Paul’s Blogging

Hwy 1….
My favorite hwy.
:)

I miss living in CA.
Isn’t the ocean crazy, awesome?

The music you hear in the background is a my GRANDpa’s.
Isn’t he good? He plays guitar, bass, drums, and more!

Anyhow, pictures to come!
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SuperAngel for Paulie

Here are some pictures that Jenna took when we were at their house.

Sorry for the lack of text today, guys.  I’m just sorta posting a lot of pictures.
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SuperAngel for Paulie

Some of you are probebly wondering where your comment is.

Well, it’s gone …kinda…. (sorry)

I mirrored my blog to my WP. Which is really cool. But it covers all my comments on hsb.

So, if you’ve left a comment with in the last few days you might want to come by and repeat yourself.

:D

Anyhow, you like my new look?

:D

Thanks Eric…. kinda…

:D

I’m still alive just really busy. Joe won’t send me the pictures of our trip so I cant blog about it!
Come on JOE!
:D

I’ll blog a big entry soon. I’ve been busy lately with web-work. I’ve pretty much finished one really cool site and I’ve been working on two big projects that (I hope) will bring in some money.

The first site that is almost finished is mainly for you… you HSBers.
This site was built to “stat” your blogs. Unlike SiteMeter.com, this a community!
It’s really neat!
So I’ll let you “in” even though it’s not all the way finished.
:D

I welcome you to:
www.BlogStatter.com!
Come and get your blog “statted” today!
Feel free to tell your friends about it.

The other two sites/projects are not to be revealed ’til they are ready.
(sorry)
One is about halfway there and the other is so massive, it’s still on the drawing board.

But I’ll show them soon.

The Internet is (I think) the best way to make any money.
We should all (mainly us guys) have a financial plan, and this is mine.

If any of you guys need help starting your own site, I’ll be more than glad to help you.
I think everyone should have a website; you’ll see what I mean when you have one.

Have a good day!

Paulie

It’s very important to be thinking about our financial futures!

If you could get some kind of business going now then you may not have to waste time starting one in the future. Now is the time to start one! Now is before we (as “young adults”) are paying big expenses such as, electricity, payments on our houses, payments on our cars, food, and so on)

Do you really want to waste time struggling financially? No, not for me. If I can generate a steady income before I leave home than I won’t have to worry about getting one when things are tough.

And there is no better way than doing it over the Internet!

Especially if you can make some kind of business that requires very little work such as a high traffic site that you can sell ad space on. If you spend the time now to build a site that people will WANT to go to, than you can sell lets say 20 ad spots at $70/month (very reasonable) you’ll have $1400/month coming in and you’re not even wasting time to go out to make it! Once you spend the time to put the site up, it’s up! And it’ll just continue to make you money! Now $1400/month isn’t a whole lot but it’s a start!

Think about it, if we are able to set up a steady income without having to work much, then that’ll free up our lives in a huge way! Sure, we’ll have to work hard to get it started. But if we can count on a check every month from our “little self making money maker” (try and say that ten time fast) then we can spend our time with our families, starting another business, taking college classes, becoming a missionary, you name it. We’ll have TIME and that’s the point. We HOMESCHOOLERS have time!

I’ve got a fun contest for you all!

Our dads are more important, special, and NEEDED than some of us might think.

We might take him for granted sometimes.

So to get us thinking in that direction I got a fun contest for you!

This contest is easy; you just simply write a nice detailed post about how great your dad is and why. You’ll have a chance to win a ten dollar gift certificate to the Schoolhouse Store and/or possibly get printed in a future issue (Spring, ’08 – Father’s Day Edition) of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine along with your blog URL! This contest is not “put on” by HSB. This is just something SuperAngel and I are doing along with the help of BlogBoy and JocelynDixon.

Here are the “contest” rules even though this is NOT officially an HSB contest. It is open to anyone 21 and younger who comes across the contest on my blog, Amanda’s, Eric’s, Jocelyn, etc. 10 winners will each receive a $10 gift card (no strings attached and shipping is even free) to the Schoolhouse Store. Five winners may be chosen to appear in a Father’s Day tribute (next year) in the pages of TOS Magazine (we may ask you to edit your post down for size/clarity if you win a spot in the magazine). Blog URL may be included as well. I, Paulie Suarez, and Amanda Dixon are the judges. Basically, here are the rules:

- Post an entry entitled, “TRIBUTE TO MY DAD” (you MUST title it this way to qualify as a participant).

- Entry can be as long or short as you wish (the longer ones MAY have a better chance of winning).

- Don’t just say what is wonderful about your dad – be detailed! Tell us WHY your dad is as terrific as you say he is.

- Once you have posted your entry, come and comment on both Amanda and Paulie’s blogs (both of them), giving them the URL where your entry is posted.

- For a better chance of being selected, also post a comment on BlogBoy and Jocelyn Dixon’s blogs – provide the URL to your entry in those comment sections – IMPORTANT. BlogBoy and Jocelyn will be consultant judges.

- 21 years or younger please.

- Contest ends August 1. Winners notified August 5.

Does that all make sense?

Ok, then, you can start now!

The homosexual issue:

From my dad and I.

I’ve read a lot of comments generated by Chris’s original post.

Many of those responding to Chris start out with or include such statements as:

-“I think what Chris was trying to say…”

-“I believe…”

-“I think Chris was…”

I suppose if I wanted to have a little fun with this, I could now start generating third and fourth generation comments to what “I believe what PoorBoyHat believed that Chris believed…” or “I think that what Totustuus was trying to say that what Chris was trying to say…” or “I believe that what so-n-so believes that what Chris believes is…”

My point here is that it really doesn’t matter what we believe Chris meant to say. The only thing that really matters is what Chris actually said and what his original statements actually mean. Now if Chris misspoke (or miswrote), that is an entirely different matter and he can correct himself at anytime. But if we start addressing all the “I believe he means…” or “I think he was saying…” then this is going to turn into nothing more than an endless chain of “supposings”.

So, let’s go back to Chris’s original statement – “I believe that being gay is not a sin, but being a practicing gay is a sin.” Since the word “gay” means “homosexual” in this context, I prefer to use the word “homosexual” since “gay” is not used in the bible this way. And this, after all, is a biblical argument.

Chris said “I believe that being gay is not a sin…” This is true – this is what Chris believes. What is not true though, is that the bible teaches this. The bible teaches that being a homosexual is a sin. Let’s keep in mind that according to Chris’s words, Chris is not talking about being tempted with homosexuality – he said “being gay”. There is a big difference between “being” and “being tempted”.

It is very interesting that one of the verses that Chris uses to support his view, 1Cor. 6:9, actually argues against his position. Let’s take a look at this passage.

vs. 9 “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

vs. 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.” NASB

Chris may have used the NIV where the text actually says “homosexual offenders”. This might give the false impression that the NIV is making a distinction between the “practicing” of homosexuality and “being” homosexual. Both the “practicing” and the “being” are implied in the text. In fact, “being” is more strongly implied since this sin (homosexuality) is paralleled with a whole list of other sins which are mentioned in the same manner – that of “being”.

Also, as my dad pointed out, and to further strengthen my point, in the following verse (vs. 11), Paul (the apostle, not me : D) said “Such were some of you;…” He did not say, “As such were some of you practicing”. As you know, the word “were” is another form of the verb “to be” as is the word “being”. My point is that if “were a homosexual” was a sin (and it is according to verse 11), than “being a homosexual” must be a sin also. The verse goes on to say “but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” There is no need to be “washed”, “sanctified”, and “justified” if there was no sin.

So, all this to say, that while Chris wants to make a distinction between “being gay” and “being a practicing gay”, the bible makes no such distinction.

One more thing – Matt. 5:44? You got me there! I have no idea how this verse relates to “the homosexual issue.”

P.S. Now if Chris wants to clarify himself and say that he meant to say that it’s not a sin to be tempted, that would be a good thing since that seems to be what everyone else thinks he was saying.

Please look at what Eric Novak has to say for a lot of my thoughts are in his latest entry!

I also agree 100% with SuperAngel. And unlike Chris, she used good scripture passages that backed up her points!

 

Alright guys, I’m going to ask you all one more time.

What avatar should I use?

I like the old original tux but I’m kinda tried of him. SO, I made the new groovin’ Tux and most of you didn’t care for it. So, what do you think of this here, newest one?

It took me a while to make. Should I just go back to the original Tux?

SuperAngel really likes it! And so do both JocelynDixon and rjdjohn316.

I think SamIAm said she likes it too.

Ok guys, you all get a gold star if you click all of these links below!

Haha…

And don’t even think about cheating by clicking only half of them and claiming your gold star!

:D

Ok, here are the links (in no particular order):

JoeM – the best web-designer in town!

Anne – the best web-coder in town!

SuperAngel – the best Super-man lover in town!

JocelynDixon – the best goat-maiden in town!

EricNovak – the best Word Press-Blogger in town!

CamTheMan – the newest-cool-blogger I’ve met in town!

Rjdjohn316 – the best 13yo-girl-blogger that I know of in town

Praisethewarmachine – the best skateboard-teacher in town!

PaulsBlogging – the best “me” in town!

benjaminparrish – the best Linux-user in town!

musicRme – the best English-blogger in town!

Mo – the best brother of the best English-blogger in town!

PoorBoyHat – the best coolest local-friend in town!

ClassicalAstronomy – the best classical-astronomer in town!

That’s it! And if I’m forgetting anybody, just whack me on the head!

I’m posting this video for ClassicalAstronomy.

He wrote a VERY good book on, you guessed it, astronomy called Signs and Seasons!

You can buy this awesome book at:

http://www.classicalastronomy.com/On_line_Ordering.asp

It’s very important to be thinking about our financial futures!

If you could get some kind of business going now then you may not have to waste time starting one in the future. Now is the time to start one! Now is before we (as “young adults”) are paying big expenses such as, electricity, payments on our houses, payments on our cars, food, and so on)

Do you really want to waste time struggling financially? No, not for me. If I can generate a steady income before I leave home than I won’t have to worry about getting one when things are tough.

And there is no better way than doing it over the Internet!

Especially if you can make some kind of business that requires very little work such as a high traffic site that you can sell ad space on. If you spend the time now to build a site that people will WANT to go to, than you can sell lets say 20 ad spots at $70/month (very reasonable) you’ll have $1400/month coming in and you’re not even wasting time to go out to make it! Once you spend the time to put the site up, it’s up! And it’ll just continue to make you money! Now $1400/month isn’t a whole lot but it’s a start!

Think about it, if we are able to set up a steady income without having to work much, then that’ll free up our lives in a huge way! Sure, we’ll have to work hard to get it started. But if we can count on a check every month from our “little self making money maker” (try and say that ten time fast) then we can spend our time with our families, starting another business, taking college classes, becoming a missionary, you name it. We’ll have TIME and that’s the point. We HOMESCHOOLERS have time!

Ok, sorry to bore you all with that but Jocelyn posted a few of her goals so I thought I’d post one of mine.
:D

We’re going to be packing half a cow in our freezer soon. More on that later.

:D

(This has got to be the most random blog post ever!)

The only point in this post is to respond to a few of Chris’s beliefs.

So, this post is mainly geared and is written to and for Chris. But I encourage everyone to comment their thoughts.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would pull your bible out, for I am going to be addressing several verses. It is important that you look up every one of these verses. I pray that you’ll read this with a clear mind and actually consider the fact that you might be wrong.

1. The co-existence issue
2. The flawed Christianity issue
3. The homosexual is not a sin issue

I’ve brought all of this to my dad and he has helped me with these responses.

First, off, the co-existence issue – you said that:

“It shows symbols from many different forms of worship including Islam, Judaism, Shinto, and Christianity. It is a symbol popularized by U2. It is a call for members of all creeds to live together in peace and harmony. In other words, to “Coexist”. I believe one day this will happen, and I plan to do my part to make it happen.”

As I think about this, Chris, you may be right. All of these religions may very well co-exist in harmony someday. However, the Christianity that would co-exist with all of these other religions in harmony would be an apostate form of true Christianity. In other words, true Christianity could never – and will never – co-exist in harmony with the others. You have to realize, Chris, that all the other religions deny the Lordship of Jesus Christ as described in the Protestant bible you claim to believe in. Jesus Christ and His disciples (those who wrote the New Testament) emphatically claimed that Jesus Himself was the only way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father but through Jesus Christ (Jn 14:6).

So here on Earth in this temporal realm, these different religions (including apostate Christianity as mentioned above) may find a way to co-exist peacefully amongst each other some day, but in the eternal realm, the only faith which will exist is the one that God (Jesus Christ) established – Christianity. Sadly, I guess it could be said that the others will also co-exist throughout eternity – but only in Hell (Matt 7:13, 14).

If you truly are a Christian your focus should not be to “do your part in getting all religions to co-exist”, your focus should be to advance the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

Point two, Chris, is the flawed Christianity issue. You said that:

“I believe that Christianity as a religion, is deeply corrupt and flawed.”

I’m not quite sure what you mean by your statement but here are my thoughts on your remarks. Biblically, or from God’s perspective, God does not view Christianity as a religion – He views it simply as the Truth. Now if you mean that “Christiandom” (or the Christian community) has its flaws or is corrupt, then I can agree with you to some extent here. Let me explain what I mean.

1. Christiandom is made up of Christians who are imperfect, and thus the community of Christians is an “organism” that is imperfect and flawed because it is made up of individuals who are imperfect and flawed.
2. These flawed Christians hold to doctrines which don’t always agree with each other, and of course, two opposing views cannot both be right at the same time. Therefore, some doctrines within Christiandom must be wrong.

However, if we accept that God and His word are both inerrant and infallible and we further accept that Christianity was established and defined by God’s word, then Christianity cannot be flawed and corrupt as originally established by God and His word since both God and His word are perfect.

Issue number three, Chris, is the homosexuality issue. You said that:

“I believe that being gay is not a sin, but that being a practicing gay is a sin.”

Here are my thoughts on this: You are wrong on the first count but correct on the second. Being gay is a sinful state of existence. It’s a corrupt state of existence. It is a state of existence that is the direct result of the fall recorded in Genesis chapter 3. In this sense, homosexuality can be said to be “a natural result” of Adam’s sin. It is natural in this sense only. But if we want to talk about God’s ideal and the way God originally created man and the rest of creation, then homosexuality is not natural (aberrant). The bible always speaks of homosexuality (whether the state of or the act itself) as evil – an abomination to the LORD. (Lev 18: 22) The bible also describes homosexuality as something that God always judges or will ultimately judge as a wicked sin. (Genesis 19, Romans 1)

One more thought to keep in mind: no where in the bible does God’s word ever make the kind of distinction that your above statement has made, separating the state of being gay as opposed to the practice of being gay (condoning one and condemning the other).

I do agree with a few of your beliefs like pre-destination and Calvinism. So, don’t feel like we are all “against” you. The true goal in this is not to stunt you blog traffic by warning people against you or slam you publicly to make us look smart. But to come alongside you and help you. Please consider all that I have said and pray about it.

Paul

We are planting a salsa pot garden!

We’ve got a few peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers!

It was fun for the kids to be able to help.

Sorry the images are so blurry.

LOL, we used our Cherry Coke bottle to water the plants with.

Oooh, look at the sky.

Tada!

And that’s not even all of ‘em. There are a few more on the other side of the deck.

Dad bought a Badminton set! It is so much fun. I got some pictures of us setting it up.

It took us a while to set up.

But, at last it started looking like a net.

Beaver is trying to be a circus performer. :D

Finally! It was done!

So, they got to play it before it got dark.

Skateboard!!!

My good friend/neighbor, Hunter is a skate freak! And little by little he has taught me a few things. So I thought I’d share with you my newest trick; the fake-y shove-it while playing my DSLite with a hat on and a Tux shirt and a throwing knife all with a Philadelphia cream-cheese packet in my mouth! It’s very complicated. So stand back! :D