Some statements

After more than two months of blog silence, here are some statements I'd like to express publicly (to both of you).

I am young.
I am well educated.
I am intelligent.
I am a Christian.
I am not a pacifist.
I believe in helping the poor and disadvantaged.
I am unlikely to vote for President Obama in November.
I am not racist.
I can and do think logically.
I do not despise the notion of church or denominations.
I oppose the legalization of same-sex marriage.
I am not a bigot (nor am I Bigfoot).
I believe in absolute truth.
I believe all people are sinful.
I believe abortion should be illegal.
I believe Americans should be free to own guns.
I believe that the U.S. Constitution is important.
I believe in both heaven and hell, and I do not believe that everyone ends up in heaven.
I love Jesus Christ and seek to serve him in all I do.
I fear for the future of religious freedom in America.

I understand that many people don't believe all of these statements can be true... but they are.

Pretty sweet

Tonight we babysat for a couple from Oklahoma. This is the second time we've babysat for them, and somehow tonight we ended up on the topic of guns & hunting. Justin said he had one particular gun that he really liked that he used for hunting hogs in OK with a friend of his (who happens to be a U.S. Marine). I asked if I could see it, and he was happy to oblige. It looked a lot (thought not exactly) like this:

It's called an AR-10. I'm sure my Marine/Air National Guard brother will be unimpressed, but it was one of the coolest things I've ever held with my own hands.

That's all.