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Mostly Charade
It’s not as if fiction is a complete waste of time. For example, parables are essentially fiction. They propose an event which didn’t actually happen as a way to emphasize something which cannot be told. But it’s still fiction, just … Continue reading
Yet More Global Deception
“You can’t make a parable walk on all fours.” I was amazed at the time I heard that, how a rural preacher could point out something thousands of scholars had missed over the centuries. While my little parable implied there … Continue reading
No Quibbling: Risque Ads Are Sin
I have a couple of friends who regularly debate ads on the Internet. It’s not really new. On the one hand, without advertising revenue, some fairly valuable information would not be available on the Net. On the other hand, advertisers … Continue reading
Unspeakable Foolishness Called “Democracy”
Democracy in the widest sense of the word includes any system of government by which the people decide things. A republic is simply indirect democracy. The result of making it indirect is to slightly slow the degradation inherent in the … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government
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Cultivating Our Own Demise
We are killing ourselves. In a thousand different ways, we Americans steadfastly ignore the wisdom of the ages in our headlong rush to increase suffering and destroy what little we had that would have worked. We have so many pharmaceuticals … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, culture, economics
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Surrendering to Babylon
We have surrendered to Mammon, and cannot claim to serve God. Babylon is the symbol of all sins arising from greed, and frankly includes middle class “virtues” (prissy materialism) and capitalism. Both capitalism and the middle class merchant arose from … Continue reading
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Logical Challenges to Faith
There are a thousand ways to debate whether faith in Christ is reasonable, but everyone wants to forget: Faith is not reasonable. That is, faith makes demands which are entirely unreasonable. Of course, we are referring to a particular branch … Continue reading
The Covenant of Noah
Most Christians aren’t really aware of the various covenants noted in the Bible. Indeed, many aren’t even aware the term “New Testament” means “New Covenant”. A few understand the Law of Moses was a covenant between God and Israel, but … Continue reading
Logic versus Logic
So you think you have it all worked out? Maybe you do. In our Western educational matrix, we are taught Logic. It’s considered a branch of Philosophy, which is mostly looking at the mumblings and grumblings of philosophers in ages … Continue reading
When It All Goes Away
I’ve had my ten seconds of fame. It passed almost without my noticing. All that is left here is mumbling to myself, which a couple of other folks tend to read once in awhile. Indeed, I won’t even make any … Continue reading