During the years of Michael Schiavo's plot to starve Terri, he's managed to find a new love and sire at least 2 children. The question is: Why does Michael Schiavo care so much about doing away with his wife Terri when he's clearly moved on with his life? There has been some speculation that Terri's condition is not the result of a sickness, but that she is the victim of violence. Perhaps if Terri received rehabilitative treatment over the last 15 years, she could tell us all what happened.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Nazi Germany or USA?
On Jan 24, the US Supreme Court decided not to hear the case to save Terri Schiavo from her delinquent scumbag murderous husband, Michael Schiavo. In 1990, Terri Schiavo's heart stopped beating and she suffered serious brain damage. She is now disabled and is unable to feed herself. Despite her evil husband's best efforts to deny her rehabilitative services, she remains alive. Yet, Michael Schiavo has been trying to gain state approval to starve Terri to death. Michael Schiavo claims that Terri would have never wanted to live in such a condition, but no evidence whatsoever supports his contention.
During the years of Michael Schiavo's plot to starve Terri, he's managed to find a new love and sire at least 2 children. The question is: Why does Michael Schiavo care so much about doing away with his wife Terri when he's clearly moved on with his life? There has been some speculation that Terri's condition is not the result of a sickness, but that she is the victim of violence. Perhaps if Terri received rehabilitative treatment over the last 15 years, she could tell us all what happened.
Terri's Fight
During the years of Michael Schiavo's plot to starve Terri, he's managed to find a new love and sire at least 2 children. The question is: Why does Michael Schiavo care so much about doing away with his wife Terri when he's clearly moved on with his life? There has been some speculation that Terri's condition is not the result of a sickness, but that she is the victim of violence. Perhaps if Terri received rehabilitative treatment over the last 15 years, she could tell us all what happened.
Sunday, January 09, 2005
The Truth About Marriage
On January 9th, I watched a reality program on the We channel called Bridezillas. The show documents challenges, perceived or real, that engaged couples face during the planning of their weddings. The program is usually set at a location where wedding planning is taking place, e.g. a florist, dress store, jeweler, baker, photography studio, restaurants, and at their homes. Family and friends are almost always present for close range verbal and non-verbal assaults from the bridezillas. Curiously, the couples have a wedding planner, whose job seems to be keeping the bride from killing everyone. The show attempts to capture key moments when the bridezilla becomes emotionally unstable because of stress. While the program’s characters aren’t as volatile as those seen on Mtv’s Real World, these characters provide clues as to why over 50% of marriages end in divorce. I would say the show is realistic in the sense that the attitudes of the bridezillas are not uncommon in a materialistic culture.
In a nutshell what happened on the show? There were four bridezillas.
One bridezilla became verbally abusive and physically agitated when her friend informed her of the type of dress the bridesmaids were wearing. Then later declared, “I’m a beautiful princess!” while trying on her wedding gown.
Another bridezilla was a control freak. Any deviation from her plans, personal or professional (she was a retail store manager) resulted in expletives.
The other two bridezillas didn’t do much, but this episode was only part one of two.
Now, during the program it was clear that the bridezillas were immature and narcissistic. For them marriage constitutes a high level of material well-being in which no expense or person can be spared from the demands of the bridezilla. It’s no wonder that marriages fail when impossible expectations are never achieved. It doesn’t help when the grooms on the show are effeminate and adolescent.
These kinds of personality traits will destroy a marriage. When people say their marriage vows, we never hear, “In health and not sickness, for richer and not poorer, for better and not worse.” Yet, these are the expectations people bring to marriage. “I love you as long as you earn six figures.” “I love you as long as you don’t get fat and ugly.” “I love you as long as our lovemaking is as intense and exciting as it was the first time we did it.” Such viewpoints lead to divorce.
Marriage is the lasting union of a man and a woman who agree to give and receive rights over one another for the purpose of mutual love and propagation of the next generation. In practical terms, each must be a loving servant to each other. To truly love one’s spouse is to help them attain the highest and best thing. The highest and best thing is not money, or health, or good times, or youthful appearance, even though these are all goods in themselves. The highest and best thing is heaven. Only when couples realize this and change their behaviors will the divorce rate radically decline.
In a nutshell what happened on the show? There were four bridezillas.
One bridezilla became verbally abusive and physically agitated when her friend informed her of the type of dress the bridesmaids were wearing. Then later declared, “I’m a beautiful princess!” while trying on her wedding gown.
Another bridezilla was a control freak. Any deviation from her plans, personal or professional (she was a retail store manager) resulted in expletives.
The other two bridezillas didn’t do much, but this episode was only part one of two.
Now, during the program it was clear that the bridezillas were immature and narcissistic. For them marriage constitutes a high level of material well-being in which no expense or person can be spared from the demands of the bridezilla. It’s no wonder that marriages fail when impossible expectations are never achieved. It doesn’t help when the grooms on the show are effeminate and adolescent.
These kinds of personality traits will destroy a marriage. When people say their marriage vows, we never hear, “In health and not sickness, for richer and not poorer, for better and not worse.” Yet, these are the expectations people bring to marriage. “I love you as long as you earn six figures.” “I love you as long as you don’t get fat and ugly.” “I love you as long as our lovemaking is as intense and exciting as it was the first time we did it.” Such viewpoints lead to divorce.
Marriage is the lasting union of a man and a woman who agree to give and receive rights over one another for the purpose of mutual love and propagation of the next generation. In practical terms, each must be a loving servant to each other. To truly love one’s spouse is to help them attain the highest and best thing. The highest and best thing is not money, or health, or good times, or youthful appearance, even though these are all goods in themselves. The highest and best thing is heaven. Only when couples realize this and change their behaviors will the divorce rate radically decline.
Saturday, January 08, 2005
What is the Truth?
Truth is conformity of the mind with reality. If the mind fails to come into conformity with reality, then one's mind is lost in fantasy. This page is devoted to the examination of popular culture, politics, education, religion and everyday life under the lens of the truth. One of the greatest failures of western civilization has been the intense promotion of the idea that each individual decides for one's self what is true.
What is the truth and where does it come from? The truth is not a something. It is not solely a philosophical premise. The Truth is a somebody. His name is Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way, the Truth, and the life." (Jn 14:6). So, God is truth itself. Since God is immutable, the truth is immutable, unchangeable. That which is perfect admits of no change.
The psycho-babble slogan, "I'm ok, you're ok" is destroying the very fabric of society. Why? Because such a view is an attack on the integrity of each individual. Freedom is not doing whatever "I" want to do. Freedom is a duty to do what is right in light of the truth. Freedom, properly exercised, gives rise to justice. Doing whatever "I" want to do outside the realm of the truth is License. Over the last 40-50 years, such a view has caused a disintegration of society. The evidence for such a disintegration is overwhelming. From abortion to euthanasia to suicide to violence to poverty and all points in between, we continue to 'slouch toward Gomorrah' as Robert Bork writes. As history has shown time and again, a society that does not order itself to a proper morality soon finds itself in totalitarianism.
What is the truth and where does it come from? The truth is not a something. It is not solely a philosophical premise. The Truth is a somebody. His name is Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way, the Truth, and the life." (Jn 14:6). So, God is truth itself. Since God is immutable, the truth is immutable, unchangeable. That which is perfect admits of no change.
The psycho-babble slogan, "I'm ok, you're ok" is destroying the very fabric of society. Why? Because such a view is an attack on the integrity of each individual. Freedom is not doing whatever "I" want to do. Freedom is a duty to do what is right in light of the truth. Freedom, properly exercised, gives rise to justice. Doing whatever "I" want to do outside the realm of the truth is License. Over the last 40-50 years, such a view has caused a disintegration of society. The evidence for such a disintegration is overwhelming. From abortion to euthanasia to suicide to violence to poverty and all points in between, we continue to 'slouch toward Gomorrah' as Robert Bork writes. As history has shown time and again, a society that does not order itself to a proper morality soon finds itself in totalitarianism.
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