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Geek Wars: Overriding RHEL Defaults in Vim Plugins
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
Danger in Dominionism
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
More on Molech: Fear
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
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
The Gaga Stamp of Disapproval
Let’s pretend something outrageous. Let’s pretend somehow Lady Gaga saw me, and said I was hot. I’d be horrified, sick to my stomach, insulted. Naturally, it will never happen. Not only do I not appeal to very many women, but … Continue reading
Fixing Demonology
Wiping away the false demonology of Western Christianity, we can start fresh with a clear understanding rooted in God’s ancient revelation. Satan and his fallen angels are outnumbered two-to-one. The Apostle John took pains to declare this in the symbolic … Continue reading
Broken Demonology
The inherent failures of Western Systematic Theology are most evident in Demonology. In the first place, Systematic Theology is scarcely induced to recognize the divine, so it should be no surprise it handles demons poorly. They do appear in Scripture … Continue reading
Theology Is a Human Effort
A hallmark of Western Christianity is Systematic Theology. The whole idea was stolen from the Pharisees, who were Westernized when they embraced Hellenistic rationalism, and departed utterly from their ancient Hebrew intellectual roots. Anyone with a bit of classical education … Continue reading
Mixed Signals: Boredom
Most people have no idea how to interpret boredom as a symptom. I’m quite sure the audience most in need of reading this will not read it. For most people, boredom is a constant complaint. That’s because they are so … Continue reading
Trail Is Clear
I scarcely believe it myself. We’ve had two days of unseasonably cool temperatures, so I took advantage of them and worked like a madman. I cleared the new section to within a few meters of the old and still usable … Continue reading