They can send death at once, but life is slower.
The Tea Party has imparted political energy to common-sense American constitutionalism.
No one lives like a robot. We all make choices from the moment we wake up in the morning.
The most consistent versions of materialism deny the reality of anything beyond matter - no soul, no spirit, no will, no mind. This is called reductionism: Humans are reduced to biochemical machines.
To use biblical language, those who exchange the glory of God for something in creation will also exchange the image of God for something in creation - and because it is something less than God, it always leads to a lower view of humanity.
A part is always too limited to explain the whole. You might picture a worldview as trying to stuff the entire universe into a box. Invariably, something will stick out of the box. Its categories are too "small" to explain the world.
In high school, I came to realize I had a second-hand faith, derived from my parents and family background. I had no actual reasons for believing it.
If it doesn't break your heart it isn't love
If you are alive and healty, you must know that this is your greatest success and your greatest chance in life! Celebrate this success with all your heart, with all your gratitude!
If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, you'll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry.
I've always been told I was extremely well-behaved as a kid.