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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Cultural Christianity Will Die
Mr. T asked a very good question on the previous post. Good questions always open a line of thought I had not previously pursued, but which my heart already knows how to answer. Based on what his question drew out … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged civilizations, culture, faith, faith community, religion, western christianity
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Center of Gravity
Numbers 16 made a dramatic movie scene: Moses spoke about how Korah and his buddies had defied God Himself, so their punishment should come directly from God’s own hand. Let the earth swallow them alive! And so it was. Do … Continue reading
VA Policy: Access Denied Veterans Running Linux
Can I get some help from someone with more expertise? I can code HTML on the fly, but I don’t mess with scripting; I have no use for it. Yes, I know my blogs have scripting, but someone else handles … Continue reading
Posted in computers
Tagged computer tech support, computer technology, government, internet, linux, mac, open source, veterans services, windows
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The Feudal Nature of Existence
Steven asked me, “How do you manage to reconcile Predestination with free will and the idea that God is NOT the cause of evil?” Short answer: I don’t have to. Long answer: Predestination affects your eternal destiny, not your life … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged epistemology, feudal obligations, human reason, mysticism, objective reality, philosophy, spirituality, systematic theology, Western mythology
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A Two-Edged Sword
I share this for the sake of accountability; it’s not intended to convince you so much as to provoke your own contemplation. My conclusion rests not on some powerful prophetic impression, but rather a passive sense of moral justice. Several … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged intelligence, middle-east, peace, prophecy, war
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We Have It
It started so nicely. I managed to wake up bright and early, got a light breakfast and started on the reading routine I follow. Went out and picked up the litter around my building, then headed out for an early … Continue reading
A Little More about the Trails
This was the view from the White Trail on the way down to the creek. It’s a little tough to shoot pictures while zipping around out there. However, this view was a high spot above the initial open field near … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, economics, photography
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Conspiracy Theory: the Illuminati
Reminder: All human government is a conspiracy to rule. That there are genuine conspiracies is painfully obvious to anyone with basic awareness. That there are also a boatload of crazy wild tales to distract us from the real conspiracies is … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy theory, history, illuminati
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Psalm 137
Western Christianity, with its odd mixture of pagan and secular moral values, struggles to understand the moral content of this psalm. This psalm is a good test of whether one can grasp the Ancient Hebrew outlook that is at the … Continue reading
Testing Mint 18.2
I’m not a professional reviewer; I know exactly what I want for myself and know generally what most clueless home users will tolerate. I have some vague ideas about what business users like. Mostly this is a matter of testing … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, laptop, linux, Linux Mint, WINE
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