Comments on: Reality Check http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1901 Jeff Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:27:02 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1901 Maria, I can appreciate your sentiment on mainstream media. It is "news" fed to us through someone else's views. It makes it hard to get straight facts and stories, especially with the amount of slanted information out there, whether it be on TV or the internet. I guess that's the challenge, to take in the information and think for ourselves and not let someone else make up our minds for us. I believe in God and in his love for us, his greatest creation, but I don't believe the midwest flooding was his will. I'm a relatively new christian, of about 3 years, and I certainly don't know all the answers, but I do know that God loves all of us. I know that bad things happen in this world all the time, but I would never blame God for any of them. My wife and I lost our baby last year in the ninth month of pregnancy, and it was the hardest thing I have ever lived through. I have questions that may never be answered about why we lost our sweet angel, but I do know that I could not have made it through without God's love. When my world collapsed around me, Jesus was there to keep me going. Knowing that I will someday meet my daughter has allowed me to keep living. I'm not trying to convert you, I'm just saying that Belief in God and the great hope that provides is not a bad thing. I'm a pilot too(I also live in Washington state), and I've enjoyed reading about your adventures. Fly safe. Maria, I can appreciate your sentiment on mainstream media. It is “news” fed to us through someone else’s views. It makes it hard to get straight facts and stories, especially with the amount of slanted information out there, whether it be on TV or the internet. I guess that’s the challenge, to take in the information and think for ourselves and not let someone else make up our minds for us. I believe in God and in his love for us, his greatest creation, but I don’t believe the midwest flooding was his will. I’m a relatively new christian, of about 3 years, and I certainly don’t know all the answers, but I do know that God loves all of us. I know that bad things happen in this world all the time, but I would never blame God for any of them. My wife and I lost our baby last year in the ninth month of pregnancy, and it was the hardest thing I have ever lived through. I have questions that may never be answered about why we lost our sweet angel, but I do know that I could not have made it through without God’s love. When my world collapsed around me, Jesus was there to keep me going. Knowing that I will someday meet my daughter has allowed me to keep living. I’m not trying to convert you, I’m just saying that Belief in God and the great hope that provides is not a bad thing. I’m a pilot too(I also live in Washington state), and I’ve enjoyed reading about your adventures. Fly safe.

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1900 Maria Langer Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:21:27 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1900 Rodolfo, that's my point. The media is telling us what news is and we're swallowing it whole. Rodolfo, that’s my point. The media is telling us what news is and we’re swallowing it whole.

]]> By: Rodolfo http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1899 Rodolfo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:03:40 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1899 As much as I agree with you there is also a huge segment of the population that feel all the crap they see is substantive news. We get what we vote for. As much as I agree with you there is also a huge segment of the population that feel all the crap they see is substantive news. We get what we vote for.

]]> By: Paul, Obama Blog http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1898 Paul, Obama Blog Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:06:45 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1898 Michelle is "blacker" than Barack, and some are trying to make her into the scary "other." Paul, Obama Blogs last blog post..<a href="http://obamabarack.blogspot.com/2008/06/with-oil-and-gas-prices-soaring-sen.html" rel="nofollow">Barack Obama to Attack Rampant Energy Speculation</a> Michelle is “blacker” than Barack, and some are trying to make her into the scary “other.”

Paul, Obama Blogs last blog post..Barack Obama to Attack Rampant Energy Speculation

]]> By: Bob Johnson http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1897 Bob Johnson Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:10 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1897 I think you're right in saying that God often gets blamed for things that we human beings do. As I understand it, the "wrath of God" is when God leaves us to "enjoy" the consequences of our actions. I live along the Gulf Coast. It's unbelievable the building that has gone on around here. No one should have a home in some of the places they've built -- not at least if they don't want it to flood. All well, we can always blame a flood on an "act of God" not our own stupidity and greed. I think you’re right in saying that God often gets blamed for things that we human beings do. As I understand it, the “wrath of God” is when God leaves us to “enjoy” the consequences of our actions. I live along the Gulf Coast. It’s unbelievable the building that has gone on around here. No one should have a home in some of the places they’ve built — not at least if they don’t want it to flood. All well, we can always blame a flood on an “act of God” not our own stupidity and greed.

]]> By: Sherrie Holmes http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1896 Sherrie Holmes Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:34:05 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2008/06/22/reality-check/#comment-1896 Another NPR junkie! NPR reports the news that *matters* to me. And they make news interesting. I am soooo with you on not caring one iota about Britney or American Idol! What really fries my grits is that you used to be confident that the news you were getting was both important and relatively unsensationalized. Not anymore. And that's why I listen to NPR. Another NPR junkie! NPR reports the news that *matters* to me. And they make news interesting. I am soooo with you on not caring one iota about Britney or American Idol! What really fries my grits is that you used to be confident that the news you were getting was both important and relatively unsensationalized. Not anymore. And that’s why I listen to NPR.

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