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Biblical Law and Children
A couple of items came to my attention today regarding how Scripture handles children. In the Ancient Near East (ANE), a child was seldom away from mother during the first five years of life. A mom could get a break … Continue reading
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Laptop Oracles: Sheeple
There must be sheeple. The selection of folks who have some realistic idea how the Internet works is very small, indeed. Fact: The majority of all Internet connections terminate with a machine running some version of Windows poorly configured. The … Continue reading
Laptop Oracles: Secrecy Is Evil
Thus saith the Lord: Withholding information is as the sin of murder. So very much has been made of the insistence some things need to be classified, to protect from enemy eyes things which might give them an advantage of … Continue reading
Laptop Oracles: Copyright Is Dead
Thus saith the Lord: Withholding information is as the sin of murder. Placing a gateway, or any other impediment to information access, is an abomination to God. If you depend on selling such access, you are a thief at the … Continue reading
Laptop Oracles: Civilization
A new civilization is aborning. The West is dead, it’s carcass moldering in the street. Will someone please push it off into the sewer? What once was is past. We shall be forced to bear its foul odor a bit … Continue reading
The Laptop Oracles: Preface
Edward, a madman and prophet of Jehovah, typing on a Dell laptop: The West is dying, and will be overtaken by the Networked Civilization. We shall have world governments, but the only ones which remain very long will build on … Continue reading
Jesus Favors the Poor
Mammon is the god of Western churches. When your mind is closed a priori to something, you have no moral right to reject it. If you examine it and find it’s not for you, that’s great. At least you know. … Continue reading
No Magic Wand
Even non-Christian magicians understand it: If the power which calls you does not own you, you’ll never see it. We expect children to be childish. We expect adults to nostalgically long for some of the reduced burden of responsibility children … Continue reading
On the Fringe of Christian Unity
One of my favorite recordings includes these lyrics: When will the world See that we need Jesus? When sister and brother Love one another as one. When will the world See that we need Jesus? Will we ever understand Jesus … Continue reading
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Help Wanted: More Prophets
If it were up to me, I’d open a Prophets’ Academy. Let’s get this out of the way first: I don’t care if what I post here every day is absolutely bonkers. This is the best I know and my … Continue reading