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[link] ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8631079/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8631079/ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:06:17 PDT
St. Theresa's Prayer:

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are
meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are
born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have
received, and pass on the love that has been given to
you....

May you be content knowing you are a child of God....
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow
your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and
love. It is there for each and every one of us. ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8472455/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8472455/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:11:35 PDT
I was just lounging around the house when this little conversation between Bono and rock jounalist Michka Assayas popped into my head. Seems like a rather appropriate thing to contemplate this Good Friday and as we approach Easter, so thought I'd pass it along...


Happy Easter, everyone


Michka: Christ has His rank amoung the world's great thinkers. But Son of God, isn't that farfetched?


Bono: No, it's not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: He was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha or Confucius. But actually, Christ doesn't allow you that. He doesn't let you off that hook. Christ says: No. I'm not saying I'm a teacher, don't call me teacher. I'm not saying I'm a prophet. I'm saying: "I'm the Messiah." I'm saying: "I am God incarnate." And people say: No, no, please just be a prophet. A prophet we can take. You're a bit eccentric.... At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh my God, he's gonna keep saying this. So what you're left with is: either Christ was who He said He was- the Messiah- or a complete nutcase. I mean we're talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson... I'm not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside down by a nutcase, for me, that's farfetched.


Michka: But sometimes I'm not far from thinking the world has been shaped by a bunch of nutcases... What I mean here is that Christ was not the only one to make those kind of claims. There have been other propehts.


Bono:That's right. But they didn't change anything...


... but seriously, if we could only be a bit more like Him, the world would be transformed. All I do is get up on the cross of the ego: the bad hangover, the bad review. [But] when I look at the Cross of Christ, what I see up there is all my [crap] and everybody else's. So I ask myself a question a lot of people have asked: Who is this man? And was He who He said He was, or was He a religious nut? And there it is, and that's the question...


from: Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas, pgs. 204 - 206 Chapter: Add Eternity to That



More on the Trilemma:

Most people would never argue the historical existence of Jesus of Nazareth and typically, most people would consider Jesus to be a great moral teacher.


However, if these people read the canonical Gospels they would discover that Jesus never intended to be perceived as simply a moral teacher because He repeatedly equated Himself with God.


This leads us into the trilemma argument. The trilemma looks at Jesus' claim to be equal with God and how we are left to interpret that claim.


Jesus claimed to be God. His claims were either true or false; someone cannot claim to be God and be right or wrong at the same time.


If Jesus' claims were false, then He either knew they were false (which would make Him a liar) or He did not know they were false (which would make Him sincerely deluded and a lunatic). If Jesus' claims were true, then He indeed is Lord. There is much reasonable and practical evidence to suggest that Jesus is not a liar or lunatic, but Lord.


Liar: He knew full well His claims were false:

-would He then allow Himself to be crucified for claims He knew to be false (and contuine to make such claims, even while nailed to a cross, and/or show humilty in prayer for the very people who hung Him there)?

-people can usually and eventually spot a liar, we eventually see through the lies, and yet, 2006 years later, an estimated 2.1 billion (source: [link]) still profess a belief in Christ as the Messiah, making Christianity the world's largest religion (source [link]).

-would a liar be considered a good moral teacher or "great thinker"?


Lunatic: He did not know His claims were false:

"There are lunatics in asylums who sincerely believe they are God. The 'divinity complex' is a recognized form of psychopathology. Its character traits are well known: egotism, narcissism, infelxibility, dullness, predictability, inability to understand and love others as they really are and creatively relate to others." -Peter Kreeft and Ronal Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics, p.159



Other resources:

The Offic... ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8182048/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/8182048/ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:25:19 PST
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A Message from Lt. Gen. (ret.) Romeo Dallaire

Dear Friend,

No one should live in fear of armed violence. Yet guns and small weapons are readily available in country after country.
Simply put, the arms trade is out of control, fueling conflict, poverty and human rights abuses – worldwide.

We can do something to help change that. That’s why I’m supporting Oxfam, Amnesty and Ploughshare’s efforts to reach out to you through the Control Arms Campaign.

One hundred days from now, in June, a UN conference will decide how to control the supply and misuse of small arms, guns and other light weapons.

Canada should take the lead in seeking effective and binding regulations on arms transfers.

Help me send a strong message to Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter MacKay. Sign the petition asking Minister Mackay to:
Lead efforts at the UN conference in June to reduce gun violence.

Commit Canada to support an international Arms Trade Treaty.

Consider;

There are over 640 million small arms in the world, one for every ten people.

Hundreds of thousands of people are killed every year from armed violence – nearly one person every minute.

Millions of women and girls suffer rape, torture, and death as a result of gun violence.

Small arms can:
spark, fuel, and prolong conflict;
divert money from basic services such as health and education;
obstruct peacebuilding;
be used to violate human rights; and,
foster a culture of violence.

Your support can help to save lives.

Sincerely,

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Roméo Dallaire, senator

(former commander of UN forces in Rwanda and author of " Shake Hands with the Devil -- the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda.")


from: [link]

Join the 'No Sweat' Campaign

To find out more about "No Sweat," sign the online petition, or join in the "Cut it Out" action to collect clothing labels to present to Government officials, visit:
[link]

Working with the Maquila Solidarity Network,
Students Against Sweatshops-Canada, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, and the Canadian Labour Congress, Oxfam Canada seeks to defend the rights of garment workers overseas and in Canada.

According to Oxfam campaign coordinator Bill Hynd, "Canadian companies are profiting from abusing the rights of people in many developing countries. It is time that we consumers hold retailers and manufacturers accountable for the conditions under which their clothes are produced."
Under the slogan, "Exploitation is never in fashion," Oxfam's national campaign will seek to convince universities, school boards and municipal and provincial governments to adopt ethical purchasing and procurement policies.

Click here for some of recent No Sweat victories!

Many of the world's 23.6 million garment workers in 160 countries are denied their basic human rights. They suffer inhumane working conditions and arbitrary discipline, earn sub-standard wages, and are often harassed for legitimate union activity. Most of them are women.

Oxfam Canada supports local community development in twenty countries of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, where the abuse of workers' rights constitutes a major obstacle to development.

For information, please contact:

In St. John's: Bill Hynd
709-753-2202, billh@oxfam.ca


END

There is also a documentary on childhood labour called Stolen Childhoods, [link] ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/6699166/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/6699166/ Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:47:24 PDT [link]

Get informed, and when you are, spread the word. Over a million people have died and many of the children forced to become soldiers who have to kill to survive becauseof this civil war that has been happening for the last 19 years.
It's a secret that needs to be let out. The LRA has to be stopped.

[link]
[link] ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/5745781/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/5745781/ Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:12:31 PDT
Thanks!
God Bless!


Subject: An Amber Alert

Please look at the picture, read what her father says, then forward his message on.

Maybe if everyone passes this on, someone will see this child. That is how the girl from Stevens Point was found by circulation
of her picture on tv. The internet circulates even overseas, South America, and Canada etc. Thanks

Please pass this to everyone in your address book.

We have a store manager (Wal-Mart) from Longs, SC who has a 9 year old daughter who has been missing for 2 weeks.

Keep the picture moving on, with luck on her side she will be found.

I am asking you all, begging you to please
forward this emailon to anyone and everyone
you know, PLEASE.
My 9 year old girl,Penny Brown, is missing.
She has been missing for now two weeks.

It is still not too late. Please help us. If anyone anywhere knows anything, please contact me at: zicozicozico@hotmail.com " size="1">< [link] >
I am including a picture of her.
All prayers are appreciated!!

It only takes 2 seconds to forward this.

If it was your child, you would want all the help you could get. ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/5739119/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/5739119/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:24:54 PDT Well according to my DA account, it's been over 11 weeks since my last visit. I came back to over 150 message centre items, and have actually had fun tonight, slowly working my way through some of them.

I also got around to finally creating and uploading an avatar and another photo for my gallery. I have yet to decide which pictures from my Japan trip I'll upload, but I've placed that on my "to-do list."

I can't really explain why the hituas, though I can say that God has been doing some great work in me of late, and I haven't really had the desire to sit in front of a computer screen. I still don't so much, but I have rekindled a desire for getting to know some people in this community and to check in with all your beautiful works, while sharing some of mine.

So hopefully you'll see me around in less than 11 weeks this time

Cheers! ]]> ~eneylataralom http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/3682845/ http://eneylataralom.deviantart.com/journal/3682845/ Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:25:45 PDT Just got back from backpacking around Japan for a month with my little sister; that was an interesting experience. Japan was quite different from what we expected (even after weeks of extensive research).

For the most part it was alot more run down that we thought it would be and most of the cities all looked the same. Sure they all had their nice spots, and different history, but they also all had lots of tall, dirty looking buildings, and then of course there was all the rain.

Japan had four typhoons when we were there, and while we were lucky enough to be on the "outskirts" of them all and not get flooded, we did get lots of rain and wind that grew old very fast (and this is coming from someone who has lived in rainy Vancouver all her life).

Though, depsite all that, we did see some gorgeous things and I'm planning on posting some of my better pictures. None are terribly interesting and I think most are of animals, but hey I'm still learning. ]]> ~eneylataralom