Month: September 2019

On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins

I always have mixed feelings when I put something out there about my faith. I come from a long line of Christian men and women. For a lot of the people in my family faith isn’t just one aspect of life, it’s the only thing that matters. I grew up attending countless church services and always had a close relationship with Jesus. As I grew up I started to have questions about some of the stories in the Bible. I didn’t so much doubt THAT they happened, but I questioned WHY they happened. 

One of my favorite things in life is contemplating the religion I grew up with. I can’t emphasize enough how large of a focus Christianity was to my upbringing. This series is fun and cathartic for me, but I also can’t help but feel a little guilty for how it might make some people feel. I’m not purposefully being a smug little shit with the way I depict the characters. But, I don’t want to tiptoe around some of my doubts. I aim to hold a light up to them. If there’s no monster in the closet, that’s not on me. 

Please note: If the below cartoons are likely to offend you please consider not being offended by cartoons. This is meant to be funny and thought-provoking, not disrespectful and offensive.

Several years ago God looked down on the world and was super not into what he saw. People were sinning and killing animals to pay for the sins and it was all a bit much. He had already promised to not flood the world again so he had to think of a better way to get people to start behaving. Long story short, Jesus came to Earth to pay for our sins, and I have a lot of thoughts about that. Continue reading “On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins”

On God Part III- What Happens in the Afterlife?

I don’t know what happens when we die. Darkness? Golden staircases? Elephants with lots of arms? The possibilities are intriguing. Depending on what part of the globe you’re standing on, you’ll get some radically different guesses on what encompasses the afterlife. It’s possible that everything you currently think is correct, and everyone else is wrong. It’s also possible that the way you think the world works is so far off-base that you’re basically just wasting your life being wrong 100% of the time. Exciting, huh?

Oh, this is Part III of my On God series, BTW. You can read Part I  and Part II here.

The point is, nobody really REALLY knows what happens when we die. I distrust people whose pie chart of belief on the afterlife is all one color. Continue reading “On God Part III- What Happens in the Afterlife?”

On God Part II- God Floods the World

This is the second post in my newest series ‘On God’. Part I can be found here, if you missed that.

Part II is the story of when God floods the world. What was going through God’s mind as it was happening? It was bad news for pretty much everyone, but most Christians don’t really seem to mind it. The flood is one of my favorite Bible stories because it’s so horrifying AND improbable, but people seem to just be totally okay with it.

Could God really do that? Is it morally acceptable for him to do it just because he’s God? If it IS morally acceptable, man, is there anything God could do that wouldn’t be morally acceptable? I have lots of questions. Continue reading “On God Part II- God Floods the World”

FinCon Blues

FinCon 2019 is officially underway. It’s a great chance for like-minded individuals to gather together to meet, chat, and make lifelong best friends with each other. It’s like science camp for nerds. I mean adult nerds. I mean, the people who probably went to science camps as kids are currently in Washington, DC enjoying Fincon. They’re meeting their favorite bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers and best blogging buddies. They’re drinking fancy beer, wearing MadFientist and ChooseFI T-shirts, and fighting over who can acquire the most Mr. Burrito Bowl business cards from Financial Pilgrimage. It’s a whole thing.

I’ve never felt like I was missing anything by not being at FinCon, but now that I actually know a lot of the people in the community I’m experiencing FOMO in a way I never did with science camp. These are my people. Sure, some of them wear Asics running shoes with jeans, or make unintentional tourniquets because of how tightly they wear their wrist watches…but they’re my people. They’re my kind of people and I am saddened to miss hanging out with them.

Here’s what it feels like.

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Anyway.

Have fun at FinCon everybody.

Here’s a few less depressing articles to cheer you up if you’re also not at FinCon.

How to Write a Blog Post- from a Real Life Blogger

How to Slice a Pizza According to Science

Mr. Burrito Bowl Goes to Jury Duty

How to Pay Less Taxes- A Very Cute Cartoon

So here’s the situation- You have to pay taxes, but you don’t like it. You would rather spend your days having fun, and taxes and fun are inversely correlated- It’s MORE fun to pay LESS taxes, and vice versa. So what’s a person to do?

Answer: DON’T REPORT YOUR FULL INCOME! THEY PROBABLY WON’T CATCH YOU.

Thank you for coming to my lecture.

Just kidding. For sure be honest and pay your taxes, just don’t pay more than you have to. Here’s how we pay as little in taxes as possible. Continue reading “How to Pay Less Taxes- A Very Cute Cartoon”