Wednesday, November 29

A little rant and a picture

First of all, here's a picture of a picture Pete drew for me. He's getting pretty good. Click on the picture to go to Flickr and see the explanation of what he drew.



Second of all, I'm disturbed by how many people think that Jesus is returning in the near future. I read a post that mentioned that 44% of people think that Jesus will return in the next 50 years. I was flabbergasted that it's almost a majority, but doubtful of the source. So I looked it up, and it's a Pew Research Center poll from 2000. 22% of people think that it will definitely happen in the next 50 years! And it's backed up by a more recent poll in 2006 that found that 20% of people think that Jesus will return in their lifetime.

From the 2000 poll, the following things are less likely to "definitely happen in the next 50 years":

There will be a nuclear war
The world will face a major energy crisis
There will be a major terrorist attack in the US involving biological or chemical weapons
We will make progress in improving our environment
Ordinary people will travel in space
A manned spacecraft will land on Mars
The Republican and Democratic parties will continue to be our only two major political parties
There will be a cure for AIDS
The Catholic Church will allow priests to marry
The Catholic Church will ordain women as priests
China will become a rival superpower to the US
We will clone human beings
An African American will be elected US president

There are several things on that list that I find perfectly reasonable to expect in the next 50 years. But not the end times.

That's a lot of people who might honestly think that there is no future. What use is investment in the future, thinking about future generations, etc, if the whole universe is ending soon?

Of course, maybe impending judgement will make these people extra careful and extra ethical. Maybe it'll help motivate them.

I'm a christian, but I'm not so radical. I guess it just worries me that there is such a large radical group out there. They're good people, but if they're that literal about spirituality, what else do they think?

Tuesday, November 14

Pete tells a Scooby Doo story

This is about 1 minute out of a ten minute epic scooby doo story that Pete told me tonight.

Saturday, November 4

Rooby Rooby Roo!