Some interesting songs
I have discovered 50+ interesting songs so far. A few of them are listed below. Click the images if you would like to view the music videos on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these songs have some lyrics that are exactly correct, they also have some that are not.
Quiet here
I imagine many people are aware that I now have a house-guest. I just thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know that there’s nothing unusual or exciting going on. It’s really very uninteresting around here. I hardly even know he’s here most of the time. We often go out together to eat, but other than that we mostly each do our own thing.
I know I mentioned an article I’m working on about my transition years ago from Agnostic to Theist. I will be finishing that and posting it eventually, but right now I’m having computer troubles, so it may be a while.
Finished two more books!
- Star Wars: Red Harvest by Joe Schreiber
- Star Trek: The Next generation: Encounter at Farpoint by David Gerrold
Currently reading: Contact by Carl Sagan
Some interesting songs
I have discovered 50+ interesting songs so far. A few of them are listed below. Click the images if you would like to view the music videos on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these songs have some lyrics that are exactly correct, they also have some that are not.
Santi Reads Books!
I have recently been working on an article which is about my experience several years ago when I transitioned from Agnostic to Theist. But, the article is not yet ready, so for now, here’s a list of most every book I’ve read in the past year and a half or so. I’ve only left out a few which I didn’t finish.
When I read, I do so out loud, mostly for the benefit of David, but Peace-Guys also enjoy some of the books. I know many of you are wondering about my unusual friends (none of whom are spiders). I promise, you will eventually have the opportunity to learn much about them. In the meantime, I will just say this about them; they are good, moral, intelligent, feeling, emotional beings whom I love immensely.
Anyhow, here’s the book list…
E:Read\ (16)
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
A Christmas Story – Jean Shepherd
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carrol
Armada – Ernest Cline
Chicken Soup for the Soul The Magic of Cats 101 Tales of Family, Friendship & Fun – Amy Newmark
Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
Forrest Gump – Winston Groom
GoodFellas – Nicholas Pileggi
Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth’s Autobiography – Phil Hellmuth
Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
Ready Player Two – Ernest Cline
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
The Positronic Man – Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
E:Read\Beverly Cleary\ (9)
Henry and Ribsy
Henry and the Clubhouse
Henry and the Paper Route
Ralph S Mouse
Ramona the Pest
Ribsy
Runaway Ralph
Socks
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
E:Read\Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin\ (10)
Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
Danny Dunn and Heat Ray
Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint
Danny Dunn and the Automatic House
Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine
Danny Dunn on a Desert Island
Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy
Danny Dunn, Time Traveler
E:Read\Dave Barry\ (5)
Best State Ever A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up
Dave Barry Slept Here A Sort of History of the United States
Dave Barrys Greatest Hits
Lessons From Lucy The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
E:Read\Franklin W. Dixon\ (2)
Hardy Boys 01 The Tower Treasure
Hardy Boys 22 Trouble Island
E:Read\Star Trek\Discovery\ (8)
Star Trek Discovery Dead Endless – Dave Galanter
Star Trek Discovery Desperate Hours – David Mack
Star Trek Discovery Die Standing – John Jackson Miller
Star Trek Discovery Drastic Measures – Dayton Ward
Star Trek Discovery Fear Itself (3) – James Swallow
Star Trek Discovery The Enterprise War – John Jackson Miller
Star Trek Discovery Wonderlands – Una McCormack
The Way to the Stars – Una McCormack
E:Read\Star Trek\Enterprise\ (5)
Star Trek_ Enterprise – 001 – Broken Bow – Diane Carey & Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
Star Trek_ Enterprise – 002 – By the Book – Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Star Trek_ Enterprise – 003 – Shockwave – Paul Ruditis
Star Trek_ Enterprise – 004 – What Price Honor – Dave Stern
Star Trek_ Enterprise – 005 – Surak’s Soul – J. M. Dillard
E:Read\Star Wars\1 – Before the Republic\ (2)
001 – The Adventures of Lanoree Brock, Je’daii Ranger – Tim Lebbon
002 – Dawn of the Jedi, Into the Void – Tim Lebbon
E:Read\Star Wars\2 – Old Galactic Republic Era\ (3)
003 – Lost Tribe of the Sith, The Collected Stories – John Jackson Miller
004 – The Old Republic, Revan – Drew Karpyshyn
005 – The Old Republic, Deceived – Paul S. Kemp
E:Read\Star Wars\3 – Rise of the Empire\ (3)
042 – Episode I The Phantom Menace – Terry Brooks
060 – Episode II Attack of the Clones – R.A. Salvatore
088 – Episode III Revenge of the Sith – Mathew Stover
E:Read\Star Wars\4 – Rebellion Era\ (3)
121 – Episode IV A New Hope – George Lucas
148 – Episode V The Empire Strikes Back – Donald F. Glut
153 – Episode VI Return of the Jedi – James Kahn
Even more of my favorites
Here is a selection of a few of my favorite spiritual songs. All of these songs were of great help to me during my agnostic/new-believer phase of my experience with God back in 2010-2012. If you would like to listen to any of them, just click the pictures to view the music videos on YouTube.
Most of these songs have some of what I call “LJ content”, which I would describe as content that supposes or suggests that Jesus is God. As I wrote in a previous article, my belief in God is strictly monotheistic. I do not believe that Jesus is God. I LOVE these songs though. They are beautiful and spiritual. When I hear something in them that is contrary to my belief, I am inspired to think more deeply into spiritual topics time and time again. Personally, I find the experience to be very healthy and stimulating spiritually.
While I find this kind of experience rich and rewarding, someone else may not. Everyone is unique and different. So, proceed (or not) according to what is correct for you.
God bless you!
Some interesting songs
I have discovered 50+ interesting songs so far. A few of them are listed below. Click the images if you would like to view the music videos on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these songs have some lyrics that are exactly correct, they also have some that are not.
Welcome to Internet Sidewalk!
Welcome to Internet Sidewalk!
Here you will find commentary from myself on a variety of subjects. I’ll be writing about some of my experiences and the lessons I have learned from them. I will also be answering many of the questions which I know people have. I’m not sure how often I will be posting, but at this point, I am imagining it will be about one article per week.
The articles I publish here will be categorized. There currently are just three categories; “Sidewalk”, “Media”, and “Everything else”. The category “Sidewalk” is for the kind of thing that I would write on a sidewalk. The “Media” category is for anything media related, such as music and movie links. The “Everything else” category is for all other content such as ideas for consideration, messages meant to inspire, details about some of my daily activities, etc.
I will also be attaching tags to the articles which I’ll use as sub-categories. If you are interested in seeing more posts with a certain tag, just click the tag. This works for categories too.
I don’t want to cause problems by sharing too much, too fast, so for now my frequency of publishing articles will be conservative and I’m keeping the content of my articles pretty conservative also. Rest assured though that it will eventually be otherwise. Information on a wide variety of topics will flow abundantly and freely. It is going to be amazing!
Something very important to me, is that this website and its content does not hinder Leader-guy’s efforts, nor cause him grief, and in general, just not be a problem at all for him.
Several years ago, when I first noticed Leader-guy inserting his influence into my experiences, I was confused, angry, resentful, very resistant; even oppositional. Among the results of the influence that he exerted were many effects upon me which were quite difficult and painful. That went on for several years and I didn’t understand why it was happening. But, I slowly came to understand enough to see clearly that Leader-guy is working on something that is absolutely necessary and for the good of all.
Leader-guy is working tremendously hard and selflessly to benefit us all. His efforts are succeeding, they really are, but it is a slow process. I sincerely hope that all of us can do our best to be patient, cooperative, and grateful.
So, maybe you are wondering why I’m talking so much about Leader-guy and his efforts here in the About section. Well, I wanted to give at least a brief explanation so that the following makes sense.
I am inviting Leader-guy to moderate the content on this site if there should ever be a need for that. He has not asked for, nor has he demanded this. I am simply extending this invitation to him unsolicited. I only ask that if he does encounter a situation wherein moderation is necessary, that he make a notation in red font so that there is clarity that an instance of moderation has occurred. I imagine an occurrence of moderation exercised by Leader-guy might look like this: “So anyway, I — the — on a table and then — — —. [edited]” or perhaps done more simply, like this: “—————————“.
Also, I ask humbly of everyone: Please, please, please be tolerant and accepting if Leader-guy does have to moderate any content. I am absolutely certain he would not do so without very good reason.
Again, welcome to the site!
Santi — (A.K.A. Green Heart, A.K.A. James)
Some interesting songs
I have discovered 50+ interesting songs so far. A few of them are listed below. Click the images if you would like to view the music videos on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these songs have some lyrics that are exactly correct, they also have some that are not.
Some interesting songs
I have discovered 50+ interesting songs so far. A few of them are listed below. Click the images if you would like to view the music videos on YouTube. Please, do be a little cautious though. While all of these songs have some lyrics that are exactly correct, they also have some that are not.
Not Self-Tricking!
July 16, 2023, 8:00 pm
Sidewalk
Santi
Today, I would like to share some about my journey from agnosticism to eventual belief in God. I tend to think of myself as having had some pretty extreme agnostic views before I came to believe in God.
First off, for anyone who doesn’t know, to be agnostic is to neither believe in God, nor disbelieve in God.
I was agnostic from late 2006 to mid 2011. During that time, I believed that only God could convince me of his existence, but that he would never do that. I believed that if God ever did reveal himself to anyone, it was in the distant past and is not something he does anymore. I thought God’s expectation (if he were real) was that we believe in him without any solid evidence. I felt this to be entirely unfair and not something I could possibly do, even if I wanted to.
Furthermore, I thought that everyone who believed in God was “self-tricking”; that they were in fact believing in God without sufficient evidence. I’m not saying that I thought they were incorrect about the existence of God. I was, after all agnostic, not atheist (Atheist is to disbelieve in God). I just thought that they were somehow believing in God without any real evidence because they wanted to.
Anyhow, self-tricking is not what I’m doing. God made sure that I absolutely know that he is real and he is good.
In 2008, God began to reveal himself to me with great intention. God proceeded very slowly though and I didn’t even become suspicious that God might be revealing himself to me until early 2011. Once I became suspicious, I went on to waffle back and forth time and time again between agnosticism and belief for about six months. I spent the entirety of nearly every day during that time period cooped up in my house alone (or so I thought anyway. I didn’t know about David or Peace-Guys yet), trying, trying, trying to determine once-and-for-all the truth of the existence or non-existence of God.
During those six months, I cried out to God on many occasions, begging and pleading that he please be quick and please be clear with me if he were in fact revealing himself. Still God moved slowly.
Those six months were the most difficult of my life. I was in agony. I was suffering. My hours, days, weeks, months were wrought with intense emotional pain. I needed the pieces to fit together. I needed to know the truth. My need to know the truth grew and grew until It reached a fever pitch, and still God continued to move slowly.
Something I didn’t yet have was even an inkling of understanding about God’s unfathomably great wisdom. It seemed that God was taking a painfully long time to do something that he could just as easily and effectively do in an instant. It seemed as if God were torturing me without any good reason.
Of course, God wasn’t torturing me. What he was doing, was laying a very strong foundation to build upon later. Beginning all the way back in 2006, without me even knowing he was doing it, God was teaching me volumes about himself and a multitude of other spiritual topics.
As God continued laying that strong foundation, the evidence grew from a tiny molehill into a giant mountain and eventually there was enough that I came to know the truth: God is real and God is good.
Years later, I know that I am blessed that God revealed himself in the way he wanted to instead of how I wanted him to do it. It has yielded tremendous benefit for me. I’m not yet detailing the exact events of those six months, but I will later (it may be in the playback too).
God bless you all!
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