Reading List on the Net {02.19.15}

There's no special Bible for lazy people. The title of this post caught my eye really quick. Jack Pelham's posts come to my email and sometimes I read...most of the time I just delete. Just being honest. He wrote a post a post ago (or so) talking about Bible interpretation (I think) that I didn't read. I'll have to go back to that one since I didn't have the time at the time. I didn't delete it from email, that one; just haven't read it. Anyway. I don't have the quote right here but from memory, Pelham supposes in this post that the casual reader won't understand the Bible if it isn't spelled out in black-and-white. And even then, there's too much riding on what they read so they make it to mean something else. There are plenty of people who want to package up a lazy man's Bible, because it would be good money for them. There are plenty of people who want to know but they don't really want to take the time to actually read the Bible, and definitely not actually search the Scriptures when they come across passages that they do not understand. We have everything we need in the Bible. It is relevant and as God would have it be. I do like Pelham's underlying (or perhaps not so hidden?) message that when we read the Bible, we have to want to understand. We have to want to be affected by it. We have to want to change. Many just do not want that. They want a lazy man's Bible- but one that tells them what they want to hear.

Stop the stomach flu. Fortunately we do not get sick here often. It's a very rare thing. Someone on my FB feed posted a link to this experiment. Looks very thorough. She compares 'natural' cleaners, such as peroxide, vinegar, and rubbing alcohol, with Clorox wipes and Lysol spray. Looks to me like plain ol' water and a rag does just fine. But I am interested in the peroxide mix. Will look up a mix for that at some point. I've used vinegar many many times but the smell...ugh.

ADHD doesn't exist...Matt Walsh at it again. I've actually not read much of his posts since he's gone to The Blaze (it's a little too flashy over there for my taste). I've long thought that ADD/ADHD wasn't "real". Who doesn't know of many children that don't pay attention, can't focus well enough to get their thoughts together let alone out in a coherent sentence. "Becomes bored with a task unless it's enjoyable." Uh, doesn't that fit almost every person?  (I will also admit that years ago I didn't think autism was real either but have a friend whose boy is on the spectrum- I believe it now. I don't know everything.) I have yet to meet a child labeled ADHD that I could say actually had this rather than it is just part of them being a child (and having weak will, whether through parenting or school, or choice). Anyway, I thought his post, while just as snarky as usual (is that the right word?), is good. What do you think about ADHD? Real or not?

"[This is] what we do in America. We like to think we're better than any other country, that we embrace thought and free expression, but that's a delusion only held by people who've never said anything that defies conventional wisdom. Conventional thought is embraced. Conventional speech is celebrated. Any variation or deviation outside of that norm will be met with brutal resistance."

Tattoo removal might not require lasers soon. Too bad this wasn't around about 10-15 years ago. My sister had a tattoo removed from her hand. It took quite a few treatments with a laser. It wasn't terribly painful (that I recall) but as it says in this article, it damages skin cells.

Israel approves $46 million plan to absorb European Jews. Wow. The news on this is rather short so I can't really say much more than what is in the linked post (you can click on the link in the post but it goes to an even shorter blurb). This is amazing.