Genesis 1:2:2 (crisscross) May 23, 2007
Posted by Bobby in heroism, hockey, religion.add a comment
In the beginning Jean-Sébastien Giguère created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the goal crease; and the blathering of the commentators was moving over the face of the rink.
And Giguère said, “Let there be a game”; and there was a game. And Giguère saw that the game was good; and Giguère separated the good seats from the bad. Giguère called the good seats good, and the bad seats he called the nosebleeds. And there were hot dogs and there was beer.
And Giguère said, “Let there be a windowed room for the special people.” And Giguère made such a room and called it the luxury suite. And it was so.
And Giguère said, “Let the players be gathered together into one place, and let them begin their plays.” And it was so. Giguère called it a face-off, and it was good. And Giguère said, “Let the defense block the forecheckers while I pass the puck to Ryan Getzlaf. And it was so. The defense blocked the forecheckers while Giguère shot a long pass to Ryan Getzlaf. And Giguère saw that it was good. And there was neutral zone possession.
And Giguère did lead the Ducks through the game by blocking shots. And a Ducks goal was scored. And it was good.
And it came to pass that an army of red marched over the horizon, and they were terrible to behold. They challenged the hegemony of Giguère twice, and both times did they show no fear. Their numbers were many and their strength was mighty.
And twice Giguère said, “Screw you fuckers, I’m going to beat you in a really horrendously agonizing way now. Why can’t you roll over and die?”
And Giguère said “Hey, isn’t that sentimental?”
And twice Giguère defeated the army of red in a really horrendously agonizing way and ripped its heart from its body, which he then wore like a hat and started a brief fashion trend. And the army of red retreated to its stronghold with its octopus between its legs, its glory removed.
And after the second victory Giguère said “This work is not complete.”
And Jean-Sébastien Giguère rode off to the Stanley Cup Finals a hero unlike any before or since.
Why is Atheism so Dang Popular? February 2, 2007
Posted by Bobby in college, life, religion, times i decided to be serious.add a comment
Culture-Shock is a pretty interesting phenomena. Anyone who attends a public university after spending their entire life at private religious schools knows where I’m coming from. People get a lot more strange, in good ways and bad. You’ll meet people you thought only existed in movies. Yesterday I saw a guy walking his PET GOAT down the streets in Isla Vista. Somehow, that isn’t really all that weird to me anymore.
It’s the way people THINK that sometimes drives me crazy.
Ever heard the phrase “express yourself”? I’m starting to dislike it. People in college take it to a new extreme. Everyone has something to prove. Everyone thinks they’re different. Everyone thinks that they can do whatever they damn-well-please without having to fess up to the consequences. And for the most part, they’re right. College is the one place where you can pretty much get away with anything, all the while without being judged or criticized.
99% of readers (all five of you!) think this sounds awesome. But believe me, it’s usually not. If you sacrifice judgement, you sacrifice morals. Think about that the next time you go around claiming that judging is always a bad thing.
Which brings us now to atheism. Half of the atheists I’ve met here choose to be atheist because they don’t want to deal with morals or social guidelines; they’re basically advocates of free-for-all anarchy. But there are some people out there who have seriously given the idea of religion some thought, and have freely chosen to reject it. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but I’ll half-accept it.
Then you’ve got agnostics… who either don’t care at all about religion, or (more often) make the reasonable claim that we can never know for sure if God exists. Fair enough. I’m ok with agnostics who have given it some thought.
But atheism is essentially contradictory in nature. It directly rejects the presence of a higher power. Atheists reject the notions of absolutism and universal truth, then make the claim that “God doesn’t exist and I’m sure of it.”
So to you atheists out there: If you say that there’s no truth, and who cares, how come you say it like you’re right?
