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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Counterfeit Religion: NAR
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) — look it up with your favorite search engine. You’ll get lots of names, places, organizations. It’s big and growing fast, with money pouring into by the truckload every day. If there is any religion … Continue reading
Hidden Economies
You may be aware of the concept of unofficial economic activity, that which isn’t calculated into the formulas because it’s illegal, black market, or in some other way underground and unreported. There are some good estimates and some bad ones, … Continue reading
Futility, Says the Prophet
It’s not possible to be sure exactly what the facts are in some situations, even when you are there seeing it first hand. For example, did you know the label “natural” on most foods has little resemblance to the meaning … Continue reading
Posted in religion, sanity
Tagged civilization, government, oppression, propaganda, resistance
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Dunbar and the ANE Lifestyle
Sometime near the beginning of my clerical training in the 1970s, I learned a single pastor could be supported full time beginning around 50 members, and was pretty solid at 75. But as the congregation grew, he would not be … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged family, science, scripture, survival
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Election Grumbling
Part of me wonders if we will even have an election. It could easily be halted by a declaration of martial law. The probability of it grows incrementally every day. But just in case we do have an election, here … Continue reading
Silly Disputes over Jobs and Apple
Go ahead and use your favorite search engine. You’ll find many tributes to Steve Jobs, and a growing number of slams. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see a somewhat finer division among the tributes. Most say he did big … Continue reading
Complexity of Reality
We shall have a staged revolution. While I confess to a preference for natural gardening, that doesn’t mean there’s no place for effective shortcuts. To avoid having to use pesticides, I try to grow stuff which has few natural enemies … Continue reading
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Tagged government, oppression, propaganda, psychology, resistance
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Less Than a Month?
Even the MSM is now admitting the current banking system of the West is just two or three weeks from collapse. The focus of attention is on Greece. Ever met any Greeks? I have. The national pastime is gaming the … Continue reading
Paradoxical Choices Soon
The primary purpose of a mystic is to bridge between this plane of existence and some other. The inescapable imperative of a mystic is helping others find their own bridge. If nothing else, your actions declare the existence of that … Continue reading
Profits of Sin
The CEO of Bank of America says, regarding the new fees he’s charging debit card users, that his bank has the right to make a profit. So far, so good, but he’s trying to ignore one little problem: [P]eople aren’t … Continue reading