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Dehumanizing Charity

It’s possible to kill your neighbor by feeding him when he’s hungry. That is, in the sense you dehumanize and enslave him without actually making things any better. In biblical morality, simply preserving life is not a good moral value. … Continue reading

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Obedient Church

Yes, there’s something better, but it’s work to get it, church. In the loving embrace of my Heavenly Father, I see through His eyes. I cannot be silent; you don’t have to listen, but I refuse to keep it to … Continue reading

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Biblical Morality: Chapter 12

Tribal Economy You cannot gain economic efficiency without denying God. There are lots of good moral reasons for doing things that make no economic sense. Living the otherworldly tribal life in this world doesn’t mean we don’t understand economics as … Continue reading

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Democratization of Religion

God is actively involved in devolving human activity down to the control of the individual. This does not contradict my blather about tribal lifestyle in the least. Social stability is the issue, and breaking non-family power structures is an unmitigated … Continue reading

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Financial Cataclysm

The US government as we now experience it daily will soon end. I can’t predict how much of a change is coming, but there is a sense in which it will collapse and be replaced. This will happen even if … Continue reading

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The Myth of Material Progress

You can ignore the moral laws of God all you like, but they don’t go away. If you ignore them and build a science of prosperity based merely on what humans can perceive and reason about, you will inevitably find … Continue reading

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Middling Presumption

Mysticism comes naturally for me. It was no great struggle to adopt the idea that material wealth isn’t that important; most of my life was in poverty. It’s not sour grapes, just a different experience. When you spend so much … Continue reading

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Of Wheels and Angels 5

Preston swallowed a sip of tea and put his cup down. “So, Baby. Here’s Saint Vith. Was it what you expected?” “Oh, yes. It’s beautiful. It’s one of the showcases of Belgian government subsidies and historical preservation. I still think … Continue reading

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Big, Sloppy Turning Areas

“Turning point” is a figure of speech, not a mathematically precise concept. I wish I could show you the training areas I saw in Europe. There’s this place Hitler created for training his tank division during WW2 — Grafenwöhr. His … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 11

It’s not straightforward to install, but VMWare Player for Linux works very well on RHEL 6 and clones (I’m using Scientific Linux 6). However, XP does not work properly as a client, and you may not get it running at … Continue reading

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