Another Calvinist Humor Meme (Colors)

I am recovering from a weekend retreat, so I decided to post another light humor.  A book review is coming tommorow =)

 

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Two terrorists, two different Politically Correct responses in July 2011

Don’t miss my previous entry about how the Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik does not claim to be a religious Christian

I thought I make this cultural observation:

 

1.) Anders Behring Breivik

Anders Behring Breivik: I do not have a personal relationship with Jesus, I am not religious.

Media: He is a fundamentalist Christian conservative!  Those who are Conservatives and speak out on the terror of Islam are to be blame for what Breivik has done!

 

2.) Naser Abdo

Naser Abdo: I am a Muslim and cannot serve in the US army.

Media: Islam is a religion of peace.  Beware of blaming other Muslims, to do so is Islamicphobia.

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2008 Presidential candidate’s ad

We are not here to endorse any candidate.

But this ad from a current candidate is good.

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SATIRE: Correlation between good looks and Bad theology and vice versa

Interesting Satire by TomintheBox, over at his blog:

http://tominthebox.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-study-reveals-good-looks-bad.html

Good looks of a preacher does not necessarily mean good theology my friends

You won’t believe how many people I have met that correlate people being nice as “Christian” or most “Biblical”

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The Benefits of Jumping Jacks & The Fallacy of Jumping Jacks

I’ve read one-liners like:

• “Why we can’t leave yet…”
• “The Iraqi’s are ready to assume control!!!!!!!!”
• “At this rate, we’re never leaving Iraq”
  [All titles were from youtube clips]

Even military.com’s newsletter, Military Insider jumped in titleling their video, “Iraqi Cadets Can’t do Jumping Jacks. ” 

Disconcerting as the video as it is, even more disconcerting is the fact that to some, it only verifies their conviction that we’ve lost the war. Though as you will see below there’s a parallel in principle of coordinating exercise and coordinating combat, I find the real humor is if someone actually used this video as premise of their argument (I doubt it but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was at least one- there’s alway one.)

But really the first thing I thought of though when I watched this video was boot camp. I flashbacked to the numerous times DI’s were yelling at us for not doing things in sync during PT. I thought to myself, “Now I know why they got so mad at us,” because we look stupid, and it’s good training.

Although some might think about the zombie-like robot-stupid killing-machine mentality of the military, I really think there’s two benfits to doing jumping jacks in sync.

First point is that coordinated exercises is another oppurtunity to become one.  In combat, being in sync and coordinated is key. If you can’t even do coordinated jumping jacks with ten people, what about a platoon? What about a company? If 10 people can’t do the same thing at the same time, why expect the same 10 to do different things, in a coordinated way, at the same time?

“My argument can only be taken so far though. Obviously a group of construction workers would be coordinated in making a parking lot, but would less coordinated doing surgery. It takes practice. But at the same time, the more a group of people become one, the more quickly the group learns to adapt and overcome different tasks. As my heavy-hat, former SSgt Hernandez said, “The platoon just clicks.” That’s the essence of boot camp. Learning that the key to succeeding and surviving involves everyone- you’re weak people, you’re slow people, you’re strong people, you’re fast people– the point is they’re all you’re people. It’s very much like how the Christian body succeeds and grows:

“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,  from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Ephesians 4:11-16

Success then is in the unity of the different parts, and in that unity the group will be able to overcome all.

My second point is of course survival. In a school of fish, in a herd of caribou, the one that decides to run in a different direction, or stick out in any way is the one that gets killed. Why make the job of a sniper easier? Don’t stick out by looking different.

Reiteraing what I said earlier, though it’s a useful tool for training, jumping jacks certainly is not a reliable measurement of how the war is going.

Laugh at the video, but don’t laugh too hard. Seriously.

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OVER AT AOMIN: HARRY POTTER MEETS VANTIL

Applying Presuppositionalism against Secularism by showing who can account for specific observations derived from the books on Harry Potter.

I thought this might interest some of you out there.

The links to the Alpha Omega Ministry Blog:

http://aomin.org/index.php?itemid=2125

http://aomin.org/index.php?itemid=2127

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Kilted Apologetics…

http://aomin.org/index.php?itemid=2006

Thought this was a fun thing from James White’s website, as he’s teaching in Scotland…

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INVEST for your future

Don’t just think about riches today;

If you allow me to be your investment strategist (I don’t know anything about stocks and investment by the way), I would advise you invest to diversify and ALSO INVEST for the FUTURE.

MATTHEW 6:19-20=

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.”

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Funny hahaha

Back in those days before computers.

Interestingly this is sent by John Piper to the Mahaneys.

(HT: GT)

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Net Finney Guards Families Against the Harmful Effects of Calvinism

THis is so funny!

Few satire could be done without being mean spirited and in a healthy manner

But this one is a good example: http://tominthebox.blogspot.com/2007/01/net-finney-guards-families-against.html

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Baby Laughter (not holy or unholy)

If you like babies, you’ll like this video from YouTube’s blog. It was included as one out of ten best clips of 2006:

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HAPPY NEW YEAR AND UNCHAINED RADIO ATHEIST AWARD

For a limited time,

Unchained radio has up on their blog, their first Annual Atheist Award

http://tnma.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-im-monkeys-uncle-awards-show.html

Go over, and listen to the show!

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RETREAT AND LEAVE BEHIND HEAVY WEAPONS?

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014524.php

If the US announced to the terrorist a truce, and allow the terrorists to flee Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving behind their weapons, because the US would win,

The world would laugh

Yet these Terrorists thinks they are going to win…

And is going to ‘allow’ American soldiers to leave, and leave behind their heavy weapons in Iraq for the Jihadists too…

Funny

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Canonball Baptism

What should we do with the young boy?

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Kramer & Kerry

Here is the news if you have not been following what Kramer did.

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