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Selected Passages from The New Brad Root Bible

• Sunday, September 24th, 2006 • 1 Comment

I don’t really think this needs an explanation. All selected verses are from Matthew, chapters and verses are noted.

This is mostly for fun, and I will disclaim that this is not meant to convey additional meaning into what the Bible already alludes to, but the new “translations” of each verse are true to what the [...]


Bible Study, Day Two

• Thursday, September 21st, 2006 • No Comments

Today was the second day of Bible Study.

I realized something: really strongly religious people, younger people, my age, seem to miss the point completely. I can read the chapter in this lousy book and look at the questions and see where they’re going and the point they’re trying to make and understand it. Is this [...]


Trouble

• Friday, September 15th, 2006 • 1 Comment

Sometimes I wish this little journal of mine wasn’t quite so public. It can get me into trouble. Luckily I can rely on people’s general laziness, so I can write about them well before it comes time for them to become aware of my situation here and be reasonably guaranteed that they’ll never look through [...]


The Problem Is Not Me, It Is You

• Monday, May 22nd, 2006 • 1 Comment

That’s all I could think of when titling this, maybe it makes sense.

I read something extremely, extremely offensive last night. It should be offensive to all believers in Jesus, even you freaky Christians out there. It really should. The following is a direct quote from Jamie Richard, an assistant pastor at… some place, somewhere. It [...]


My Horrorible Night

• Sunday, August 14th, 2005 • No Comments

Oh man, that was just bad.

OW FUCK!

Who the fuck punched me in the face for that?!

Oh, shit, it was me.

...

Anyway, Rocky Horror again tonight, of course. My fourth time. This makes a solid month of Saturday nights spent staring at transvestites. I’m glad I’m secure in my sexuality or I would so be questioning it [...]


Godly

• Friday, March 18th, 2005 • 6 Comments

Warning: This post is bound to piss someone off.

On the drive back from Los Angeles, Tiffany slept. By the time we left Greg’s house, she had been up for about twenty-three hours so she was tired. This allowed me perform stupid driving maneuvers on the 140 mile drive home without her bitching at me, which [...]


The Gospel of Thomas

• Sunday, January 16th, 2005 • No Comments

I’ve been reading The Gospel of Thomas, having recently gotten my hands on both The Gnostic Bible and The Nag Hammadi Library. Here’s some parts of it I especially like. I’ve included a few “What the hell?” ones as well.

(4) Jesus said, “The man old in days will not hesitate to ask a small child [...]