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Plowing up Roman Roads
This part doesn’t fit into the document I’m constructing about our online parish, but is evoked by the discussion. Rome built some really fine roads across Europe and the Mediterranean. The primary reason was to move troops and other government … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, commercial traffic, computers, government, internet, media corporations, oppression, religion, Roman Roads, technology
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The Standard of Communion
It’s a very, very sad reflex that asserts itself every where I look. Reading between the lines of the Law Covenants, we learn that God places a heavy emphasis on social stability. It seems the summum bonum of Jesus’ second … Continue reading
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Tagged church, culture, middle class, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Go Forth
On the one hand, I hesitate. Having been through the meatgrinder on religion and the vast ocean of misunderstanding I had to swim through to find peace on the gentle shores, I don’t want others to face that. Every step … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, evangelism, mission, mysticism, psychology, religion, spirituality
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Western Guilt
Put on your Social Science reading cap. Perhaps you recognize that a cultural bias can steer genetics. A social milieu creates a bias that offers better survival rates and transference of genes for those who match the dominant social mythology. … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged culture, false guilt, northern European cultures, psychology, religion, social milieu, social mythology, spirituality
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Some Vision
I participate in something that started long before. The dream of returning to a simpler faith without all the added folderol and misguided restrictions has been around since shortly after the last apostle died, around AD 100. The only complication … Continue reading
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Tagged communications, computers, internet, mysticism, religion, spirituality
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Religious Debate for Juveniles
I’ve been asked to put this in terms a bright juvenile can follow. Apparently there is at least one who sees some of my blog posts. I’ve done a lot of teaching to that age group (teaching in both public … Continue reading
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Tagged antiquities, common ground, education, history, philosophy, politics, propaganda, religion
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Program Notes: Aristotelian Thought
If you are born in any English-speaking country, you have a Western bias; you are part of Western Civilization. To be Western in any degree includes being Aristotelian. Indeed, it’s true to varying degrees in almost all of Europe and … Continue reading
Posted in social sciences
Tagged civilization, culture, epistemology, history, mysticism, philosophy, religion, scripture, western bias, western civilization
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What the World Really Needs Is…
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7) It was a taste of solipsism and a lack of empathy. They came to the door evangelizing for their church. Enthusiasm they did not lack, nor boldness. What they … Continue reading
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Tagged civility, linux, psychology, religion, sales pitch, spirituality
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