Not a happy accident...

Quick Bullets: I am attempting to take moral & ethical responsibility for thoughts, actions & acts, where I can

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• This morning I was at a new low, by a few pounds, since leaving England/Wales.

• I am still working out with weights, martial arts weapons and walking.

• As I have noted, working out, is nothing new.

• In my case, in particular, low calorie intake is not enough.

• 20 carbs approximately a day, no potatoes or regular, non-vegetable pasta is a key for me.

• As the results of my decreasing sleep apnea, become less through surgeries years ago, diet also tremendously helps with weight.

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• IMHO, socially stigmatizing bad thoughts, actions & acts is not as problematic as the bad thoughts, actions & acts committed.

• From my MPhil/PhD, website, work, those with significantly healthy, rational, adult, minds, have moral and ethical responsibility for his/her acts/actions.

• drrnm: moral responsibility

• I have noted: As a compatibilist, and Reformed theologian, within soft determinism, I view God, as infinite, eternal and omnipotent, as the primary cause of this theoretical chain of human nature, consciousness, thoughts, desires, limited free will, choices, acts and actions.

• When this chain is embraced by a human being, as a finite, secondary cause, as in willing and choosing, leading to acts and actions; there is significant, moral responsibility.

• I reason a human being cannot choose or change his/her nature, from corrupt to incorrupt.

• But where this nature leads to embracing choices and the results, without force or coercion, significant moral accountability exists.

• God through the applied atoning and resurrection work of Jesus Christ, within the gospel, regenerates persons (John 3, Titus, 1 Peter 1).

• God legally justifies sinners and also sanctifies these persons toward eventual post-mortem resurrection (1 Corinthians 15, Revelation 20-22).

• The human nature is biblically in this realm, sinful and fallen (Genesis 1-3, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Hebrews, as examples). 

• God being the primary cause of all things, whether within his perfect or permissible wills.

• God remains, perfect and holy.

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• Back to my own story. I could take no responsibility for my weight, as I did not choose it as it was.

• I have never embraced my former weight...

• But, by God's grace, prayerfully, something has been done about it.

• I am attempting to take moral & ethical responsibility for thoughts, actions & acts, where I can.

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Wednesday: Death by mosquito blood draining? Bullets

• Raid advertisement from the early 1970's.

• From How Many Mosquito Bites Would It Take to Kill You (and Other Mosquito Musings): Matt Heid/July 1, 2014: Appalachian MTN Club 

• Cited 'Death by mosquito draining? For an average person, losing two liters of blood becomes life-threatening. The average mosquito bite drains 0.01 to 0.001 milliliters of blood.' 

• Cited 'Thus it would take somewhere between 200,000 and 2 million mosquito bites to kill you from blood loss. For the average adult male (a.k.a. me), that works out to between 68 and 680 bites for every square inch of skin. (Converted from average body surface area of adult male: 1.9 square meters.)' 

• From Here's how many mosquito bites it would take to drain all of your blood: Sean Kane Feb 29, 2016, 9:01 AM : Business Insider

• Cited 'Now consider the average human has 5.5 liters of blood, or 5.5 million microliters. If you do the math, you'd need a swarm of 1.1 million Asian tiger mosquitoes to completely drain a human's blood — but chances are you'd die long before all your blood was gone.' 

• Cited 'A condition called hypovolemic shock sets in after you lose about 20% of your blood, and it leads to major organ failures because your heart loses the pressure necessary to circulate blood.' 

• Good news on the mosquito bite front...

• TSN (paraphrased): The new Blue Jays manager, is not to be confused with former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider.

Interesting Disney 3D Birthday Cards

Much appreciated. The dinner was very good on the actual day, as was the Thor film last evening. (The Star Wars card dedicated to Chuck and Zombie's, Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, discussions)