the ArmChair Thoughts http://www.zenecherub.com ...Dele's gospel on thoughts | from that brain to a screen near you. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 on those with Double Faces http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/08/on-those-with-double-faces/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/08/on-those-with-double-faces/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:45:13 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=976 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

It’s surprising how double faced people could sometimes be, and again as I’ve done in the past, here is a transcription of my dear C.H. Spurgeon (take a careful read through his lines):

EVEN bad men praise consistency. Thieves like honest men, for they are the best to rob. When you know where to find a man, he has one… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/08/on-those-with-double-faces/feed/ 0 the unSanctity of Life II http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/06/the-unsanctity-of-life-ii/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/06/the-unsanctity-of-life-ii/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:45:24 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=973 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

Before I let the subject of our right to death lie, I will share one more excerpt, in continuation from the previous post:

I hope I don’t  die,
We all, are going to die
Didn’t mean to remind you–
it’s on your schedule.
Maybe it won’t come when you want–
you never know… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/06/the-unsanctity-of-life-ii/feed/ 0 the unSanctity of Life I http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/04/the-unsanctity-of-life-i/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/04/the-unsanctity-of-life-i/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:29:32 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=970 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

In class yesterday I think I stunned a few when I attempted to argue that living is not that special–I pointed out that life has no sanctity. In the medical ethics class (on the topic on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide), we where discussing the case of a man who killed his 12 years old daughter cerebral palsy who has developed… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/04/the-unsanctity-of-life-i/feed/ 1 tapping in Love http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/02/tapping-in-love/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/02/tapping-in-love/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:45:14 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=968 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

These days, there’s been so much going around that this is lingering on my mind:

There are,
So many people around the world who are lacking love
Even more are so many people who don’t know how to love one another,
So many people walk around with low self-esteem
And so many people for no reason… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/03/02/tapping-in-love/feed/ 0 chilled Chile, a lesson on Dying http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/28/chilled-chile-a-lesson-on-dying/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/28/chilled-chile-a-lesson-on-dying/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:51:58 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=965 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

There was Haiti and now Chile, guess whose fault it is…I’m guessing global warming, theologians, and academicians, I’m kidding about the academician part and the rest remains valid, global warming and theologians, faux alike.

Maybe I’ve lost my sympathy–but people are dying by the thousands everyday and the economist in me is saying: “maybe it’s a good thing.” Remember, we’re… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/28/chilled-chile-a-lesson-on-dying/feed/ 2 Prayerfully going Wrong http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/26/prayerfully-going-wrong/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/26/prayerfully-going-wrong/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:45:53 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=961 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

Yesterday, I was imagining things and some might think I take religious hate rather too far. But let’s me share this video and you might understand a bit of where I’m coming from:

You maybe don’t see the need to watch it, or you probably did and wonder  what religion has up its selves. The point… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/26/prayerfully-going-wrong/feed/ 2 Imagining Religion http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/25/imagining-religion/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/25/imagining-religion/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:06:46 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=956 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

My uncle is convinced the spirit of God is using him, or is inspiring him, and helping him, preventing him from whatever has he–don’t worry, this isn’t a post about the rationality of religion; the irrationality has been discussed one too many times.

After our dinner where he couched me on the goodness of being a Christian, I… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/25/imagining-religion/feed/ 1 the Nigger Black dichotomy http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/23/the-nigger-black-dichotomy/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/23/the-nigger-black-dichotomy/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:27:07 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/?p=954 if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

While still in Black History Month, something comes to mind: niggers and blacks.

I was chatting with one of my Asian friend a while ago wondering on my [then] upcoming visit to China (considering I’m black, consider me naive or whatever and if you’re curious on how my China trip went, you can read about it here). She… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/23/the-nigger-black-dichotomy/feed/ 2 bi omo Yorùbá (being Yoruba) http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/21/bi-omo-yoruba-being-yoruba/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/21/bi-omo-yoruba-being-yoruba/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:49:36 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/21/bi-omo-yoruba-being-yoruba/ if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

Language, n.: a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition.

Apart from this definition, I think language as culture, an identity. And, it’s interesting how many are forgetting their culture (language) as soon as they move to… Read the rest...

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]]> http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/21/bi-omo-yoruba-being-yoruba/feed/ 3 on Black History Month, of whine. http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/20/on-black-history-month-of-whine/ http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/20/on-black-history-month-of-whine/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:41:20 +0000 Dele O http://www.zenecherub.com/2010/02/20/on-black-history-month-of-whine/ if (typeof Meebo == 'undefined') { Meebo=function(){(Meebo._=Meebo._||[]).push(arguments)}; (function(q){ var args = arguments; if (!document.body) { return setTimeout(function(){ args.callee.apply(this, args) }, 100); } var d=document, b=d.body, m=b.insertBefore(d.createElement('div'), b.firstChild); s=d.createElement('script'); m.id='meebo'; m.style.display='none'; m.innerHTML=''; s.src='http'+(q.https?'s':'')+'://'+(q.stage?'stage-':'')+'cim.meebo.com/cim/cim.php?network='+q.network; b.insertBefore(s, b.firstChild); })({network:'zenecherub_ta86lu'}); }

February is Black History Month or as I’ve come to notice: Month-We-Whine-About-Slavery. As I attend various event this month, there have been strong emphasis on black slavery and the oppression blacks have faced over the years till now; the struggle of Dr. Luther, Malcolm X, Rosy Parks, etc. Yes this are all true and I wonder is that’s all there… Read the rest...

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