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Of course that falls apart with the evidence for the resurrection, which I think is very strong. But for a non-believer, who hasn’t come to grips with the resurrection yet, I think the “disillusioned” question is the big one. It’s somewhere in between “liar” – he was lying to Himself, but not intentionally, and “lunatic” – meaning He was disillusioned, but not completely crazy, as the title “lunatic” implies.

College acceptance should be based on merit, not on desire or upbringing or whether your parents went there.

I think I understand the sentiment, but the reason there isn’t “enough space at colleges to keep up with population growth” is that college has been transformed in the US from an academic achievement meant to distinguish a student to a right of passage for anyone whose interested.

The most profound change has been from earned privilege to birthright. We act as if every kid who finishes high school deserves to go to college. That’s led to a whole host of problems, the result of which is that college seems hardly worth the time and money a student invests, unless they go into law or medicine.

There’s a lot you have to understand about where I’m coming from, and you’ll see that here in the near future. For now, though, I’ll just say that college should be more exclusive, not less; and most jobs people go to college for shouldn’t require more than a one-year certification. Selah

I think I would have reacted differently to a differently toned commercial. The ads for Ideal Feet are more serious than the ads I’ve heard for this shop. This was on a level of a “Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!” ad for a monster truck rally.

I won’t understand the recreational use of guns anymore than I’ll understand people who get a buzz from long runs. But I think that firearms are a more serious issue than this commercial implied.

I ran across this while doing a quick search for Volkner McClure.

If you wish to defend yourself with a pistol, that’s fine. They make lousy weapons, really. People survive being shot with pistols all the time.

A rifle is a much more effective tool for defense. Jeff Cooper can be considered the Godfather of Modern Defensive Shooting. He loves his 1911 pistols and also referred to them as a tool with which you fight your way to your rifle.

If I have to use a rifle to protect myself and my family, things have gone really badly, about as badly as they can for the moment.

Why on earth would you or anyone else wish to bet your family on an ineffective tool when you have the freedom to use something far more effective? An AR15 or an AK47 are both easy to shoot well and have the proven ability to effectively end violence quickly in capable hands.

If you are not comfortable with this for yourself, I can live with that and even respect it. It is a personal choice. But just as I’d be willing to bet you’d prefer not to take a four hour trip on a motorcycle and sidecar in the rain with your kids, I’m not as comfy betting on an XD45 when I can have an AK in the same context.

Besides, if you’ve never experienced the fun of shooting an AR at multiple targets and hitting them all, first time out, you really are gypping yourself of a fundamental American experience. Not many countries have this fundamental freedom, and to not take advantage of it, you may as well cash in your freedom to Tweet as well.

I do appreciate how quickly you swapped out of fear/ reactionary mode above. Take it one step further

On the flip side of this argument is a book called “So You Don’t Want To Go To Church Anymore.” I don’t know if you have read it but it is fascinating, easy to read, and thoroughly engrossing. It is also quite wrong on one of its fundamental assertions but I won’t spoil that for you. It’s free to read at the author’s website (http://www.jakecolsen.com/contents.html), if you haven’t already seen it, that is.