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My Head Was Filled with Crap
Colleges can be cheap in the sense that they often take shortcuts so that the administration can waste funding on self-aggrandizing schemes nobody else knows or cares about. One of the ways they cut corners is to put graduate students … Continue reading
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Tagged ANE, education, epistemology, philosophy, religion, western civilization
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Holding the Door Open
Eden is a long way from Utopia. The latter will ever remain a myth, a materialistic fantasy. It’s a demand that God mend His ways to match human reason. Eden represents what God designed for us, what He designed us … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, moral discernment, technology, western civilization
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Theological Controversy?
Even mainstream evangelical theologians and Bible scholars recognize that Hebrew culture refers to the heart as the seat of the will, which is then linked to convictions. Before I moved away from evangelical circles, I already understood from my professors … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, mysticism, OT Hebrew, philosophy, scripture, western civilization
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Accurately Handling the Truth
Let’s review. I’ve published several books aimed at helping people see the difference between Western moral assumptions and reasoning versus what God revealed through Scripture. Recently I’ve been writing about how Western self-deception has run its course and the moral … Continue reading
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Tagged business, divine justice, government, heart-mind, moral discernment, western civilization
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Networked Christianity Aborning
I strive to practice what I preach (see the previous linked post). I believe God will keep the Internet alive and that He has called me to engage computer security (CompSec) and networking security (NetSec) in particular. This is behind … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, compsec, computers, Network Civilization, networking technology, virtual parish, western civilization
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Moral Economics
I rather like the boating metaphor in explaining economics. Your economic existence is rather like traveling on water. What do you have to have with you to do what you do? More stuff means a bigger boat. Your investments and … Continue reading
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Tagged business, economics, heart-mind, moral discernment, morality, technology, western civilization
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Context and Separation
No other human has the authority to decide for you what is the will of God. People do have the authority to exclude you from things He has placed in their hands, by whatever means necessary. The only question, then, … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, epistemology, heart-mind, philosophy, scripture, social stability, western civilization
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War on Western Moral Assumptions
Walk by the Spirit — whatever else that means, it requires that we shift the focus of our awareness to the heart-mind. The matter of “doing God’s will” is not a long list of rules and principles. The actions and … Continue reading
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Tagged epistemology, heart-mind, morality, mysticism, otherworldly, philosophy, spirituality, western civilization
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Mind Slaves
If you change someone’s mind on something, you haven’t accomplished much. Sure, it probably comes with a package including the person’s actions and words, but that’s just physics. It’s hard to overstate the perversion of Western mythology. Let’s remind ourselves … Continue reading
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Tagged heart-mind, morality, otherworldly, scripture, sensory heart, western civilization
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Shepherd’s Wrath
What follows is a blatant rejection of social standards. It’s no secret that I despise Western society. This is not some kind of perverse self-hatred. Were that the case, I would still be acting by Western assumptions about reality as … Continue reading