Monthly Archives: February 2012

Biblical Hierarchy of Values

(WordPress Autosave mucked up and posted a previous flawed version, now all fixed.) This is what I recommend, in order from highest to lower. This is about Laws and human commitments on this plane, applying to all humans, regardless of … Continue reading

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Marriage: Why Bother?

Continuing on the subject of a biblical approach to building a marriage… Why? What is it about marriage that makes it more desirable than something looser and more fun? That depends on your definition of “fun.” The Bible assumes, but … Continue reading

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Game and the Closed Christian Market

Christians true to their faith won’t worry much about relative sex rank. We learn about the Game Theory of Socio-Sexual Response because it explains reality. It represents human behavioral science at its best, observing real human behavior and building a … Continue reading

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The Gift of Aplomb

Sometimes the best reaction is none at all. There’s a fancy word we stole from the French — aplomb. It comes from their word for lead, that base metal which weighs a lot for its size, and is pretty soft, … Continue reading

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Dog Piling on Iran

It won’t matter how they do it, but the real objective with Iran has nothing to do with nuclear weapons, nor even about oil itself — it’s about banking and oil trading independence. In American colloquial English, a “dog pile” … Continue reading

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Friend or Foe on the Net

When one civilization falls, and another rises to take its place, most people aren’t paying attention. We could debate the terms and argue the definitions, but I still maintain we can best understand the Internet as the means for a … Continue reading

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