth because even if they are biblically wrong, you have to ask what Jesus would do. Jesus would let them walk.
It is ok to wish people would come to know the truth of the gospel. It is ok to want them to believe. But it is not ok to forcefeed them or declare their wrongdoings. If you think about your average toddler who won't eat (parents, you know this all too well if your child survived the single digits), if you stand over the child and command that every bite must be eaten, what happens? Nothing. That's what. Three little, non-eating princesses later, I can tell you that the food remains on the plate, tears are had, hair is pulled, fits are thrown, doors are slammed, and once you finally decide to come back out of your room to the child who wonders what just happened, the food remains uneaten as they ask if they can play now. A few swigs of Brandy later, you go ahead and agree while you contemplate whether to just eat their food or throw it to the dog.
People are the same way with the truth. No matter what you do, everyone has their own truth. It is said that perception is reality, and if someone perceives the Christian to be a total nutjob, then guess what? You're a nutjob, and no one will listen to a word you have to say.
How to approach this little problem? With the greatest of subtlety. Jesus spoke to large groups of people without addressing very many individuals. Those he spoke to were receptive to him, and those he rebuked publicly had originally started the conversation. They asked. He answered. What Jesus never did (feel free to correct if I'm wrong here) is walk up to a random stranger, declare their sins without any prompting, and tell them exactly where they were going to go without the truth and his help. Instead, when he declared the truth to a group of his closest followers, most of them left. His apostles wanted to go after them, but he told them to let them go because His truth is a hard one.
Truth is hard. Truth will set you free, but acknowledging any truth is extremely difficult because we don't want to accept it, especially if it makes us look bad. Whatever sins we think people have, we have to understand that their life is their decision, and only by living the Christian lifestyle can we ever hope to influence anyone. We can stand up for the truth when confronted, but we should not condemn anyone (that's anyone) unless they specifically ask us for our help, and even then, they should not receive condemnation but love and guidance.
The greatest commands in the Bible, according to Jesus, are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength," and to "love your neighbor as yourself." In approaching anyone, we have to first decide whether we want to be treated the way we intend to treat someone else. We should also decide whether Jesus would act how we intend to act based on the accounts we have.
Keeping this in mind, go into the world.
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