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I'm 46, divorced, living near Norman, Oklahoma. I have 5 years of college with a 3.8 average. My major was in marketing, but it was always my goal to have a well-rounded education. I've led a very full life. My work experience has been extremely varied: kitchen

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Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 81 of 313
As a man, I have no right to even discuss this issue, but nonetheless, I must.There are various psychological problems that come after an abortion - women I have known have experienced it. Before Roe v Wade, almost every state in the Union outlawed it. There must be a reason, and that reason was not just the physical trauma t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Understanding the concept of eternity: 9 of 33
Eternity does not exist. All things that exist come to an end, and eternity does not end. All things that exist do so within a framework of time, and eternity disallows the dimension of time. Though virtually synonymous with the concept of God, Who is without beginning or end, and does not change, it is impossible to conceive... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Comparative Religion Dangers of the occult and cults: 4 of 10
I have had some experience with cults, that I will admit, but I think others have as well. It is fulfilling in a way - to be accepted and approved, and yet somehow, we are not, or I was not. They are separatist communities - that as, separated from the world itself. They are looking for an answer to the police state that has ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Spanish Language Understanding the Hispanic Culture involves more than learning Spanish: 5 of 10
You cannot understand them. You cannot know them. It goes beyond understanding Spanish, for they are all so very different. One may be wild, and untamed. One may be mild and restrained. Some of them know Spanish as an original language, and some don't know a word, and will be asking you to translate a song that was written in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Leaders (Other) Why Obama's decision to overturn the Mexico City Policy is unpopular: 2 of 4
THE HIDDEN AGENDAIf we are to hold ourselves accountable, in any sense, to the potential that any life has be it African, Latino, Asian, European, or American can we really afford to legitimize the use of abortion as a method of birth control? It doesn't really matter that it is "legal" in the United States. It matters that t... More..
Religion & Spirituality > New Age Concepts Questioning the logic of New Age concepts: 1 of 2
Many years ago, when I was a very young man, in 1983, and newly married to a woman that had just graduated in accounting, I wanted to be a normal person. I shunned spirituality, choosing instead to get rich as quick as possible. Having been raised a preacher's kid, and surrounded with all the endless discussions that go on in... More..
Entertainment > Music Education Learning guitar from piano: 1 of 1

When I was eight years old, my mother, a professional caliber pianist, started me on piano lessons. After a year or so, she found a piano teacher there in Pineville, Louisiana to help me master the more difficult classical pieces. Mother was quite capable of playing them, but felt that a teacher I didn't know might provide th... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Testimonies: Finding your way through life in a forward direction: 1 of 1

If I desire to go to Paris, and I am in the United States, I do not head west. While it is true that I will eventually get there, it is getter to head east. The same is true that the means to an end are as important as the end itself. Too often, our desire is to just get there, by whatever means. However, when we find, for wh... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inspired by the Bible: 31 of 51

I stood by the ocean in silent wonderMuffled by the salt water breathAs it spoke for me, and proclaimed the gospelOf the froth eeking from my lips.Sputtering and coughing - the words outAgainst the rising tide of blasphemyDenying the silent wonderOf the children of the barren.Who are they these difficult ones?Could they be sc... More..
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Ways to help neighbors who might be struggling financially (without insulting them): 48 of 72

The Gift Makes Room for ItselfI address this subject of how to help neighbors who are struggling financially first by remembering that no gift goes without some merit. Maybe there's a cash register up in heaven somewhere that rings every time we make a sacrifice so that somebody we barely know, but who is in our nearby commun... More..