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Empty Noise Less Useful Than Wind

Posted on August 6, 2012 by ehurst

If it were merely the wind, it would at least serve a healthful purpose, but the world is full of noise which is less than useless. When I pass through the public sphere, listening to people yakking on cellphones, the … Continue reading →

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Human Nature and Sexual Attraction

Posted on July 19, 2012 by ehurst

Modern society typically gets the most important elements of human life backwards. We call it “perversion” when some force throttles the message of truth and twists it out of shape. I take my truth from the Bible specifically, and ancient … Continue reading →

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The Peace of God

Posted on July 11, 2012 by ehurst

It seemed so obvious, it was hardly mentioned until much later when outsiders were pressing in, trying to claim a piece of the action. Those outsiders had virtually none of the foundation, none of the essential background to get vary … Continue reading →

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Jonah 3

Posted on June 30, 2012 by ehurst

The narrative indicates God wasted no time in renewing His call to Jonah. Without delay, Jonah was to proceed directly to Nineveh and proclaim God’s doom on them. In our modern Western vernacular, the word “city” conjures the image of … Continue reading →

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Trying to Be Cool

Posted on June 12, 2012 by ehurst

Everybody wants to be cool, hip, on the front edge of whatever is the new wave of seeming better than the rest. It’s what suckered the Judean scholars into Hellenism. It’s what brought the church into government before Rome fell. … Continue reading →

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The Efficiency of Love

Posted on April 28, 2012 by ehurst

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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Dark Days, Bright Soul — 3

Posted on April 21, 2012 by ehurst

When hatred sleeps and brighter passions awake and human differences fade to shadows, then sanity surfs the winds to take bright souls to worlds no one knows. It was not exactly a routine, but predictable enough he could save up … Continue reading →

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Dark Days, Bright Soul — 2

Posted on April 20, 2012 by ehurst

The false warmth of rented love splashed on the sand, washed away with the tide. An uncaring moon leers from above, while stars laugh at your untanned backside. It turned out the village was a suburb, as it were, of … Continue reading →

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Dishonest Dries

Posted on April 16, 2012 by ehurst

If you ever drink alcoholic beverages, you’ll understand. There is a significant portion of humanity who inherited a horrible weakness, making them virtually unable to control certain compulsive behaviors. The particular weakness varies. Most alcoholics suffer this sort of genetic … Continue reading →

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Questions of Epistemology

Posted on April 14, 2012 by ehurst

This post is a reference point for future discussions. I keep running into the issue of those unspoke assumptions which show up in debates. It’s bad enough when propagandists are trying to avoid stating rather obvious assumptions, but when no … Continue reading →

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