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Gray Matter Doesn’t Matter
It’s quite likely you’ve run across recent headlines announcing that male and female brains are indistinguishable. Can’t you hear the SJWs and pop-sci fanatics snickering now? Our brains are interchangeable, suggesting gender differences are merely cultural. Ummm, no. That’s not … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged culture, gender confusion, health, human nature, propaganda, psychology, sexual identity, social mythology
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Can’t Afford Materialism
I can recall serving in the military when it was called “peace time” and all we did was train. In those days, our senior battalion maintenance officer said something to a group of us about what a wonderful thing it … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged banking, business, computers, economics, government, oppression, survival, technology, windows
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Bits and Pieces 18
Every time I move, I always get sick at least once. I don’t recall it happening whenever I traveled with the military, but if I stayed very long anywhere, I always got hit with some kind of adjustment that manifested … Continue reading
Psalm 77
We remind ourselves that, for all their piety and scholarship, translators remain captive to their own biases. We should never pretend that we have none, but be conscious of them and strive to make them serve our individual callings. It … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged Asaph, hebrew literature, hebrew poetry, Psalms, worship
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Desktop CompSec Update (End of 2015)
You have to understand that computer security (CompSec) is a moving target. Every day something new appears to threaten our control over our systems and our sanity. As always, we need to keep in mind that the primary issue is … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, compsec, computers, software, technology
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Politics of Obsession
In Scripture, the term “Lust of the Eye” (see The Nature of Sin and Temptation) refers to a particular weakness in human nature. In this modern age, it manifests most often as entertainment-seeking. At a fundamental level, it’s an appetite … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft, Uncategorized
Tagged government, heart-mind, intellect, internet, oppression, Political activism, politics, psychology, reason, scripture
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Encryption Back Doors Already There
Perhaps you are aware of this ongoing stupidity from the government. There’s no real debate, of course, just government figures ignoring the obvious. The motives may vary among themselves, but not a single one of them honestly serves your interest. … Continue reading
Posted in computers
Tagged browsers, compsec, government, linux, networking technology, windows
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Proverbs 20 (Part 2)
(Recall that the context here is contrasting human justice against God’s divine moral character.) 16. Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers. Making loans on these terms are … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant of moses, culture, figures of speech, Hebrew language, proverbs, wisdom literature
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The One Thing
I won’t use the terminology of the giants on whose shoulders I stand; they encouraged me to find my own voice from merging myself into the message. So if I had to pick one thing to talk about as the … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged civilization, computers, heart-mind, internet, linux, Network Civilization, survival, technology, war, windows
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