Author: Rocky
Religious Image of the Day
On Reddit’s front page today, but truly from The New Yorker.
Does it Amount to Anything?
I believe American culture suffers from a product mentality. We are materialists at heart. Consumers. Goals, desires are often outside of ourselves and we’re on a linear trajectory towards acquiring something – a better job, a higher salary, a lake house, a BMW, a trip to Spain. And while that has all kinds of problems… Continue reading Does it Amount to Anything?
Check This Out
Creepy Images From an Abandoned Bible Theme Park I need to write a story about someone who’s been living there since it closed, believing they’re Jesus Christ and they’ve completed the second coming. Maybe waiting for Dad’s follow up instructions.
Oh Statistics
Love this one from XKCD.
The Media Will Protect its Own
Sandy Hook has three major issues swarming around its center of grief — gun control, mental health care and the media. I take issue with the media. I hate the 24 hour news cycle. It exists to sell advertising and the best way to get viewers is to spread fear. Can this happen in your… Continue reading The Media Will Protect its Own
What’s wrong with them?
Great articles and study findings have been published around this year’s political season. Most recently, this article Pacific Standard about stereotypes being cultivated by both liberals and conservatives. “When it comes to our actual beliefs, American liberals and conservatives are less polarized than we realize. . . . “There are real moral differences between liberals… Continue reading What’s wrong with them?
Does This Seem Accurate to You?
Did you know?
Atheists are covered by global human rights agreements. Here are some violators of note: Afghanistan, Iran, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sudan — Expression of atheist views or defection from the official religion are punishable by death. Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait and Jordan — Expression of humanist views on religion are banned and labeled… Continue reading Did you know?
What Do You Write?
I used to say “Christian Fiction,” but I got tired of watching people back away figuring I was going to thump their head with a hidden Bible. Christianities, as my friend calls it, conjures innumerable tangents and emotions. Since I can’t finesse fears, joys, assumptions and expectations in a one sentence and since no one… Continue reading What Do You Write?