The Social Porcupine

I have a question for you: "If you lived in Germany during the Third Reich, would you have been one of those that stood by silent as Jews were dragged away from their homes? Would have refused to believe that Jews and many others were being killed and treated inhumanly at several large concentration camps scattered throughout your home country?" Before I answer this question for myself, I want to take a break and share a story from my siblings and me.  When my Dad was in the hospitable last year for a month, my mom spent all of that time with him, I was mostly in charge of my ten younger siblings. The few just under me in age were able to take care of themselves and help out with the younger ones, too, but as the oldest one I ended up dealing with most of the messy, stressful situations that arose.  Such as making sure my younger siblings did their chores and school and not spend every moment watching movies or playing video games. The only problem was dur...

Rules: 1. Thank the person who tagged you and link back to his or her post.  Thanks, Megan!   I'm so excited about this tag and have been ever since I saw it.  2. Find at least 3 quotes you disagree with. Wow, this is going to be hard. Only three? I have a whole pinterest board devoted to proverbs that are actually lies .  3. Briefly explain why you disagree with each, and counter it with another quote. 4. Tag whoever you like. 5. Include the graphic somewhere in your post. Lie #1 "I am strong because of my experiences" Source I'll admit, at first I thought, " Yeah! I relate."  But then I thought, "NO. This is garbage." Just think about it ... This goes against the whole nature of who Yeshua (Jesus) is. But, no. He wasn't wise because He'd been foolish but because He  was  wise and He is  God. He didn't become strong  after  being broken on the cross. No, He was already strong before, and that strength is what a...

Mrs. Henry was in the kitchen humming a song and kneading a lump of dough when she heard her children arguing. She wiped her floury hands on her apron and went to the edge of the room to spy on her children before scolding them. Both of her sons faced each other, their fists clenched and ready to fight. Jimmy's face flushed red with indignation as he yelled at his brother. "Mother said it's evil to lie!" Billy, the elder of the two whispered, "Sh. Mother doesn't have to know." Jimmy shook his head. "But God will know." Mrs. Henry's heart swelled with pride. Both of her boys were good boys, but Jimmy was already showing a sign of loving God that touched her just where it felt wonderful. Billy, on the other hand . . . he was a difficult child. The mother sighed making her presence known. Both boys jumped, Billy so much that he wasn't even close to his younger brother anymore. "What are you trying to make Jimmy do now...

Is it OK to lie? And to what point should we uphold a standard of honesty? Today I want to talk about honesty and lying. I will be speaking from the standpoint of the Bible. But if you aren't a believer, this will still apply to you - because these are life qualities that affect EVERYONE'S lives. So, please, feel free to read on ;)  I must say I have very complicated thoughts on this. Some may think they are confusing. But they aren't - in my mind everything I am about to say makes very much sense, and even together - just a complex arrangement of frayed consequences. If that even makes sense. First, I believe God hates lies (Proverbs 19:22, Ephesians 4:29).  And He even commands us to not lie (Leviticus 19:11) .  But all that being said the Bible also tells us to love. I'm  a strong advocate for truth - absolute truth. Yet I believe that contradictions can work together harmoniously - I'm not saying sin and righteousness c...

So... had an interesting cyber experience this summer as a result of going to federal court with my Dad in Nevada - my first personal experience with trolls.  A lot of my dad's friends seem to not like it so much (I guess having lies told about you constantly isn't the most fun) but to be honest everything that was said was so outrageous I found it hilarious.  Yes, I laughed. A lot.  I mean - publicity is good, whether positive or not, yes? Lol... not exactly ;p  But still - very funny. I think you all remember I went to a writer's conference in July? I wrote about it here .  Now, some info for y'all. My dad does politics full time. Meaning he attends all the trials for the men involved with the Bundies and other men who are being prosecuted, as my Dad feels, wrongly. He updates the public through his Facebook page, reaching thousands of people and telling them what happens in the courtroom. Letting many people know about things that t...

Find it on: Amazon  Goodreads Spinner of Secrets   by Annie Twitchell  I recently had the privilege of beta reading this amazing book!! I was so excited to start it when I heard it was a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin. I must admit - I love fairy tales. Even the ones that are a little bit on the side of this-story-is-so-off-and-this-philosophy-so-unrealistic. Something else, I knew going into this book, was that it had a unique twist on the whole fairy tale love theme. So I was excited.  And not disappointed :)  Back Cover: Where will the journey for love take you? Will it be worth the fight? Letta is a peasant girl, whose father was outlawed and killed when she was small. Though her name means truthful one, she finds herself submitting to her step-father's will, and complying with his lies and trickery. Prince Kyle is her reluctant husband. His mind is focused on one thing: avenging the murder of his childhoo...

Characteristic qualities are a huge part of what make up individuals. They are what define us more than anything. They are what influence are thinking, our feelings, our concepts of life and the world. For most of us, it seems we adapt to those around us. We carry on the traits of family and friends with out meaning to or wanting to. It's quite ironic that for many people, their negative qualities are normally very similar to those that they most despise. I'm not quite sure what encourages natural positive traits in people(besides the obvious: God). It seems, deep down, a lot of it is driven by selfish desires to be loved and respected. But I do think it is possible to be truly practicing good works with good motives: the more we are in tune with God and His words and ways, the more this is possible. I think it is also very important to truly understand what some of these concepts are, and how to implement them into our lives. The following are ideas of...

I have always thought the idea of homosexuality disgustingly sad. I feel sorry for those that are separated from God and do not understand or experience what He has designed for their lives. I can not understand how many do not recognize the sin of homosexuality, or claim that the Bible has nothing to say on it when it obviously does. (Romans 1:26-28, Jude 1:5-8, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, Leviticus 18:22) I do not see how one can find beauty in two people of the same gender loving each other. Of course most people are delusional to what love really is. But still... how can one be like, "Well, if they love each other.." I do not see how any one with a brain would think there's any sort of logical reason why two such people should be together. I know that it's partly due to the fact that most do not understand the meaning of love, or marriage, or truly know God or His word. I understand that sin is in the world and that people are affected and embit...

"It's all in the perspective." Is another way of saying "Truth is relative." "There is no objective truth." "Facts are up to the beholder." "I see what I see, you see what you see." (I might take this one with physical things, as for the most part we both would see the same thing, just with our own attitudes backing up the vision.) "Can't be helped. In fact, we just need to learn to accept the fact that our minds are ruled by illusions." "Nothing is real. Nothing is true. Let's just loooove each other and live in happy unity, you doing your thing, I mine." (some contradictions there, don't ya think?) Wait. Hold up a second.  You are going to use illusions as fact!? (Apparently some people on facebook try to) Um... I don't care what you think you see here, it's obvious that this illusion is just an illusion . No matter how hard you argue that ...