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Let Us Be

Live and let live. My brother lives in a very old neighborhood just a mile north of downtown Oklahoma City. He has a traditional brick fireplace and I am cutting wood for him this summer so he’ll have a good … Continue reading

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Tell Me God Does Not Exist

Depending on how you define the terms of the debate, I might agree with the statement “God does not exist.” If your entire approach is Aristotelian (included as an element in Enlightenment, Post-Modernism and just about the entire basis of … Continue reading

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Hazing Is Torture

In the past few weeks we’ve seen reports in the news about hazing. I suppose it’s one thing if you voluntarily join a violent gang and pass through their initiation rituals. It’s like military basic training. You know what you’re … Continue reading

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Biblical Business Theory

Based on my frequent rants about God’s Laws, we can outline what a genuine lawful business would look like in the USA today. Fundamentally, the objective is not profit, at least not in the sense commonly used in business right … Continue reading

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Wildly Fruitful

So very much of life is symbolic of much deeper truths. I love fruit; it’s my favorite type of food. I’m quite fond of jams, preserves and jellies as a way to have fruit out of season. This is the … Continue reading

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Mysticism and Disentanglement

One of my provisional Three Pillars of Christian Mysticism is disentanglement. Try to keep in mind, I don’t take seriously the particular way I think about this, in the sense I promote those three key points — “pillars” — as … Continue reading

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Time Slipping Away

To me it’s actually quite funny to see the mangled logic of a civilization which does not understand itself. We have court cases where people have been found incompetent and “evil” because they don’t care enough about tomorrow. We have … Continue reading

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Epistemology: Miracles

In the Old Testament mystical epistemology, God rules all Creation. He works in Creation, could participate in it if He chose, but is certainly rooted in His Being outside of Creation. Thus, any “sign” from God could be no more … Continue reading

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Prophecy and One Percenters

You won’t have to search long in the Old Testament to find condemnations against wealth disparities. The whole book of Amos is aimed at the ruling one-percenters of Samaria stomping the peasants. The upper classes were fat and sassy — … Continue reading

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The Efficiency of Love

There is far, far less waste in society where agape is a prominent feature. This plane of existence is one big lie, and no part of tangible reality is valuable in itself. It’s only value is how useful it can … Continue reading

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