Monthly Archives: April 2011

Geek Wars: Overriding RHEL Defaults in Vim Plugins

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ehurst

Between the RHEL package managers and the upstream providers for Vim, the default formatting options for some file types is wrong and exceedingly difficult to override. (I’m using Scientific Linux 6.0, but they deny changing the Vim packages provided by … Continue reading →

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Danger in Dominionism

Posted on April 5, 2011 by ehurst

There is a very dangerous and heretical movement attaching itself mainstream evangelical Christianity, particularly in America: Dominionism. Regular readers know how much I despise Aristotelian epistemology as the foundation for trying to understand the Bible. It breeds a literalist mindset … Continue reading →

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More on Molech: Fear

Posted on April 4, 2011 by ehurst

There’s more to this symbolism of Molech than merely withholding your children from the state. It’s the issue of rule by fear. Molech was worshiped out of fear. There was no love for a god who consumes your first-born son … Continue reading →

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Rendering Unto Molech

Posted on April 3, 2011 by ehurst

In ancient Palestine, prior to the Conquest by Israel in roughly 1400 BC, there had arisen among the native Canaanites an appalling pagan religion devoted to a god called Molech. The name itself means “king” more or less. The idol … Continue reading →

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The Gaga Stamp of Disapproval

Posted on April 2, 2011 by ehurst

Let’s pretend something outrageous. Let’s pretend somehow Lady Gaga saw me, and said I was hot. I’d be horrified, sick to my stomach, insulted. Naturally, it will never happen. Not only do I not appeal to very many women, but … Continue reading →

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