Use Your Words

Aiight- I'm tired of it.  I'm tired of every time I go somewhere online or in person hearing about how I am oppressed - because I have a little more melanin in my skin then others.  I'm tired of turning my head and told how I am not equal to others because we had (and this is fact) a racism problem in the past in America.  Why should there be conferences where people with less melanin then me get...

Nothing says love like talking about Porn.  Actually - pretty much anything other then porn says love more - especially during valentine's week. This week Paul brought up the topic of Porn - specifically the stats on the usage of Porn in both Christian and non-Christian households.  After this Paul asks the question that Matt Walsh brought up last year - should we just go ahead and ban Porn?

Regardless if you like Trump or not - you have to admit he has had a good week.  Most of that is thanks to Nancy Pelosi as she shifted the talking points from items found within Trumps state of the union address to her actions after the speech had ended.  As Trump said in his campaign process - he just seems to keep on winning and we may actually be getting sick of his winning. Links: https://twit...

Are we abusing our children for political gain?  That is the question this week that Paul bought to the table.  How young is too young to be politically active.  Would Josh or Aaron allow their kids to be on TV advocating for their issue of choice?

On January 31, 2020 history was made as Brexit finalized after many years.  That being said - in all honesty - Brexit is now just starting with the negotiations between the UK and the EU heating up.  What do they need to negotiate over?  What possibly coud be an issue between the two entities?  Lets go over a quick look into the future of Brexit. 50 ways to say goodbye:  https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Josh wanted to talk about Micromanagement versus Macromanagement. The reason? Unknown. To help facilitate this Paul gave Josh control of the episode. Let's see how Josh did in directing everything - and support him as he steps into new territory on directing conversation and direction on an episode. What type of style of management do you prefer? Micro or macro? What is the difference? Is there a...

This past weekend - people across the globe took part in a protest against 5g cell phone technology.  People afraid of new technology keep parroting the phrases that this is "untested" and "new" so we should be afraid of it.  They also make the claim that there is no standard for 5g yet (which is false - there is a standards body which sets in place what 5g means).  But are these arguments valid? ...

This week Paul brings up a question about Spiritual Boredom - and if it necessarily a bad thing or not.  Josh and Paul get into a conversation on Spiritual Boredom vs depression - and the differences on it.  Josh can't get the idea that we are ALL always bored.  What are your thoughts?  What is the difference between spiritual boredom and depression?  What do you do when you are in a boredom secti...

2020 is starting out on a weird note - and watching Virginia shows that this is the case  On 1/20/2020 there will be a protest against the new gun control laws that the legislature is proposing in Virginia.  What makes this protest interesting is that the gun rights supporters will be joined by Antifa - not as counterprotesters but as protestors WITH them against the new gun control legislation. ...

Nothing says happy new year like a potential escalation in the middle east yet again.  After multiple events that ended with a drone strike of an Iran general, people have been getting scared about what is going to happen next.  Is the draft really going on?  Why did the selective services site go down?  Is WW3 really right around the corner?  Did Trump violate the constitution when he ordered the...

Vaccinations have been the topic of controversy the past few years with people believing fake studies to show that vaccines have hurt their children.  While it is true that some vaccines are unable to be used by some people (people who have an immune system issue for example, or too young as another) for the most part they have been deemed safe with few reactions to them.  (There will always be so...

Who keeps new year's resolutions?  Well, we don't - but we do go over the list of what resolutions are popular (outside of the stereotypical lose weight, get fit).  We also list our favorite and least favorite episodes/segments from the year and Paul attempts to pull clips from them. Included in the clip list is a segment of a podcast that had to be scrapped in previous uploads due to better editi...

2020 is going to be an interesting year - we got elections going on in November, the Senate impeachment trial early in the year (if Pelosi ever hands over the articles of impeachment to the senate - but that is not for here right now), and Virginia becoming an interesting place to watch as 2020 starts up. If you have not been following along with what has been going out there - the quick and dirty...

Merry Christmas to you and yours.     And if you don't celebrate Christmas then Bah Humbug to you as well!  (We don't want to leave anyone out from celebrating today!) On this episode, we are joined by Lieutenant Boldus once again as we reflect on various Christmas traditions for the family, talk about the gift that Aaron is giving himself this year, go through a list of British (in origin) Christ...

In this episode, the guys talk about the escapades playing Pathfinder and what it means to play this game and be Christian at the same time.  We are joined by our game master for this conversation as well. The very far right side of the conservative Christian movement has decided games such as Dungeons and Dragons and other Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPG) for a while.  The argument they make...

Presented today is part two of a discussion that we had regarding the second amendment.  We were joined by a friend of ours to discuss the various proposed and currently implemented gun control laws in the United States.  Josh wanted to discuss this and ends up being slightly surprising with what he was willing to go along with gun control.

Presented today is part one of two of a discussion that we had regarding the second amendment.  We were joined by a friend of ours to discuss the various proposed and currently implemented gun control laws in the United States.  Josh wanted to discuss this and ends up being slightly surprising with what he was willing to go along with gun control.  Due to this conversation being slightly long (clo...

With the release of the report from the intelligence committee on the case for impeaching Trump, it has been revealed that secret subpoenas were issued (legality of them aside) on the same day that requests for phone records were sent out to people.  When the data provided by the subpoenas was released in the report, immediately people started criticizing the release of Shiff's political opponents...

Banning plastic straws is the new Harlem Shake - it is trendy to use alternative methods of sucking down your drink in the sun to show how much you care about the environment.  But is this trend toward using alternatives and banning plastic straws fully motivated by saving the environment or by monetary reasons?  If we banned plastic straws in the United States fully - how much of the plastic in t...

A new thing that will be happening at Use Your Words is the commentary of things going on in a more timely manner.   Trump earlier in the year suggested looking into buildings and other programs to deal with the homeless problem in  California (which has 1/4 of the homeless population of the United States) and immediately everyone lost their collective mind about it.  But then a few months later a...

This week on Use Your Words we relax a little bit and talk about things we are thankful for.  This is a more relaxed, less structured episode, but if anything it helps you get to know us more as well as hear about potential upcoming projects we are working on.  Can you spot it?

Should the voting age be lowered from 18 to 16?  There is a nationwide movement to do this - with people arguing that since teens are allowed to drive (and driving is much more dangerous and requires split-second decisions as opposed to research) they should be allowed to vote at the same time.  There is also the argument that only a small percentage of Americans are able to name all three branche...

Kayne West is the new hip and popular thing in the Christian culture.  People are calling him the best thing to happen to chrisdomdon in a long time, giving him the spotlight on church stages, in memes, and in music covers.  Even Chris Tomlin has caught the Kayne fever.  But are we being led astray?  Is this a marketing ploy or a genuine conversion (and to be honest - we as humans can NEVER determ...

This week the guys talk about the technological singularity.  While they talk about it - Josh seems to get stuck on the idea of higher intelligence capabilities of computers - but the guys do agree on one thing - AI and the future will be interesting, to say the least.  Paul and Josh also disagree on the application of AI in war - with Josh taking the role of the pessimist.

Since this week is Halloween Aaron wanted to share his recent tour through an abandoned asylum.  While he did indicate he was somewhat disappointed - since he originally bought the ticket thinking it was a historical tour and not a ghost hunting tour he still ended up enjoying it.  Through the course of this Paul and Aaron attempt to talk about if as Christians one should go partake in these activ...