Wednesday, March 20, 2019

"Other Bodies" by Joel Ohman Book Review

 I had the opportunity to read Joel Ohman's book "Other Bodies" Coincidently the book is placed in Philadelphia where I grew up and the author is from Tampa, FL where I now live. The book is about abortion, I would call it the future of abortion. I thought the book was interesting. When you think about how our technology is advancing in many ways, you think about how many people are pro choice, why wouldn't the future of abortion have something to do with robots. Kind of like a 1984 (in a way) about abortion. I (for one) hope none of these things happen, but who knows with the way our world is changing. I decided to add the Author's notes about this book because he knows more about why he wrote this than I could ever think to imagine. I really don't like reading about abortion, but the story was interesting and makes you think what the future could be like if we don't stop killing babies now.


AUTHOR'S NOTE ABOUT THIS BOOK
I didn’t want to write this book. I fought it, but the idea kept growing inside of me, and it wouldn’t leave me alone. It was a crazy idea, really. But, when I tried to sleep, it whispered to me. When I tried to write something else, it tugged on the peripheries of my consciousness, daring me to look it in the eye. If I were to do so, I knew what it would mean though. Career suicide, most likely. Too controversial. Too ambitious. Delusional, really.
Let’s be honest; I’m a middle-aged white guy writing a book about abortion, set in the inner city, and told from the POV of a young girl, all in a dystopian, futuristic America that’s eerily similar in many ways to the world we find ourselves in today. Not to mention, there are complicated issues of reproductive rights, teenage pregnancy, feminism, classism, assisted suicide. One could be forgiven for thinking I’m in way over my head.
And then there’s the hate mail. If I can be transparent, I like getting emails from my readers at 3 a.m., telling me they stayed up late, reading my books, and then, in all caps, WHEN IS THE NEXT BOOK COMING OUT? Those emails are nice. The emails (and reviews) that are not so nice are the ones where I’m accused of being a lunatic, fundamentalist, backward, woman-hating, white-privileged, out-of-touch cis-male Christian. And those are just the words that I can print. The other adjectives are … even less nice.
But the idea was still there, tempting me, taunting me to look it square in the eye and just describe it for what it was: a hard truth about a hard, broken world. I don’t claim to have all the answers, and what answers I might have are not easy. But I think we can do better; we have to do better. I’m a Christian, so the words in the Bible, the words Jesus says, they mean something to me, of course—because I know him. I know what he’s done for me, given his very body for me—he has made the ultimate sacrifice for all other bodies—and I have the simple joy just to say he knows me. And yet, the truth of this idea, it seemed to be so fundamentally basic that we can all agree on it, whether believer or unbeliever, atheist, agnostic, searcher, dreamer, or skeptic.
The hard truth is this: the body inside your body is not your body.
That’s it. When coupled with the truth implicit in all civilized society—we don’t harm other bodies—then even the most atheistic naturalist among us has to admit, when we look at the ultrasound—even a young child knows; we all know—there’s another body in there. Where there was one, now, there are two. So, to delude ourselves into thinking it’s just my body, my choice betrays a tragic misunderstanding of reality.
To intentionally harm either of the bodies, mother or child, is wrong. Point blank.
When we harm other bodies because they look differently than us or happen to have a different hue and hair from us, that’s wrong. When we harm other bodies because they are smaller than us, unable to speak for themselves, and hidden from our sight and our conscience, that’s wrong. Let us never forget that racism and abortion have this in common: though insidious in philosophy, they are not mere disembodied ideas; they are not intellectual musings without real-world, real-life consequences. They are both visceral, embodied practices that harm other bodies. Backs are flayed, and limbs are severed; teeth are broken, and skulls are punctured; knees are slammed into pavement, and brain matter is suctioned into a vacuum; hands are bent behind backs to be handcuffed, and tiny little appendages are yanked from their sockets and scraped into the trash. Both practices with the end result a world that can continue oblivious into the sunlight of an American Dream built upon the crushed lives of these other bodies.
But what if the pregnancy might do harm to the mother’s body? Of course, when two lives are threatened and only one can be saved, doctors must always save that life. But, if it is merely an inconvenience and not life-threatening, then the right to not be killed supersedes the right to not be pregnant. It is reasonable for society to expect an adult to live temporarily with an inconvenience if the only alternative is doing permanent and fatal harm to another innocent human body.
But what about rape, incest, or disability? Since none of these circumstances are sufficient to justify harming another innocent human body after birth, they’re not sufficient to justify harming an innocent human body before birth.
The body inside your body is not your body.
We don’t harm other bodies.
And, if being a feminist means believing that we are all equal—different but no less equal—then how can one claim to stand for women everywhere while refusing to stand for the little one inside of her?
That’s the hard truth. I’ve done my part. I’ve told the story. I’ve told the truth. I can sleep at night now.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joel Ohman lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Angela and their three kids. His writing companion is Caesar, a slightly overweight Bull Mastiff who loves to eat the tops off of strawberries.
Joel is the author of the #1 bestselling Meritropolis series—“The Hunger Games meets The Village with a young Jack Reacher as a protagonist”.
Joel is a Christian, CEO, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, author, angel investor, and serial entrepreneur who loves creating new things, whether books or businesses. He is the founder of a number of web startups and currently serves as the CEO and lead operator of 360 Quote, a private equity backed platform company in the online lead generation space, the co-founder and CEO of a B2B SaaS software company, Exercise.com, and has also previously served as the founder and resident CFP® of a national insurance agency, Real Time Health Quotes.
He has an undergraduate degree in Business from Clearwater Christian College, an MBA from the University of South Florida and a Master’s of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He loves the city of Tampa and is heavily involved in the community: he serves on the board of the Tampa Bay Fellowship of Christian Athletes, as a trustee of The Idlewild Foundation, and is a deacon, missions trip leader, and member of the finance committee at Idlewild Baptist Church.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Low Carb Chicken Wings-Recipe Doug (The Serial Killer) Lingefelt

Boneless chicken wings.
Pork Rind breading.
Ingredients
1. 2 oz Pork rinds / crushed
2. 3 oz Parmesan cheese powder
3. 1 oz unflavored protein isolate powder
4. seasonings to taste
Directions
1. Mix ingredients together.
2. Beat 3 eggs well until foamy
3. Dip chicken pieces into egg wash then roll in breading mix repeat until all pieces are breaded... set aside and cover with a towel and allow to rest for about 30 minutes. Roll each piece again in the breading mixture. No need to redip in egg wash.
4.Place the breaded chicken in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, this will allow the breading to stick.
5. Fry in medium temp oil ( 375F) or bake until cooked The frying took about 12 minutes on my stove in a dutch oven...
. let me say this about my dutch oven.. BEST PAN EVER!!!!!!!
This recipe works great, you can buy the protein isolate powder at your local bulk store. The same place where they sell the bulk candy. I bought enough for two or three recipes for $1.95

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Mack Brock “Covered” Cd Release Date March 22, 2019

Mack Brock's Covered CD will be released on March 22, 2019, check it out here


About Mack Brock


Mack Brock’s greatest passion is to lead people into a heightened awareness of the presence of God and to see individuals experience the breakthrough God has for them through worship.

He has been a worship leader for over 15 years and co-wrote “O Come To The Alther”, “Resurrecting”, “Here As In Heaven”, and “Do It Again” each has had a significant impact on the church worldwide. Three of Mack’s songs have landed in the Top 50 on CCLI and four in the Top 100 CCLI songs.
Mack served as the music producer and a key worship leader with Elevation Worship for a decade and had led thousands in worship in arenas and auditoriums all across the United States. Mack is married with 2 children. 
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pre-order  the EP and when you pre-order, you get the single “I Am Loved”.


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There will be a lyric video live day-of release (3/8), at this link: https://mackbrock.lnk.to/IAmLovedVid




Mack Brock's Covered CD will be released on March 22, 2019

“Disclosure (in accordance with the FTC’s 16 CFR, Part 255:  “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising”):  Many thanks to Propeller Consulting, LLC for providing the product/product information. Opinions are 100% my own and NOT influenced by monetary compensation.  I did/will receive a sample of the product in exchange for this review and post.