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Christians (including members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), have a tendency to believe that some popular opinions have a foundation in scriptures, when these opinions are expressed in a way that sounds scriptural. So it is for the common opinion that it is wrong to judge people in any way, and the following scripture is often quoted:
«Judge not, that ye be not judged»
The problem is, this scripture doesn’t exist
To judge or not to judge?
Apr 10
Today I have been approached by two different people on the street, asking me for 2 dollars. In both cases, I asked some questions before making a decision. The first man was an Indigenous Australian in his 40s, the second was a young caucasian male in his early teens. I gave an apple to the first man, and 2 dollars to the second. I felt good about my first choice, but I felt stupid about my second. What is this all about?
Joshua
Apr 9
Joshua recupere tres bien a l’hopital. La plupart de ses intraveineuses et autres tubes et fils ont ete enleve pendant la journee aujourd’hui, il commence a reagir plus avec son entourage, et il devrait sortir de l’hopital d’ici mercredi si tout se passe bien. Nous vous tiendrons au courant. Merci a tous pour vos prieres et vos messages [...]
Sources of self-worth
Jan 26
During the last few days I have been pondering about something I want to change in my life. I’ve become keenly aware of an important motivational factor and source of self-worth on which I’ve been relying since I was very young. I refer to my desire to be seen in a good light by others, to receive praise, recognition, adulation etc. I have been aware of this for a long time, but only now do I begin to see that this has no place in my life.
Pizza and Movie night
Jan 16
In the past few months, I have spent a few evenings with friends, and agreed to watch some movies which I later regretted having watched. I won’t offend anyone’s personal tastes by giving the names of these movies, let us just say that one was a sci-fi botch-up job, another was a cookie-cut slapstick comedy, and the last was a teenage alien fantasy flic. They were all terrible. What struck me, however, was the predictability of the elements of each movie. I couldn’t predict each joke in the comedy, or each turn of event in the sci-fi film (almost, though...), but I could predict what «typical movie element» they would include. I compare these elements to pizza ingredients.
A true love story, part 2
Dec 14
A while ago I started to write an autobiographical account of how Anne-Marie and I met. I have kept postponing this next part, because it has become rather fuzzy in my mind over the years, and I didn’t keep very good journal records back then. Thankfully, Anne-Marie did, and last week I found an electronic backup of all our Instant Messaging conversations and email exchanges. So, using my memory and these resources, I will attempt to retrace these early events.
Birth
Dec 13
On December 5th, 2009, at 9:36am (GMT +8), Joshua Joel Connault was born in King Edward Memorial Hospital, in Perth. We have been waiting for him for over 8 years, so his birth is especially poignant to us. We have had a long time to prepare ourselves for him. I found, however, that there was no way in the world I could have been prepared for the birth experience.
About 4 months ago we decided to stop watching TV altogether. We evaluated the types of «good» programs that were available on the TV, and realised that we could get equal or better quality programs from our own collection or from the Internet, without being bombarded with the thick treacle of worldliness that oozes from national TV.
