I had given my brother the dubious distinction of posting the first topic up for discussion on our blog, but he has since neglected this opportunity, so it falls to me, the elder and wiser of our duo to pick up the ball and run with it.
Our first discussion is about love. What is love? (baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no mo, and cue "Night at the Roxbury head-nodding).
In my opinion, our society is being scammed when it comes to love. Everything we see about love revolves and screams about the short term when it comes to love. We are told "you can't choose who you fall in love with", or "love is blind". We are given programs like "The Bachelor(ette) which attempt to convince us that finding love is possible in 8 weeks (or, more importantly that love is something you must search for). We are even ingrained during the most volatile time of our lives (9th grade) with the idea that love at first sight is not only possible, but something we are completely powerless to prevent and can't turn away from no matter what(see Romeo and Juliet or the "Twilight" series).
SO, to begin with, I now toss the ball to my younger brother for his perspective on love, to give his views before I proffer any of my own opinions on what love truly is. This should get interesting real quick...
Until then, Watch it, bud.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
To elaborate on the personal offendings by opinion
Good day.
I am the aforementioned Turk (please hold the applause).
Please understand, dear reader, that the purpose of this speaking of the minds is not so that we CAN offend you. We do not, and we will not, try to oppress our wonderful opinions on you, and if at any point, it seems like that is what we are doing, we immensely apologize for our tone. Understand that my brother and I have not been raised to be politically correct, but we have been raised to respect other people's opinions. We may rant, we may rave (ok, there is no may in it, we will do that), but in the end, the only thing that we want you to do, my dear friend, is to keep your mind open, and NEVER stop thinking about the numerous things going on in a continually changing world. Oh, and please feel free to comment on us as much as you want. We very much enjoy constructive criticism. Just don't do it too much to my brother, because you may hurt his feelings. (again, there is no may in that statement, haha)
Who you calling bud pal?
I am the aforementioned Turk (please hold the applause).
Please understand, dear reader, that the purpose of this speaking of the minds is not so that we CAN offend you. We do not, and we will not, try to oppress our wonderful opinions on you, and if at any point, it seems like that is what we are doing, we immensely apologize for our tone. Understand that my brother and I have not been raised to be politically correct, but we have been raised to respect other people's opinions. We may rant, we may rave (ok, there is no may in it, we will do that), but in the end, the only thing that we want you to do, my dear friend, is to keep your mind open, and NEVER stop thinking about the numerous things going on in a continually changing world. Oh, and please feel free to comment on us as much as you want. We very much enjoy constructive criticism. Just don't do it too much to my brother, because you may hurt his feelings. (again, there is no may in that statement, haha)
Who you calling bud pal?
Topics up for Discussion?
Things we plan to discuss:
1) Religion
2) Christianity (have fun reading into why we have separated these two topics into two separate topics)
3) Society
4) Politics (or at least the modern-day Americanized version of politics)
5) Wild Card (pretty much anything else we choose.
Things we pledge:
1) We will not cuss in our posting unless the situation REALLY calls for it (and it seldom if ever does).
2) We will not marginalize and ridicule other opinions (unless our arguments against other opinions are so profound and convincing that the holder of such an opinion feels ridiculed or marginalized)
3) We will be respectful to everyone except each other. (we're brothers for crying out loud!)
4) We will not be ashamed or restrained in sharing the Gospel.
1) Religion
2) Christianity (have fun reading into why we have separated these two topics into two separate topics)
3) Society
4) Politics (or at least the modern-day Americanized version of politics)
5) Wild Card (pretty much anything else we choose.
Things we pledge:
1) We will not cuss in our posting unless the situation REALLY calls for it (and it seldom if ever does).
2) We will not marginalize and ridicule other opinions (unless our arguments against other opinions are so profound and convincing that the holder of such an opinion feels ridiculed or marginalized)
3) We will be respectful to everyone except each other. (we're brothers for crying out loud!)
4) We will not be ashamed or restrained in sharing the Gospel.
Welcome!
In case you're wondering, no my name isn't Virgil, and my brother's name isn't Turk. We're using this blog as a sounding board, if you will, for our various opinions on whatever comes to mind. Please understand that you might just get offended if you read what we post, and if you do get offended, you might want to ask yourself why. That's all for now. Watch it, bud.
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