The sense of it all

Those of you who read my last post about my logic class will remember that I had just about given up on the idea of getting another 4.0 this semester. You will be glad to know that I decided to give it a little effort and I got a 98% on my most recent exam. I guess it does pay to do homework sometimes. I like to think that I don't need to do all of my homework to learn, but this class is an exception. It is stinkin hard (but jase got an A in it and I can't have him beat me).

Enough of the dork stuff. We went into the studio last night and Jase put down 2 incredible vocal tracks for "all our hands" and "Fanatic." Those songs sound great now. Jason is a very talented lyricist. The new recordings are so beautifully crisp that you can hear all of the words and they really show off his talents for poetically and passionately communicating thought processes about deep issues (No, he did not pay me to say that). I have not put down the harmonies yet, but I think that will be fun to start concentrating on putting BGVs into our songs. We are going in again soon to finish up.

I was reading my school newspaper today and there was a big write-up of the march for women's rights in Washington over the weekend. It really made me sad to read about it because it made a big deal about the few "Christian" pro-lifers who showed up to protest what was going on. Apparently they were chanting things like "God hates you babykillers" and "Murders like you go to hell." I didn't know whether to be infuriated or to cry. I think that those people fall into the 5% that Jason discussed last week in his very long post. I am a Christian, and I definitely think that unborn children are real people who deserve to live just as much as you or I do, but in my opinion, those who represented that view couldn't have missed the mark more.

The Bible says that God is love. As Christians, our job is to literally be like Jesus... to be love to ALL people. Love is patient... kind... it does not judge... it keeps no record of wrongs... The list goes on and on (read it for yourself in 1 Corinthians 13). I do not think that is loving or even the least bit true to say that God hates anybody. God loves all of us equally whether we are happy-go-lucky christians, abortionists, pastors, or just regular people who happen to want abortion to remain legal. What do people think they are going to achieve by telling someone that God hates them? That kind of action will only broaden the gap between opposing views and prevent people from dealing with the issue in a rational and thoughtful way.

I don't pretend to know the answers to all of this, but I do know that none of has a right to shout judgement (let he who has no sin cast the first stone). Honestly, we all screw up every single day and do stuff we wish we could take back. That is no more rightous than having an abortion. I know somebody who had abortions several years back, and not a single day goes by that she does not mourn her decision. Many of the women at the march have doubtless had abortions and they are looking for justification to ease their pain. A big dose of damnation certainly is not going to help them in any way.

I hope I didn't sound too preachy, it just burns me up to hear about stuff like that. The few radical people who go out and make a big stink get into the news and get an entire side of an issue branded as hateful. It is a shame that anyone who believes in rights for unborn children is autimatically perceived as a hater and someone who wants to oppress women. Something needs to change.