Author Archives: ehurst

Amateur Carpentry, Professional Humanity

Posted on April 11, 2011 by ehurst

About twenty years ago my father-in-law asked my help building a porch for his house. I didn’t agree with the design, nor the method of assembly, but out of respect I carried out his wishes. Because it was not treated … Continue reading →

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The Senseless Debate

Posted on April 10, 2011 by ehurst

The ongoing debate between atheists and Christians is really a waste of time for Christians. Perhaps I should refine that some. There are all sorts of issues being debated. For example, the matter of whether it is possible to have … Continue reading →

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The Political Lesson from the Tower of Babel

Posted on April 9, 2011 by ehurst

Hebrew narrative was designed to offer one central theme, but provided enough threads to apply to several different areas. So while we draw spiritual and religious lessons from the Tower of Babel narrative, there is a distinct political message, too: … Continue reading →

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Trail: Last Day of the Season

Posted on April 8, 2011 by ehurst

The trail is closed for the summer. Having finally cleared the old trail and added several new sections to replace what the firefighting bulldozer destroyed, there are only two issues which limit the use of it. The first I have … Continue reading →

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Mind Trap

Posted on April 7, 2011 by ehurst

A mind like a steel trap is not ruled by the Spirit. Recall the principle of Spiritual Anthropology. For those whose spirits are alive, it is utterly necessary those spirits rule the mind. While it is possible for a sharp … Continue reading →

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Firefox 4.0 Simple Build on RHEL 6

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ehurst

Update: This is now out of date. Unless you insist on running FF4 or FF5, please see the update for FF6. As far as I can tell, there will be no official release of Firefox 4 for RHEL 6 and … Continue reading →

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Geek Wars: Overriding RHEL Defaults in Vim Plugins

Posted on April 6, 2011 by ehurst

Between the RHEL package managers and the upstream providers for Vim, the default formatting options for some file types is wrong and exceedingly difficult to override. (I’m using Scientific Linux 6.0, but they deny changing the Vim packages provided by … Continue reading →

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Danger in Dominionism

Posted on April 5, 2011 by ehurst

There is a very dangerous and heretical movement attaching itself mainstream evangelical Christianity, particularly in America: Dominionism. Regular readers know how much I despise Aristotelian epistemology as the foundation for trying to understand the Bible. It breeds a literalist mindset … Continue reading →

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More on Molech: Fear

Posted on April 4, 2011 by ehurst

There’s more to this symbolism of Molech than merely withholding your children from the state. It’s the issue of rule by fear. Molech was worshiped out of fear. There was no love for a god who consumes your first-born son … Continue reading →

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Rendering Unto Molech

Posted on April 3, 2011 by ehurst

In ancient Palestine, prior to the Conquest by Israel in roughly 1400 BC, there had arisen among the native Canaanites an appalling pagan religion devoted to a god called Molech. The name itself means “king” more or less. The idol … Continue reading →

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