Random thoughts...



God is good, and somewhere under it all, so are people.



Sometimes I wonder why I would want to bring a child into this mess of a world. Because it is a mess. There aren't any rules, there's no "right" and no "wrong", diversity, tolerance and acceptance are what it preaches. Truth is relative. Why would anyone want to subject a child to a self-centered world like this?



I wish I could remember exactly what Joe said about secularism last night. It was good, whatever he said. I'll try and summarize. Secularism blurs lines in the name of unity. We agree to disagree on things to a point where eventually no one has anything in common, and we are divided. Accepting that we are divided does not unite us.



Secularism promotes a complete separation of church and state. Of faith and law. This is impossible.



Secularism is a religion.



Secularism is prevalent in Christendom. Maybe it began in Christianity. That is irony. But I don't know of any other religion where everyone is basically allowed to believe whatever they want, as long as they mention Jesus in there somewhere. Beyond that it's all semantics.



I'm being sarcastic, by the way.



What is truth? Quid est veritas? How can truth be relative? How come I'm not supposed to believe in something so strongly that I think others who believe differently are wrong?



How can people make the distinction between a "living human being" and a "person"? Why are these not one and the same thing?



Irony: A commercial for an airline advertising that it "treats people like human beings".



All of this frustrates me and makes me angry, because all I see in the world is a downward spiral, and I don't know what's going to happen. But I do have God. With God there is always hope.



I don't know how I could cope with any of this without my faith. I think there is a reason I went back to church before I started paying attention to the outside world. It seems it would be torturous to try and deal with on your own. But I guess if you don't have God, and all you have is self, and morality is relative, and there is no greater good, then none of this is really a problem for you. That is very, very sad though.



I think human beings are born with an innate sense of rights and wrongs. I think if anyone really explores that, it will lead them to God.



I think God has a plan, and I'm grateful for that. And I'm grateful that he has blessed me with so many wondeful things. I'm not sure what His plan is, but that's not for me to know anyway. If I have children, there will be a reason. As far from perfect as the world is, there are still good things about it. Joe is one of them. ;) But there are many.



I have to go try and convince some hard-headed people that all human beings are persons. There is no distinction. I have to try and do this without bringing God into the argument, because we've already been called closed-minded Catholics who don't know what our religion is really about. (Apparently for those who didn't know, Christianity is about promoting free choice. Because Jesus didn't pass laws or force anybody to do anything.) So anyway... arguing for the dignity of the human person is not allowed in secular society because I happen to be Christian, and religion is not allowed to affect government. Or some such nonsense.



I don't know.



I should pray more, I guess.