http://bevear.org Nathan's blog Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:31:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I posted previous post in a bit of a rush. I didn't realize how long it was. Um, so here's a much shorter equivalent: There are lots of motivations for punishment. Wikipedia lists some. [I don't quite agree with how they divide them, but anyway...] People should aim to love everyone, and ... http://bevear.org/2008/08/summarization/ What should we do when someone wrongs us? How should someone be dealt with? Wrong doing has consequences, and needs to be dealt with. There are three main ways of dealing with it; preventative punishment, restorative punishment, and retributive punishment. In reality the three are probably going to overlap, but ... http://bevear.org/2008/08/an-eye-for-an-eye/ Youtube is great. I especially like short funny videos. The short minute long things that get you laughing, and leave you with a smile. I recently came across this one. Do you have a favourite funny? http://bevear.org/2008/08/funnies/ Behind every person there is a story. When people do or say something, it is part of an unfolding narrative that is their life. So, when a person thinks something, there are reasons for what they think, and we need to acknowledge that and accept them for it. If we ... http://bevear.org/2008/08/disagree-dont-disapprove/ So, I promised an answer to the question; 'which is better a non-christian theist, or an atheist christian?' Thanks to everyone who has commented - though, after I've read all your answers, it makes it harder to write my own answers, because a lot of the points I was going to ... http://bevear.org/2008/07/atheists-vs-non-christians/ I do like it when people comment. It's good. It makes me feel like I'm not alone in the barren wilderness that is the Internet. So, in order to precipitate a bit of discussion, here's a hypothetical question for you: Which is better, believing in God, but rejecting Christianity, or not ... http://bevear.org/2008/07/which-is-better/ So you know, I do still have the old entries, so if anyone remembers something I wrote about, and wants me to look it up, I might be able to arrange it. http://bevear.org/2008/07/old-entries/ In my previous post, I said it would be nice if what you learned about me was accurate. But I do want to clarify that; I don't want to blog so that people can just learn about me - if you are going to learn about me, I'd like it ... http://bevear.org/2008/07/the-aim-of-the-new-blog/ No doubt some of you will be wondering, why has Nathan abandoned all his hard work and started a new blog? Basically, it was messy. It was messy in the sense that the technical side of the blog was messy - I'd made a lot of customizations, and hadn't really tidied ... http://bevear.org/2008/07/starting-afresh/ Welcome to my brand new blog! I'm redoing everything from scratch, so bear with me as I sort things out. Thankfully wordpress is very easy to install and use, so it should all be relatively painless. Hopefully I'll resume (begin?) regular blogging soon. Nathan http://bevear.org/2008/07/hey-all/