Random Ramblings
I've been too distracted to sit down and compose posts on many, many things that have been going on -- both in life and in my mind. But I feel the urge to get something out there, so here are various bits floating about in my mind today.

The Nicene Creed is a nice little document, but I wonder if it came at too high a price -- namely the co-opting of the Church by politicians and scholastics. This seems to have been the first major step in putting men of power in charge of delivering the message of the humble carpenter of Nazareth. Despite the Reformation and Luther's work in re-establishing the 'priesthood of the believer' into the Christian mindset, I tend to regard the work of the institutional church as the spiritual equivalent of welfare -- engendering too much dependency in the common man on the opinions and agendas of an elite class instead of reliance on the God who lives in them.

I found out yesterday that my youngest son is being put on Ritalin because he isn't paying attention in class. This makes me nuts. Both of his older brothers have been put on it as well, but I don't know if either one is taking it anymore. The oldest definitely refuses, but I'm not sure about the middle one. Dr. James Dobson comes out in favor of this treatment, but I have a problem accepting that every boy in school nowadays is ADHD. I tend to believe that this is just a convenience for the teachers who, being union whores, would rather have compliant automatons than real, live boys on their hands.

I woke up the other day realizing that I, along with the last 3 generations of parents in this country, have sold my children into slavery. Between TV, the Internet, and various incarnations of video games, my children have largely been abducted by a value system that I don't hold, but often fail to be offended by. Is it any wonder that my boys can't pay attention in school when they've been conditioned to attend only to the dazzling light show put out by their various CRT displays?

I believe that if more men would put boots up more boys' asses, juvenile crime AND Ritalin use would decrease dramatically.

- posted by The Drake @ 10:12 PM