Friday, March 26, 2004

Not much Passion to be had...
Praise be to Yevon: My highly-religious grandmother is FORCING me to see "The Passion of the Christ"! Why me? Personally, I'd love to see the movie -in the comfort of my own home. I'm not a big fan of people bawling and quoting scripture when I'm only halfway through my extra-cheesy nachos. What's more? My grandmother is likely to be one of them, seeing how fervently religious (and over-reactive) she is... Thus, not good for me.

In other news, I managed to catch the first ten minutes or so of last night's O'Reilly Factor, and all I can say is... Wow. I mean, reading transcripts of the guy's show is bad enough, but actually seeing him live is pretty pathetic. Again, I have to reiterate how ironic the "Fair and Balanced" FOX slogan is. And on his website, the link to his profile describes O'Reilly as 'humble'! HUMBLE! I can't accurately describe how much I dislike this guy. But I've attempted that enough over the past few days, and it must be getting annoying to the reader.

So, something else to rant about? Politics? Religion? The highly corrosive/flammable/toxic results of mixing the two? Nah. I'll just re-iterate the fact that I've got my own message board, which is found here- http://joshu06.proboards23.com I need members, especially intelligent members who love a good debate. That's almost purely what my forum is about: Debate. Yes, the typical, obligatory message board jargon is included, but the main focus is debate. Politics, Religion, Morals, Science, it's all there. Oh, and being the geek I am, I've also taken the liberty of adding videogaming and techstuffs sections. ^^x

There's one last thing I'd like to interject here, and it relates to the atheist man who is trying to get the words "under God" taken out of the Pledge. I'm afraid I have to laugh at this guy's efforts, as I do not see how hearing "under God" is 'coercement', as the man said it was. The concept of God is prevalent in more than one religion, a fact that he seems to be less than able to grasp. It seems to be the current equivalent to "What Would Jesus Drive?"... And he also seems to be trying to keep atheism a part of his child's beliefs, which I think is a dumb practice all together: that of parents forcing their kids into their religion without giving them a choice. Why is it that a child is never allowed to make the choice for themselves at a certain age? Instead, they're constantly raised "one way" and are told that everything else is "wrong". Or at least, they're lead to that conclusion. Myself, I've chosen both Buddhism and Christianity. However, my grandmother would completely freak out, have a stroke, and/or kick me out of the house if she found out I believed in Buddhism (my grandfather wouldn't care, but I just don't tell him because he may inadvertently 'blow my cover'.). If I ever have a child, I'll simply let them learn about religions themselves, and I won't force them into Buddhism or Christianity. I say they should make the choice themselves.

But that's enough from me!

In closing, I'd like to reiterate my sincere wish that Kerry wins the election. And the fact that I'm a complete and total geek. Oh, JOIN MY BOARDS!!! http://joshu06.proboards23.com

Later.
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