Answers - Sunday

I got up in time to do some WoA stuff, including finding out that the Australian guy is feeling a little better and isn't dead or anything like that, so that's a good start to the day. The morning service looked at family trees and wasn't the easiest thing to follow. After the service I asked Johnathan some questions. It would have been the questions asked on Thursday but Lizzie forgot her notebook and I forgot some of them. However, what I could remember was answered by either Lawrence or Johnathan. For someone that says he's "Not very bright" Lawrence is very smart. Me: What happened to Jesus when he died, if he was a sinner then he'd have gone to hell? Lawrence: Before going anywhere you are judged, and as Jesus was blameless he would have gone to heaven Me: How can we be sure that Jesus wasn't the son of the Devil trying to trick us? Lawrence: Angels cannot create anything, only God can. As the Devil is an angel, he can't have a son so Jesus must be either a Man or the Son of God Sadly, either because of the type of question or his inexeriance with such questions, Johnathan doesn't give the best answers. He put them in somewhat better words than here. Me: If God can't have anything to do with Sin, and Jesus was also God, how could he have accepted the Sin of the world onto him? Johnathan: All through life people have tried to find metaphors to explain the father-son-holy spirit area, and none of them suffice. I can't really give you an answer here sorry. Me: If God is omnipotent, why did he take 6 days to make the world and need a day of rest? Surely he could have made it in an instant? Johnathan: He could have, but he chose not to. The only thing I can think of is that 6 days of work and a day of rest is a very good arrangement for humans, if you try to work 7 days a week you don't last long. From this I thought (though Johnathan did spark the idea off) of a sort of lesson that'd be worth applying to religion. "All through life we go around accepting things, such as how a washing up liquid enzymes work, how a computer works, why those things happen. Sometimes in Religion we don't know the answer and we just have to accept it." After the service we went round to Phoebe's house (it's her Birthday) and had a BBQ. I'd gotten her a massive load of Chocolate (thanks for the suggestion Brierley). The BBQ was very good, though it was a bit chilly. Afterwards we went to the beach and played a single game of Capture the Flag, made some (rather rubbish) human pyramids and generally got very cold. I think that "Stuff" (We've got so many Steve's that I'm calling them nicknames, this one is the new Presedent, name suggested by Lizzie) got frostbite. On the way back from the beach, Steve H drove past beeping his horn loudly, so I sprinted back to the house and beat him back. In the evening we played various games around the table and I suggested my potato idea. The evening service finnished off the story of Esther and had a very biblical message. Part 1 doesn't apply to me in the normal way though part 2 does apply compeltely. 1 - It shows that perseverance will produce victory through God. For me, I'm going to take it as that I need to persevere more often 2 - It shows that we need to be reminded of past events and not forget them. For me, that tells me that I need to think back about where I've done well and done badly, then change my methods to solve the problem. After getting back to my room I didn't do a lot of stuff, mostly WoA and PHP. Well, it's been a long day and I get to have a lie in tomorrow. I've got a cunning plan for tomorrow's CU which'll be lots of fun to write about :) Roses and Potatoes When you give someone a Rose, as far as I can see you're saying the following "Roses are very pretty on the outside, you are very pretty on the outside, it won't last long, but it's what I like about you". Now, a Potato, "This is a Potato, it's full of goodness and will last me a good bit of time. It's what's inside that I care about. I like your personality". For some reason the ladies disagreed with my logic (not sure why), though some of them at least like the idea behind it, still, if I were trying to woo them then they'd rather a rose.