My name is Jaile`. Most people call me Jaile-lay or just Lay. I'm a current junior enrolled at Wren High School. I talk A LOT, and I love making friends. I prefer to work during my free time because time not used making money is time wasted. I'm really outspoken and very fun. I can never stay mad at people and I try not to hold grudges. LGLG.. my motto. Let go and let God
Reader Response for February 26, 2013:
I enjoyed reading this just because I enjoy reading anything about my Saviour. What I didn't like was that the "thee's and thou's" got very confusing, but i did eventually figure it out. When God created everything, it didn't leave out anything. He created the heavens, the earth, the stars, the sun, the moon, the animals, the plants, the trees, the grass... everything. I have actually read these three chapters a couple times before hand and what never dawned on me until today was that when the bible says "He created a greater light for the day and a lesser light for the night." This really means He created the sun and the moon. After God created Adam, He brought all the animals to Adam, and Adam named them. Once God realized that all the animals had a mate, He knew that Adam needed one. The bible says that He put Adam in a deep sleep, I kind of took it as a coma. Once Adam was in his coma God removed one of his ribs, and made Eve out his rib and dust. So in that case, do all men have one less of a rib than women? And when you're at a wedding, after the lighting of the one candle, is that why the preacher says "The bride and the groom are now one, and can never be separated?" Skipping a few lines, when Eve is alone in the garden and encounters the serpent, or snake, are they actually speaking or are they reading each others mind because I don't think a human and a snake can have an actual conversation, but then again this is during biblical times, so nevermind. If the temptation to eat the fruit was that strong, shouldn't Eve have asked God to give her the strength to fight off the temptation? I'm sure He would've given it to her because nothing is stronger than prayer. To me it really seems that Adam and Eve were niave in the beginning and even after eating the fruit off the tree of knowledge. The consequences for not following instructions were almost unbearable. At first, God created Adam and Eve to be equal, but once they ate from the tree, God made it to where Adam was ruler over Eve. This is probably why women went through so much later on in history because men kept referring to biblical times. If it's one thing I've learned it's that history repeats itself, so always be careful.
Partner Response 2/27/2013
Jaile', I really like the connections you make to today. I actually researched your rib question and no, we all have the same number of ribs. In response to your question about marriage, yes, I think that this is a point overlooked by many people who get married. In my opinion people today take marriage more lightly than it was intended, as a permanent connection between a man and woman. I'm not sure how the serpent and Eve conversed, but you bringing that up made me wonder how many legs the serpent had before God cursed him to crawl on his belly. Snakes are pretty suited to no legs, I've got to wonder what they would look like with enough legs to support their length. I thought your suggestion that Eve pray for strength was interesting. It made me wonder what the world would be like if we all had the fore sight to stop and pray when tempted. I do agree that Adam and Eve were rather naive before and after the fall, as I think most of us are now, with the exception of a very wise few. I also agree that many of the struggles women have faced over the years have their roots in the passage, and in the lifestyle it created. The male dominance of households and the business world was, and to some degree still is, instilled in our culture to such a level that I think it will always remain in one form or another. I think this also raises the question should Christian women really have equal rights as men. This is a very controversial question, and one that I'm not sure I can give any answer to, but I feel it is unavoidable. One the one hand, there are human rights that are clearly understood, but on the other hand this passage clearly states that Adam was made the ruler of Eve. I would be interested to hear what you think of this.
Timothy
Reader Response for 3/8/2013: To be honest I think the whole comparing a puppet to a dancer is quite ridiculous. I only say this because a puppet can't portray emotion in its dance the way a dancer can. I know this for a fact because I once was a dancer. Being a real life, breathing human and growing through years of rigorous training to try and perfect your talent is something that you take very seriously; then for it to be compared to some pieces of wood tied together is rather insulting. Like for example, say if your a World Series winner and you take the game very seriously, then a five year old comes up to bat and hits a single. Then all of a sudden your coach says "well that five year old has the best swing I've ever seen in my whole coaching career." You would be somewhat offended. They may have been a bad analogy, but you get the point that I'm trying to make. You've literally worked your butt off to be a World Series winner and then your coach says that a five year old batting off of a tee has a better swing than you. You can't possibly say that you wouldn't be even a little bit offended. Now you kind of get an understanding of why I think this interview, story, documentary, or whatever is completely outrageous. There's just in no way shape or form how a puppet can be better than a dancer. And I know we're really not supposed to be focusing on that part of the interview, but that's just the main part that stuck out to me because I am a former dancer and I take the art very seriously. And for a lifeless puppet to try and imitate movements, that are even different for every dancer, is completely obsurd. There, I'm off my soapbox now. Reader Response for 3/13/2013: To be completely realistic, this story was actually more confusing than the actual bible. Not that I didn't understand it, it was more of the fact that it's the sentence structure and the dialect used is more difficult for me to interpret. Or maybe it's just my brain waves differ from everyone else because honestly I never really understand any of the writings until we get into class and talk about them. Well that goes for the marinette story and this story. Anyway, in Milton's defense it was like forever ago that he wrote this and the British and English language has changed so much so in a way. Reader Response for 3/21/13: Okay, so I understood this one once we went over it in class. I know I'm not supposed to wait until we talk about it to write a response, but I just get so confused and I don't wanna be the only one on a completely different page than everyone else. Then I can barely pronounce the words out loud let alone in my head. Anyway, when will the devil ever learn? Like bro, you've tried to fight God how many times now? And how many times have you lost? Like just give up. It doesn't matter whatever kind of "war tactic" you use, you will ALWAYS lose. I mean it's God we're talking about here. Not some average Joe on the street. Save yourself the embarrassment and be smart about the situation and just let by gons be by gons. Look at it like Beezlebub does and just accept the fact that you will NEVER overthrow the Almighty. There are just some things that ARE impossible, and trying to defeat God is most definitely one of them. Accept the chaos and pandamonium you put yourself through, shut up, sit down, and move on. Thank you kindly. That is all. Reader Response for Book 4 on 3/21/13: I'm pretty sure it's really bad that I haven't understood one book. Maybe it's Milton's use of intelligent words on steroids or maybe it's my lack of comprehension. To be completely honest I think it's the first one. If I could get like a "Paradise Lost: For Dummies" book my life would pretty much be complete. Anyway, back to the real reason of why I'm typing this. Can anyone explain to me what the devil's true motive is? Like why does he insist on looking stupid. He's already been cast to eternal damnation and now he wants to make sure we are too? I'm preyyu sure he got his wires crossed somewhre in his making, but then again who am I to say that he did because God makes no mistakes... and since God knows everything why did He create satan in the first place. Like if you already know somebody is going to betray you, why put up with them, or even create their existence? I just don't get it; it's probably not for me to get anyway. I don't know if I would consider man's little incident with satan the actual first disobedience because it didn't really have an impact on the rest of the lives to come. Usually insignifcant things get looked over and in this case, i think it was kind of insignificant.
Hey, I dont see any problem in not understanding these books without help. I like to think of myself as a pretty good reader and I had to read it all like four or five times to get anything at all out of it. I think that the massive difference in the structure of language then and now. Plus poetry is always pretty difficult to interpret. And whoah, its like my night for connections to outside things. You wanted to know why God would have created Satan if he knew it would bring the fall of man. I relate this to the movie V for Vendetta. V must do things that he knows will hurt Evie(?) in order for her to overcome her fears and see the world through experienced eyes. So he puts her in the fake prison to teach her how it feels to truly have nothing to lose. So must God introduce us to Sin for us to truly understand the glory of heaven when we reach it. Without a world of despair to compare the glory of heaven to, we will never be able to fully appreciate it. This may seem like some sort of a sick game, but there a lot of things that require a bad experience to achieve a good outcome. And on that note of me blowing my own mind with a connection, Im going to bed.
Reader Response for "Awkard Penguin" 3/27/13-present day So like penguins are amazing and they should totally rule the world. I mean like "Hello!" who wouldn't want a penguin president? I sure would. No, but seriously, I'm only writing this because I don't want a zero for it. So how's life treating you? Well, I hope. You should totally invite me to your wedding. I know you're gonna miss me and your reception would be banging with me leading the soul train line. I promise you, you would have TONS of fun; then I would catch the bouque and have all those females fooled. Okay now I'm just being really weird and I'm rambling a lot. But wasn't you who said that this didn't have to be a legit reader's response? So here you go, my version of a non-legit reader response. I think I nailed it. Have a rinocking, redunkulous tuesday (: (I through in a little bit of Guaponese for you) P.S. I winill miniss you... (google guaponese and you'll be finine) Kbye(:
My name is Jaile`. Most people call me Jaile-lay or just Lay. I'm a current junior enrolled at Wren High School. I talk A LOT, and I love making friends. I prefer to work during my free time because time not used making money is time wasted. I'm really outspoken and very fun. I can never stay mad at people and I try not to hold grudges. LGLG.. my motto. Let go and let God
Reader Response for February 26, 2013:
I enjoyed reading this just because I enjoy reading anything about my Saviour. What I didn't like was that the "thee's and thou's" got very confusing, but i did eventually figure it out. When God created everything, it didn't leave out anything. He created the heavens, the earth, the stars, the sun, the moon, the animals, the plants, the trees, the grass... everything. I have actually read these three chapters a couple times before hand and what never dawned on me until today was that when the bible says "He created a greater light for the day and a lesser light for the night." This really means He created the sun and the moon. After God created Adam, He brought all the animals to Adam, and Adam named them. Once God realized that all the animals had a mate, He knew that Adam needed one. The bible says that He put Adam in a deep sleep, I kind of took it as a coma. Once Adam was in his coma God removed one of his ribs, and made Eve out his rib and dust. So in that case, do all men have one less of a rib than women? And when you're at a wedding, after the lighting of the one candle, is that why the preacher says "The bride and the groom are now one, and can never be separated?" Skipping a few lines, when Eve is alone in the garden and encounters the serpent, or snake, are they actually speaking or are they reading each others mind because I don't think a human and a snake can have an actual conversation, but then again this is during biblical times, so nevermind. If the temptation to eat the fruit was that strong, shouldn't Eve have asked God to give her the strength to fight off the temptation? I'm sure He would've given it to her because nothing is stronger than prayer. To me it really seems that Adam and Eve were niave in the beginning and even after eating the fruit off the tree of knowledge. The consequences for not following instructions were almost unbearable. At first, God created Adam and Eve to be equal, but once they ate from the tree, God made it to where Adam was ruler over Eve. This is probably why women went through so much later on in history because men kept referring to biblical times. If it's one thing I've learned it's that history repeats itself, so always be careful.
Partner Response 2/27/2013
Jaile',
I really like the connections you make to today. I actually researched your rib question and no, we all have the same number of ribs. In response to your question about marriage, yes, I think that this is a point overlooked by many people who get married. In my opinion people today take marriage more lightly than it was intended, as a permanent connection between a man and woman. I'm not sure how the serpent and Eve conversed, but you bringing that up made me wonder how many legs the serpent had before God cursed him to crawl on his belly. Snakes are pretty suited to no legs, I've got to wonder what they would look like with enough legs to support their length. I thought your suggestion that Eve pray for strength was interesting. It made me wonder what the world would be like if we all had the fore sight to stop and pray when tempted. I do agree that Adam and Eve were rather naive before and after the fall, as I think most of us are now, with the exception of a very wise few. I also agree that many of the struggles women have faced over the years have their roots in the passage, and in the lifestyle it created. The male dominance of households and the business world was, and to some degree still is, instilled in our culture to such a level that I think it will always remain in one form or another. I think this also raises the question should Christian women really have equal rights as men. This is a very controversial question, and one that I'm not sure I can give any answer to, but I feel it is unavoidable. One the one hand, there are human rights that are clearly understood, but on the other hand this passage clearly states that Adam was made the ruler of Eve. I would be interested to hear what you think of this.
Timothy
Reader Response for 3/8/2013:
To be honest I think the whole comparing a puppet to a dancer is quite ridiculous. I only say this because a puppet can't portray emotion in its dance the way a dancer can. I know this for a fact because I once was a dancer. Being a real life, breathing human and growing through years of rigorous training to try and perfect your talent is something that you take very seriously; then for it to be compared to some pieces of wood tied together is rather insulting. Like for example, say if your a World Series winner and you take the game very seriously, then a five year old comes up to bat and hits a single. Then all of a sudden your coach says "well that five year old has the best swing I've ever seen in my whole coaching career." You would be somewhat offended. They may have been a bad analogy, but you get the point that I'm trying to make. You've literally worked your butt off to be a World Series winner and then your coach says that a five year old batting off of a tee has a better swing than you. You can't possibly say that you wouldn't be even a little bit offended. Now you kind of get an understanding of why I think this interview, story, documentary, or whatever is completely outrageous. There's just in no way shape or form how a puppet can be better than a dancer. And I know we're really not supposed to be focusing on that part of the interview, but that's just the main part that stuck out to me because I am a former dancer and I take the art very seriously. And for a lifeless puppet to try and imitate movements, that are even different for every dancer, is completely obsurd. There, I'm off my soapbox now.
Reader Response for 3/13/2013:
To be completely realistic, this story was actually more confusing than the actual bible. Not that I didn't understand it, it was more of the fact that it's the sentence structure and the dialect used is more difficult for me to interpret. Or maybe it's just my brain waves differ from everyone else because honestly I never really understand any of the writings until we get into class and talk about them. Well that goes for the marinette story and this story. Anyway, in Milton's defense it was like forever ago that he wrote this and the British and English language has changed so much so in a way.
Reader Response for 3/21/13:
Okay, so I understood this one once we went over it in class. I know I'm not supposed to wait until we talk about it to write a response, but I just get so confused and I don't wanna be the only one on a completely different page than everyone else. Then I can barely pronounce the words out loud let alone in my head. Anyway, when will the devil ever learn? Like bro, you've tried to fight God how many times now? And how many times have you lost? Like just give up. It doesn't matter whatever kind of "war tactic" you use, you will ALWAYS lose. I mean it's God we're talking about here. Not some average Joe on the street. Save yourself the embarrassment and be smart about the situation and just let by gons be by gons. Look at it like Beezlebub does and just accept the fact that you will NEVER overthrow the Almighty. There are just some things that ARE impossible, and trying to defeat God is most definitely one of them. Accept the chaos and pandamonium you put yourself through, shut up, sit down, and move on. Thank you kindly. That is all.
Reader Response for Book 4 on 3/21/13:
I'm pretty sure it's really bad that I haven't understood one book. Maybe it's Milton's use of intelligent words on steroids or maybe it's my lack of comprehension. To be completely honest I think it's the first one. If I could get like a "Paradise Lost: For Dummies" book my life would pretty much be complete. Anyway, back to the real reason of why I'm typing this. Can anyone explain to me what the devil's true motive is? Like why does he insist on looking stupid. He's already been cast to eternal damnation and now he wants to make sure we are too? I'm preyyu sure he got his wires crossed somewhre in his making, but then again who am I to say that he did because God makes no mistakes... and since God knows everything why did He create satan in the first place. Like if you already know somebody is going to betray you, why put up with them, or even create their existence? I just don't get it; it's probably not for me to get anyway. I don't know if I would consider man's little incident with satan the actual first disobedience because it didn't really have an impact on the rest of the lives to come. Usually insignifcant things get looked over and in this case, i think it was kind of insignificant.
Hey,
I dont see any problem in not understanding these books without help. I like to think of myself as a pretty good reader and I had to read it all like four or five times to get anything at all out of it. I think that the massive difference in the structure of language then and now. Plus poetry is always pretty difficult to interpret. And whoah, its like my night for connections to outside things. You wanted to know why God would have created Satan if he knew it would bring the fall of man. I relate this to the movie V for Vendetta. V must do things that he knows will hurt Evie(?) in order for her to overcome her fears and see the world through experienced eyes. So he puts her in the fake prison to teach her how it feels to truly have nothing to lose. So must God introduce us to Sin for us to truly understand the glory of heaven when we reach it. Without a world of despair to compare the glory of heaven to, we will never be able to fully appreciate it. This may seem like some sort of a sick game, but there a lot of things that require a bad experience to achieve a good outcome. And on that note of me blowing my own mind with a connection, Im going to bed.
Reader Response for "Awkard Penguin" 3/27/13-present day
So like penguins are amazing and they should totally rule the world. I mean like "Hello!" who wouldn't want a penguin president? I sure would. No, but seriously, I'm only writing this because I don't want a zero for it. So how's life treating you? Well, I hope. You should totally invite me to your wedding. I know you're gonna miss me and your reception would be banging with me leading the soul train line. I promise you, you would have TONS of fun; then I would catch the bouque and have all those females fooled. Okay now I'm just being really weird and I'm rambling a lot. But wasn't you who said that this didn't have to be a legit reader's response? So here you go, my version of a non-legit reader response. I think I nailed it. Have a rinocking, redunkulous tuesday (: (I through in a little bit of Guaponese for you)
P.S. I winill miniss you... (google guaponese and you'll be finine) Kbye(: