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Most people know that I love football. That comes mostly from my father’s influence while growing up. Once I learned about what hockey was, being about 18 or 19 years old, I was pretty much hooked. That was a time, around 1990, when I was one of America’s troubled youth. I was messed up into smoking dope, I was in a bad relationship with a girl, I was in a punk-rock band and I was trying desperately to make something of myself by attending the local trade school.

Well, during this period of my life, I had spent some time living with one of the band members (Ron). He was a huge hockey fan who had even played in high school and a city league. He was also a huge Rush fan (I swear he must be part Canadian), hence my love for both of these things today! I have always been a Steelers fan and thought about watching some Penguins hockey. What a sweet time in the franchise to start watching the Penguins, I mean it was the year of their first Stanley Cup!

Unfortunately, I did enough bad crap in that time of my life to pretty much lose everything. So I decided to join the US Navy, there was nothing left to lose. I even returned to my roots, by going back to church, for the few weeks before leaving for boot camp. I met my wife at that church. Continue reading »

I am a firm believer in justice and retribution. History proves the just and firm payment for wrongdoing. I look at the different wars throughout history and many of them stem from some kind of religious argument, or the conflict creeps its way into a holy war. I believe in a just God, but I also believe He is a fair and gracious God as well. If humans were ever given a deserving retribution, there wouldn’t be any humans left alive!

God’s intent was to not be alone when He created mankind. That’s why Adam was made, because God wanted someone to talk to and share things with. It’s pretty simple really. The problems all started when God felt that man was lonely at times too, so He made Eve. Some would say that was a mistake. However, God doesn’t make mistakes and He didn’t want an automaton for a friend. I think He partly made woman so man would have a choice of whom to spend time with. God undoubtedly knew that by giving man and woman freewill, there might be devastating and recursive problems in the future. But again, automatons are boring. Of course, the main antagonist of creation was the fallen angel Lucifer. Satan, the Devil, the “serpent most foul”, Abaddon, the “Prince of this World”, the “Ruler of the powers of the Air”, Apollyon, Beelzebub – whatever you chose to call him, he was allowed by God to infiltrate the peace of Eden. The whole point was to test the resolve and dedication of mankind. Would man and woman stray from what they knew was truth? Unfortunately yes, because sin plays at the desires of freewill.

The worst thing about freewill, is how easy it is for humanity to twist what God has given into something perverted. God gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to be the role model and ultimate sacrifice for humanity’s reprieve from an eternity in Hell. The problem is that humanity has taken Christianity, the faith in Christ as the Savior of the world, to the extreme. Mankind has systematically killed itself over faith, or lack thereof, in Jesus! This is the birth of the Holy War. Before going any further, “Holy War” needs to be defined so as to make sense of what I am going to write later on. Holy war – A war that is entirely, primarily, or ostensibly religious in motivation; a war over religion. Continue reading »