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Bloated T-day

Posted on November 27, 2014 by ehurst

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the US and I’m already full; I woke up full. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” So … Continue reading →

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Divine Tolerance

Posted on November 20, 2014 by ehurst

If you take yourself too seriously, you cannot follow Christ. Holy Cynicism is not dismissive of humanity, but of human motivations. When we keep in mind that this entire universe is a deception, locked under the Curse of the Fall, … Continue reading →

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Christian Troops?

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ehurst

If we understand that God’s Laws predict a general non-compliance by humanity, if not open hostility, then our efforts to live His Laws begin to make more sense. We are not the Truth Police and there is no human on … Continue reading →

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Virtual Morals

Posted on May 12, 2014 by ehurst

If you can understand the virtual world, then quantum moral reasoning is not such a big leap. Most people do not recognize the huge difference between meat space and online. They keep trying to apply their meat-space expectations to the … Continue reading →

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Moral OPSEC

Posted on May 3, 2014 by ehurst

Human conflict is a given. It requires a special kind of truculent stupidity to imagine we could ever remove it from human existence. It’s why we have the military. Experience in the military tends to affect the way one thinks … Continue reading →

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AI’s Children Done

Posted on April 3, 2014 by ehurst

The draft is finished. I’m running through it again before I offer it for pre-release reading. Here’s another excerpt to whet your appetite. ———- Brave soldiers who faced explosions and gunfire with enthusiasm would cower in fear at the withering … Continue reading →

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Another Excerpt from AI’s Children

Posted on March 31, 2014 by ehurst

This is a slice out of Chapter 15… The old man interlaced his fingers and held them up against his mouth for a moment. “You’re telling me AI is like a person somewhere out there and just cooperates when you … Continue reading →

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Virtual Activist

Posted on March 13, 2014 by ehurst

There is no place for absolutism in this world. I’ve already stated often enough that I am not a political activist of any stripe. It’s not that my actions have no political meaning, but politics is never the point. The … Continue reading →

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Unreliable Reality

Posted on January 31, 2014 by ehurst

Up until that moment, we had been friends. Let’s face it folks: She was homely as mud pie. But she was a senior NCO in the unit’s command staff, and her influence was felt in every life attached to that … Continue reading →

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Prophetcraft: Going Nuts?

Posted on August 27, 2013 by ehurst

It’s especially hard for 21st century Westerners. Our background is hostile to the kind of spiritual awareness it takes to be even a decent Christian, never mind a prophet. Everything in our souls is bent and twisted far away from … Continue reading →

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