Alright back to writing. The Voice ended, and Javier won as predicted. Dia did get second though which was cool. 4th of July was cool to just chill with a few bros, play badminton, shoot hoops, eat, and have fireworks in the backyard. In basketball my shot has been a bit off, and I actually got pretty angry yesterday, which is really stupid. I mean, I play basketball because I love it, I enjoy playing, so shouldn't I be happy when I am playing no matter if I am a little bit off or pretty on? I mean, if I am incredibly off, I might shoot a bit under 40 percent from 3 in my drills, which if you don't know, Kobe would kill to get that kind of 3 point percentage for a season.
Okay, I have had a good deal of stuff going on in my life recently, so that is a good enough catch up on daily experiences.
Travis and I talked to Harmony about Mormonism and Christianity, and I know both of these people will probably read this, but the whole situation is kind of tough. My friendship with her is a big deal to me, she is a wonderful person, and I enjoy hanging out with her, but it is an important issue that I believe needed to be addressed. All I am saying by this is that I would love your prayers for wisdom and clarity on both sides, and that our friendship wouldn't be damaged.
So I finished Mere Christianity, and I have a few thoughts on the last chapter. As usual, C.S. Lewis made some great points about, well, Christianity. He started talking about how, if we are all supposed to be little of versions of Christ, wouldn't that make the world kind of boring since we would all be the same? He used a somewhat flawed metaphor to prove a point, that I really like. He used the illustration of salt. If you gave a man just plain salt and had him taste it, he would think it was too strong and would just kill the taste of whatever you put it on. When in actuality, salt (in the right quantities, its a flawed metaphor but bear with me) brings out the flavor in other foods. Christ is like that. When we don't let Him control us, most of our decisions are based on physical desires so we really don't have as much personality as we think. Lewis said "It is when I turn to Christ, when I give myself up to His Personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own." Think about it.
And since I am done with Mere Christianity and now moving onto Miracles, I want to say something I enjoy about Lewis. Obviously everyone loves his imagery, you can see it throughout Chronicles of Narnia and he is constantly illustrating religious points with images we can more easily understand, but what I also like is how he uses tons of logic in his arguments. It isn't just "Jesus loves me, and he loves you too, so let's say our God is great." He backs up his beliefs with sound logic, looking at points from several worldviews and walking you through why something is true. The first chapter of Mere Christianity made the case for God simply existing, starting by providing an argument that we have a natural sense of right and wrong. The beginning of Miracles looks at the Naturalist and Supernaturalist viewpoints. I don't know if that is something that you enjoy, but I think it is pretty darn cool.
Well, that is good for me tonight.
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