Tragic, But Preventable Death

For those who do not know the story of the Kim family, here is a link to the story.
They found Mr. Kim's body today. All day I have been wondering just where they were, so when I got home I jumped on Google Earth(which is about the best download...ever.) and got out my trusty Oregon Recreational Atlas and found the area they got lost. Keep in mind they were lost for about a week.
They were on a Forest Service road approximately 12 miles from a town, Galice. Now, I'm not too familiar with that area, but from GE it looks like a small village. There is a resort there. At least there might have been someone around. I looked around some more, and they were 5 miles from a lodge. Granted, the terrain is mountainous, but they were far from being in the middle of nowhere. They found Mr. Kim's body a mile or so from that lodge.
Reports are speculating they might have been using a navigational system in the car that told them to go on Forest Road 23. Being from San Fransico, they were unfamiliar with the area.
Here are where my questions begin.
1. There is a sign at the bottom of Rd. 23 that says it is not advisable to drive on in the winter, as it is unplowed. Why did they continue on?
2. When they became stuck, why did they simply stop? Why not back up? Even if you have to dig the snow out to get out, why not?
3. Why did Mr. Kim go the opposite way they came in, not back down Rd. 23? It was at most 10-12 miles from Galice. Instead, he went down an extremely steep ravine.
I think the point at which they decided to go on, past the sign telling of the potential difficulties of driving on that road, is the point at which this tragedy could've been avoided.
I cannot understand the thinking in this situation. They had very little supplies, and were unfamiliar with survival techniques (one of the first things they say is STAY PUT! A person can live around 2 weeks on water alone, and moving makes it exponentially harder to find you.), and seemingly making poor decisions (Mr. Kim's route after leaving the car).
Someone on the radio said there are two types of people today. There are those people who depend on themselves alone. They are the rugged people who settled and built this country. They compose(he hypothesized) about 10% of the population. Then there is the other 90% of people. They are dependant people. Food is at the store for them. They do not equip themselves to live on thier own. While I sypathize with the family, I think the evidence points to the Kims being in the 90% group.

Quick Post

Just a quick post to let all know I am still alive...barely.
I just e-mailed my Greek prof. our final project. It took around 40 hours to complete.
Pretty much, false teachers are bad. Like dogs and pigs. They will go to a dark place forever.
So says 2 Peter 2:17-22.
That's right, 40 hours for 4 verses. Isn't Greek exegesis fun?
Oh, and it's snowing in the Willamette Valley. Prepeare yourselves for Armagheddon, 'cause the're expecting up to 2" of snow tonight.

The Last Greek Class

Today was the last Greek class I will have while in seminary!
It was an 8 hour journey through I Peter 3:18-21. Well, we started on Thursday night, continuing on Friday night, then working on it all Saturday.
Basically, Christ suffered on our behalf so we might be brought toward God with a good conscience.
No, it is not saying that water baptism saves.
Amid the excitement of having completed the last class is the sadness that my 'Cougs couldn't take care of business against the bottom dwelling Arizona Wildcats. They lost 17-27.
I knew it was too good to be true. The 'Cougs are just to beat up from injuries. Their star running-back had to fill in as a kicker....

Questions and Concerns

I saw two very disturbing bumper stickers yesterday.
The first was a home made sign that said, "Impeach Bush." I want to know on what grounds we should impeach the president of the United States. I see that sign a lot, but so far, I haven't seen why. As far as I know being "the world's number one terrorist" is a little hard to prove in a court. And I haven't seen any evidence of any crime. Here is a link to a site listing the history of impeachment. By the way, since 1797 there have been 16 impeachments, only 2 of them presidents and neither of them were convicted.
The second bumper sticker said, "Frodo failed, Bush has the ring." This one really chapped my hide. I tried looking for a decent discussion about what they mean by it, but to little avail. Apparently, there is a rumor that Rick Santorum, a legislator said that the Eye of Mordor was being drawn to Iraq, and away from the US. Some smarty-pants Liberal thought it would be cute to play with this, and came up with the dumb bumper sticker. Are they actually saying that Bush=the Dark Lord of Mordor? Excuse me, but last I checked, he is the duly elected president of our great nation. I didn't know he was a purely evil god bent on the destruction of life by using hordes of mutated elves, dragons, and undead ghost-kings.....
Just my thoughts for the day.

Nothing Better

There is nothing better
Than Greek and WSU football.
Leaves Change
Adjectives confuse
WSU scores.
Leaves Fall
Meanings gell
WSU holds 'em to 15 first half.
Ahh....

My Weekend

So, this is what I did this weekend...what did you do?
All the words on the right side were originally in Greek font, but I guess Blogspot doesn't have Greek. It also doesn't keep the formatting of the original copy I copied this from. It was originally much more organised.

Ephesians 3:14-21 Syntactical Analysis.

toutou Dem. Pronoun, Neut.Gen.Sing., Antecedent=the preceding
ideas in 2:19-22 including Paul’s role, the nature of the church, and Paul's
experience because of his role, because of this

carin Noun, Fem.Acc.Sing., Preposition of Cause, because of

kamptw Pres.Act.Ind.1st.Sing, Iterative(Wallace 223), I am
repeatedly bending

ta Article, Neut.Acc.Pl., Simple ID, the

gonata Noun, Neut.Acc.Pl., Dir. Obj, knees

mou Pers.Pro., Masc.Gen.Sing. Antecedant=Paul, Possesive, my

proV Prep. w/Acc., to

ton Article, Masc.Acc.Sing., PrevRef

patera, Noun, Masc.Acc.Sing., Obj of Prep, Father Textual
Problem:Most Likely Catalyst, Mss Support, father

ex Prep. w/Gen., Prep. of Source, from

ou Rel.Pron., Masc.Gen.Sing., Antec=patera

pasa adj., Fem.Nom.Sing., 2nd Attrib., from

patria Noun, Fem.Nom.Sing, Subj N, family (TDNT 5, 1017
gives idea of the origin of all things, connecting back to
God. father

en Prep w/Dat of Location, in

ouranoi V Noun, Dat.Masc.Pl., See prep “en” Why plural? Idiomatic
Pl. Textual Prob.? Some singular. Variant has weak textual
support. Pauline style supports plural (1:10, 4:10, 6:9, et.
al.)., heavens

kai Conj., Continuative, and

epi Prep. w/.Gen, upon


We also worked this up:

It's a diagram of Ephesians 3:14 through 16b (?)
My head hurts.....