Comments for Random Stew http://www.randomstew.com It seemed like a good idea at the time. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Playing Poker with Pascal by Bible Verse of The Day http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/18/playing-poker-with-pascal/#comment-76 Bible Verse of The Day Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:59:54 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/18/playing-poker-with-pascal/#comment-76 Superior post.Keep up the great work,You should definitely have to keep updating your site Superior post.Keep up the great work,You should definitely have to keep updating your site

]]> Comment on There’s U308 In Them Thar Hills by Jen http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/16/theres-u308-in-them-thar-hills/#comment-75 Jen Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:02:53 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/16/theres-u308-in-them-thar-hills/#comment-75 Thanks - this article was really helpful. Go college, go. Thanks - this article was really helpful. Go college, go.

]]> Comment on Dead End Jobs by In The End | Random Stew http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/05/dead-end-jobs/#comment-72 In The End | Random Stew Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:13:06 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/05/dead-end-jobs/#comment-72 [...] few months ago, I posted a list of dead-end jobs. Jobs with a sinister meaning to the term [...] [...] few months ago, I posted a list of dead-end jobs. Jobs with a sinister meaning to the term [...]

]]> Comment on There’s U308 In Them Thar Hills by ranjit http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/16/theres-u308-in-them-thar-hills/#comment-69 ranjit Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/16/theres-u308-in-them-thar-hills/#comment-69 interesting article. thanks. interesting article. thanks.

]]> Comment on Get Your Gunn…update by Your good friend http://www.randomstew.com/2008/04/09/get-your-gunnupdate/#comment-44 Your good friend Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:21:40 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/04/09/get-your-gunnupdate/#comment-44 It is sad, my good friend, that the church is (and always has been) plagued by such evil. Hypocrisy is much more insidious than evil such as this. Jesus would and does not advocate such acts and propaganda as perpetrated by organizations such as "the army of god". In fact, if you look at how he treated "sinners" in his day you would find that he first showed his love for them, while also revealing to them where they were wrong. When they repented, he praised them and rejoiced (woman at the well, Mary Magdalene, the tax collector). When they did not, he wept and still loved them (the rich young ruler, his weeping over Jerusalem). It was the hypocrites that he ripped (the money changers in the temple, Woes to the Pharisees & Sadducees). He even went as far as to call them wicked vipers and children of the devil...just plain evil. Whether one believes that evil is a human condition and nothing more or one believes that there is evil in the world as a result of the devil and his influence on the human condition. The fact is evil does exist. The evil perpetrated by organizations such as "the army of god" and other religious extremists or even individuals such as the young man who slaughtered the students at Virginia Tech or even the Hitlers of the world; these are not the evils that scare me. The greater evil is our indifference to the conditions in our society that we sweep under the rug such as abuse of certain constitutional rights in the name of personal freedom, the abuse of political power, the entitlement mindset of society and corporate greed. These are the more subtle issues that create fertile soil for evil to flourish. However, violence will not solve these. Jesus dealt with these issues as issues of the heart. None of these abuses, hypocrisies or evils will change without first changing our hearts, first as individuals then as communities and then as a nation and then as a world. That sounds ridiculously utopia like I know. Jesus agreed with that. He said that these are things we will deal with in ever increasing intensity until his return. That is one of the parts of the gospel that requires a great measure of faith. But, it gives us hope for a future. This I know; it is a future that only God can create. If it is left up to man…God help us. Just look around at the Muslim extremists, the army of god, our politicians, our neighbors, our co-workers, our children, our spouses…oh, I forgot don’t forget to look in the mirror. This of course is just my opinion…have a blessed day my good friend. It is sad, my good friend, that the church is (and always has been) plagued by such evil. Hypocrisy is much more insidious than evil such as this. Jesus would and does not advocate such acts and propaganda as perpetrated by organizations such as “the army of god”. In fact, if you look at how he treated “sinners” in his day you would find that he first showed his love for them, while also revealing to them where they were wrong. When they repented, he praised them and rejoiced (woman at the well, Mary Magdalene, the tax collector). When they did not, he wept and still loved them (the rich young ruler, his weeping over Jerusalem). It was the hypocrites that he ripped (the money changers in the temple, Woes to the Pharisees & Sadducees). He even went as far as to call them wicked vipers and children of the devil…just plain evil.

Whether one believes that evil is a human condition and nothing more or one believes that there is evil in the world as a result of the devil and his influence on the human condition. The fact is evil does exist. The evil perpetrated by organizations such as “the army of god” and other religious extremists or even individuals such as the young man who slaughtered the students at Virginia Tech or even the Hitlers of the world; these are not the evils that scare me. The greater evil is our indifference to the conditions in our society that we sweep under the rug such as abuse of certain constitutional rights in the name of personal freedom, the abuse of political power, the entitlement mindset of society and corporate greed. These are the more subtle issues that create fertile soil for evil to flourish.

However, violence will not solve these. Jesus dealt with these issues as issues of the heart. None of these abuses, hypocrisies or evils will change without first changing our hearts, first as individuals then as communities and then as a nation and then as a world. That sounds ridiculously utopia like I know. Jesus agreed with that. He said that these are things we will deal with in ever increasing intensity until his return. That is one of the parts of the gospel that requires a great measure of faith. But, it gives us hope for a future. This I know; it is a future that only God can create. If it is left up to man…God help us. Just look around at the Muslim extremists, the army of god, our politicians, our neighbors, our co-workers, our children, our spouses…oh, I forgot don’t forget to look in the mirror.

This of course is just my opinion…have a blessed day my good friend.

]]> Comment on Get Your Gunn by Don http://www.randomstew.com/2008/04/08/get-your-gunn/#comment-40 Don Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:23:12 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/04/08/get-your-gunn/#comment-40 I'm glad those babykilling abortionists were stopped from murdering any more innocent children in their mother's womb. I’m glad those babykilling abortionists were stopped from murdering any more innocent children in their mother’s womb.

]]> Comment on There Will Be Blood by Choka http://www.randomstew.com/2008/03/06/there-will-be-blood/#comment-30 Choka Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/03/06/there-will-be-blood/#comment-30 He's lucky there wasn't real blood after that shenanigan... Please tell me you administered some mild form of torture such as banning him from his PlayStation 3 for life. ;-) He’s lucky there wasn’t real blood after that shenanigan… Please tell me you administered some mild form of torture such as banning him from his PlayStation 3 for life. ;-)

]]> Comment on Flagellating a Deceased Equine by Jackson http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/25/flagellating-a-deceased-equine/#comment-28 Jackson Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/25/flagellating-a-deceased-equine/#comment-28 Your customer must be a governmental agency. This reminds me of my days working for the DOE when major changes could happen to a project plan during the 6 work-hours between a morning and afternoon planning meeting, often negating days of work. On the same project, a weekly status meeting might carry the following for an update on a weeks worth of progress on a line item; "Made a call to 'whomever,' No return call." Your customer must be a governmental agency. This reminds me of my days working for the DOE when major changes could happen to a project plan during the 6 work-hours between a morning and afternoon planning meeting, often negating days of work. On the same project, a weekly status meeting might carry the following for an update on a weeks worth of progress on a line item; “Made a call to ‘whomever,’ No return call.”

]]> Comment on Chinese Water Torture by Flagellating a Deceased Equine | Random Stew http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/12/chinese-water-torture/#comment-27 Flagellating a Deceased Equine | Random Stew Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:04:09 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/02/12/chinese-water-torture/#comment-27 [...] recently blogged about a small software project with which I’m involved that is saddled with using a waterfall [...] [...] recently blogged about a small software project with which I’m involved that is saddled with using a waterfall [...]

]]> Comment on Playing Poker with Pascal by mike http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/18/playing-poker-with-pascal/#comment-20 mike Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:21:44 +0000 http://www.randomstew.com/2008/01/18/playing-poker-with-pascal/#comment-20 To <b>Your Good Friend</b>: <blockquote>I am certain that if you dug into history enough that you would find plenty of examples of individuals who took an unearned inheritance and increased the wealth…some 30 fold, some 50 fold and some even 100 fold.</blockquote> Sure. Donald Trump and Howard Hughes immediately come to mind as two men who greatly increased their inheritances; however, I would say that anyone who has done that has earned their fortune and I would definitely listen with respect to their financial advice -- in the same way I listen with respect to Christians who exemplify the positive aspects of religion. <blockquote>Those “unbelievers” who do read the Bible often pull verses out of context to prove an arguement rather than truely seeking (even skeptically) the one whom the Bible is talking about.</blockquote> Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark! :-) To Your Good Friend:

I am certain that if you dug into history enough that you would find plenty of examples of individuals who took an unearned inheritance and increased the wealth…some 30 fold, some 50 fold and some even 100 fold.

Sure. Donald Trump and Howard Hughes immediately come to mind as two men who greatly increased their inheritances; however, I would say that anyone who has done that has earned their fortune and I would definitely listen with respect to their financial advice — in the same way I listen with respect to Christians who exemplify the positive aspects of religion.

Those “unbelievers” who do read the Bible often pull verses out of context to prove an arguement rather than truely seeking (even skeptically) the one whom the Bible is talking about.

Ouch! That’s gonna leave a mark! :-)

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