Links Changes

So today I made a few changes to the links page and I feel like I should explain my reasoning for dropping a few of them.

The first two I dropped were the links to the Atheist Network and to an article by a person named Wulf providing reasons that Christianity is false. My reason for deleting these is that they have become superfluous and irrelevant in my life. Also, I must add that the only reason I kept them up after returning to Christianity was for the sake of not seeming spiteful. I wanted the record to show that although I was rather brutally cast out of the atheist society after re-converting, I held no grudges. That, of course, was simply not the case. I was bitter and self-righteous. So, be free of my grudge, atheist friends.

The other two links I dismantled were those to Tentmaker, a library of universalist knowledge, and to L. Ray Smith’s essays. I simply find myself stepping away from a need to prove universalism to others. If you believe it, wonderful; it really is a beautiful and breath-taking gospel. If not… I’m just tired of arguing. I am, of course, always open to friendly discussion and should anyone feel the need to ask questions about my beliefs, please, speak up!

I will link them here in this entry if you are interested in pursuing those places on the web, but they will no longer appear on my links page.

On another note, I did add a link to Thorns and Myrtles, another wordpress blog that is beautifully worded and artfully crafted. I encourage readers to view her writing.

Penguins,

Amanda

New Links and Some Other Stuff

I’ve added a few blogs to the links page including Abduzeedo (which was recommended by a classmate), FADE IN: (the new blog by a professional who teaches at my school), The Beautiful Heresy (a universalist blog with beautiful insight), and Amtheo Musings (a theological blog by my Mystery and Mastery blogmate).

You should check them all out. But definitely visit Amtheo Musings sooner rather than later because its author was recently nominated for “Best Armchair Theologian” and would like you to vote for him if you like his work– but only if you honestly like it. He’s worked really hard and come along way and as always it’s an honor to be recognized.

In other news, I am very close to finishing my exams– the last one is at 1:30 today, for Illustrative Photography. Then I’ll probably have a little personal Sabbath on Thursday and Friday it’s all about the graduation. My grandmother’s taking us out for dinner afterwards, but I’m not sure where yet.

I should be posting a recent blog entry from deviantart called “Shadowfruit” which I think went over well. I wrote it after a lengthy discussion of what it means to be a Christian and also after watching a long documentary about cults like Jim Jones’s People’s Temple and Manson’s Girls. All I could think was that so many people died in massacres like these and often times for religious reasons. And that to me is not Christianity. But more on this soon.

Also, I need to dig up my thought on solipsism. I accidentally deleted it in the transfer from googlepages, so now I need to either find it or type it again. It shouldn’t be too difficult to find…. I hope.

Penguins,

Amanda