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Network Age Faith
I still believe that the Network Civilization is replacing Western Civilization. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. The closest we ever came to God’s ideal in terms of human society stood for a time after the Flood. At … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged communion, fellowship, human history, internet, mysticism, Network Civilization, peace, spirituality, Tower of Babel, western civilization
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Nothing New
I don’t have any revelations from God. All I have is this weird sense of waiting. So the wedding last night went off well enough. The State of Oklahoma makes us clergy folk the custodians of the marriage license once … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged economics, marriage, miscellaneous, religious rituals
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Network Privacy Is Dead
Digital privacy is a myth. For example, if you buy any Android device, you must have a Google account to activate it. So long as that device is in use, Google is tracking your every move. If you are running … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged business, computers, google, government, Microsoft, oppression, resistance, technology
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God’s Bow in the Clouds
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged computers, covenant, disasters, human suffering, Noah's Covenant, prayer, spirituality, technology, weather
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Psalm 49
We should not assume that figurative language indicates actual belief. The Ancient Near Eastern civilizations as whole generally avoided discussing the afterlife because they made no pretense of understanding it. Instead, they relied on a range of confused metaphors to … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged ANE, figurative language, human understanding, material wealth, moral character, mortality, mysticism, Psalms, spirituality
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The Linux Oligarchy
Linux is a product of the technology oligarchy. Were this not so, I wouldn’t even mention Linux — ever. I don’t belong to the technology elite, but they aren’t alien to me. At the critical juncture in my life when … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged business, computers, culture, economics, Hacker Culture, linux, resistance, technology
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Consciousness Doesn’t Compute
Just a quick item: Consciousness Does Not Compute (and Never Will), Says Korean Scientist. Unless this is some sort of hoax, it’s nice to see someone with serious technology chops say that the math refuses to go where consciousness stands … Continue reading
Room for Fellowship
I really do not like the way they have gone in recent years, but I’ll never forget some of the earlier stuff by Phillips, Craig and Dean. I’m not thrilled with all of the video, but this song is my … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged computers, music, scripture, spirituality
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The Vacation Continues
Back when I was first sent to my assigned military duty station in the Netherlands, I spent a week shadowing my supervisor. He and another sergeant were chatting about taking in a volksmarch later that day. The other fellow said, … Continue reading
Heart Intelligence HOWTO
This is how I do it; your mileage may vary. Bear in mind the systemic model of human nature. We are fighting generations of mythology and social conditioning that deny a separate intelligence in the heart and belly. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged cycling, intellect, mysticism, peace, psychology, sensory heart, spirituality, worship
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