How Do You Make Holy Water?

I went with my mother, her brother, and her brother's wife to see Joel Osteen speak in San Antonio on Sunday.  He is quite the preacher, and I understand why so many people listen to him, read his books, and support his ministries.  I, for one, truly believe that he is fulfilling God's mission for him, to bring people closer to God.  Too bad he ain't Catholic. ;)

He mentioned a few things that I was thinking about before we went to see him, about avoiding unnecessary fights, not obsessively thinking about the future, etc.  idk, It sort of meant something to me.

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I was talking with my brother a week ago about future technology.  He said that writers had failed us because they'd predicted that we'd have flying cars, teleportation, better food, blah blah blah.  I don't know that they did fail us.

Sure, the majority of us still drive cars based on designs introduced in the early 1900s, and we may not be able to change locations instantly.  We don't know how to 'make' gravity, and we still don't have the elixir of life.

Who cares?  If you do, well, we may not have those things, but we have, or are getting the knowledge to obtain, things that begin to approximate those things.  I, however, believe that 'future' technology began a while back, that, in the immediate future, we will have technology better--no, more-- than what the writers predicted, and that we, as a species, will have insights like the writers never had, i.e. technology different than what they could have expected. 

Instant communication over large distances, relatively easy travel, amassing of world knowledge, Tivo, arguably better food, better medicines, stupid computers, extensive education, manipulation of gravity: If only these things followed the process of diffusion, then everyone, the world over, could have a chance to see how much we've done.

I know that there are people out there who agree with me; I just sort of wrote this without researching any of my fellow believers, my bad.  They probably wrote more eloquently, with depth, and had fine examples pulled from stories and research.  whatev. :P

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So, like, a week ago, I got to care for my godchild and her sister.  Now, I'm not going to say that they're monsters, but I will say that they are aged 3 and 2 years (my godchild is the younger and quieter child).  It was an experience that makes me very happy that I don't plan on having sex until I'm married.  I seriously doubt that I, the 'Best Future Mother', would be able to handle raising kids for a while, at least 5 years, and that estimate is assuming I wouldn't be single or widowed.

I'm not saying that my cousin isn't doing a good job, but her mother puts plenty of work into helping her and I just know that I'd have no chance of giving that much care to any child of mine at this point in my life.  I'd almost admire her, except I don't much approve of premartial sex. :/

Anyway, I realized that it's been awhile since the last time I actually wrote something substantial. My bad.

Edit: I forgot to give the answer to the question in the title: you boil the hell out of it. :P

j.cruz