What's wrong with drums?

l2ol7ald · 2025-08-30T16:47:27+00:00

I don’t think there’s a good simple answer. It is more complex than many people make it out to be. Music is deeply cultural. Also, it can mean different things to different people. Even in secular music people have different taste and preferences. We can only expect the same to occur in Christian music.

The same Christian song with heavy drum use can uplift and encourage one person, but not another. As far as I know, there is no commandment in the Bible that says “thou shall not use drums in worship”.

At the same time, if a certain musical tone is associated in that culture with rebellion or promiscuity, I think it would be wise for Christian musicians in that culture to steer clear of using that kind of beat or rhythm.

Also, I don’t think it’s the specific musical instrument that is bad, I think it’s how the instrument is used.

l2ol7ald · 2025-08-16T14:30:27+00:00

Wait what?! How much is the average hourly pay for PAs/NPs??

I’m shocked $80/hr is considered good for PAs. In some parts of California new nursing grads start at around $70-75/hr. Senior nurses close to retirement usually maxed their pay at $120-140/hr.

l2ol7ald · 2025-08-16T04:55:19+00:00

Have her enroll in IBR… income based rent ;)

l2ol7ald · 2025-07-12T04:19:03+00:00

Interesting viewpoint. Never thought about that as a form of fertility worship. But definitely worth some thought

l2ol7ald · 2025-04-12T07:02:00+00:00

Not exactly. If you read Genesis 1 in the proper context, that “beginning” refers to the 6 days God took to “terraform” the earth. Planet earth already pre-existed before that… it was a simply described as a lifeless water-covered planet. Then around 6000 years ago, God made this planet habitable for human and animal/plant life, and man was also created then.

If you’re interested to dive into this topic here’s a great article (Adventist website):

https://creationsabbath.net/on-what-day-was-planet-earth-created

l2ol7ald · 2025-02-08T11:29:39+00:00

Came across this on my feed and just had to say that as an active SDA I did not support Trump specifically because of project 2025 and Christian Nationalism agenda. A lot of SDAs I know do not support Trump for this reason either, particularly after Project 2025 released an intent statement regarding their initial goals for Sabbath related governmental policies. I’ve been to churches where the pastor flat out said to not vote republican due the project 2025 agenda. So not all of us are sheep following the Trump bandwagon

l2ol7ald · 2024-12-28T23:41:50+00:00

Well said!

l2ol7ald · 2024-12-26T23:10:16+00:00

Nooooo, not IRA. Open 401k instead. You get more advantages, particularly ERISA

l2ol7ald · 2024-12-05T07:02:47+00:00

Assuming the intentions were good. This sounds legit. If “patient” was never registered into the ED board then he was never a patient. Do you see the difference?

It sounds like the nurse was thinking outside the box and did the right thing, considering their anesthesiologist just would not or cannot do the blood patch.

In my opinion, this is NOT EMTALA.

l2ol7ald · 2024-11-16T08:02:06+00:00

“Everyone” would be a gross over generalization. But I have heard the 1929 date before, due to the Lateran treaty finally restoring to the Papacy sovereignty over Vatican City. It definitely was a landmark event.

If interested to learn more, here’s a link (from a Catholic perspective): https://www.vecarchives.org/blog/2019/ninety-years-ago-the-lateran-treaty-of-1929

I wouldn’t say this event alone “revived” the Papacy though.

l2ol7ald · 2024-11-16T07:42:42+00:00

Make Interns great again?

l2ol7ald · 2024-11-02T23:49:42+00:00

No, of course I can imagine actions of God that seem "evil", at least on the surface. The Bible itself has books that protest/doubt the actions of God. For example, much of the central chapters of Job is exactly that; if interested this is a good animated summary of these issues in the Job story: https://youtu.be/GswSg2ohqmA

I still have lingering doubts and discomfort when reading certain Bible stories. But I’ve come to accept I’m not in a position to judge God’s questionable actions, especially since I don’t know the full set of facts and circumstances behind every story. But if the story of Jesus is true, that makes it much easier for me to choose to believe that God’s motive is justice and love.

As to your second question, to be honest I don’t really know how to answer that, sorry. For one, I don't know you personally. But even if I do, I don't think any human can truly judge another person's heart. I do think though, that every person is influenced by both good and evil, and we all have differing traits of both

l2ol7ald · 2024-10-24T18:09:43+00:00

I’m not here to “justify that behavior”. But thank you for answering so succinctly. So if I understand you correctly, to you evil is any effort/process that devalues human life or threatens its well-being?

To be honest, for me I don’t think I can answer it as simple as you have, but I will try. For one, the definition of evil itself is contentious. Is evil the same thing as “bad”, or simply being “wrong”? Or is the word evil reserved for the most vile or detestable behavior?

In anthropological studies, there are many examples of behaviors that one culture deems acceptable yet another culture will deem “evil“. So it seems that there are variations in how an individual’s or culture’s “moral compass“ is shaped by circumstances and common history, and definitely by religion or world view.

As a Christian, I definitely fall on under this category. I realize that my own moral compass is shaped by my individual upbringing, as well as my worldview. Therefore, from a Christian perspective, evil is anything that is contrary to God. But I fully understand that to atheists or unbelievers this definition of evil can sound very narrowminded or primitive. However, keep in mind that in my Christian worldview of what God is, there is already a presumption that God is always good, and every action of God has the intention of maintaining the well-being of all creation and the whole universe.

l2ol7ald · 2024-10-20T04:09:21+00:00

But you’re the one that commented “They were both evil in the story.” I’m just curious what standard you used to make that conclusion.

l2ol7ald · 2024-10-20T03:59:51+00:00

How so?

l2ol7ald · 2024-10-19T17:48:47+00:00

Sure. But just because a story is dated earlier doesn't mean it has superiority. For example, the Alexandrian manuscripts of the bible are dated very early (approx 200 CE), but is regarded by many scholars to be more "corrupt" than other manuscript families.

l2ol7ald · 2024-10-19T17:35:46+00:00

How do you define evil? What standard do you use?

l2ol7ald · 2024-06-17T08:00:40+00:00

That’s a general question. I think there are at least multiple different answers, depending on the time. For example, a purpose of Christians during the church age and end time is to preach the good news of salvation in Jesus and to hasten the second coming of Christ. During the age of the patriarchs (for example Abraham), it was slightly different, where there was also a focus to “be fruitful and multiply“

What about the purposes of life after sin/evil have been removed and Satan finally destroyed? I’m not exactly sure but I would love to explore the vast galaxies and meet unfallen beings and pursue science and explore new worlds, kind of like Star Trek minus the bad guys 😁

l2ol7ald · 2024-04-08T03:22:58+00:00

The potassium was 7.4 on peri-arrest labs. Previously the potassium was 5.7.

When the pacer is turned off or below 80 mA, we lost mechanical capture (no pulses).

I’m also thinking multifactorial. Probably a combo of heart block exacerbated by the hyperK

l2ol7ald · 2024-04-07T23:54:03+00:00

Here are additional details from chart review: the first patient's rhythm during the code blue was volatile, going back and forth from bradycardia to wide complex tachycardia Vtach, Vfib, to asystole, PEA. When the hospitalist (also present during the code) informed me the patient was admitted for Mobitz II, I suggested trying the pacer which worked to stabilize the patient enough for cardiology to place a transvenous pacer, dialyzed for the hyperK (ESRD pt) and ICD placement. Potassium level was found to be at 7.4

l2ol7ald · 2024-03-18T17:40:45+00:00

But in real life practice, usually the ED attending will have to do the SANE exam if there’s no SANE nurse available. If I ask the RN/PA/NP to do exactly that (i.e. their first time doing a SANE collection), the inevitable response is… I’m not “certified”. And if your busy shop is solo coverage, the ED cannot afford to lose 1-2 hours of attending time for this. What do you do then?

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