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Top ten most outrageous moments Iāve Had in Church
Two pieces of prolegomena: 1. Sorry for the length. 2. This is not just a whining session. Iām going somewhere with all of this. I think it will be worth…
“Egad! You Painted Yourself as Jesus!”
I am not an art historian, but as I understand the matter, it was not uncommon for great painters of old to put themselves into Biblical scenes as either the…
Empathy, The Christian, & Charlie Kirk (Part 3: Desire vs. Need)
The Story of Our Trilogy We began this three-part discussion looking at the manipulative presentation of Charlie Kirkās statements about empathy. His enemies took them out of context and gave…
Empathy, The Christian & Charlie Kirk (Part 2: Useful Idiots & Emotional Thinkers)
In our last session togetherā¦1 Please, feel free to lie down on the couch, thatās why itās thereā¦ Goooodā¦ is that comfy? So, in our last session together, we discussed…
Empathy, The Christian, and Charlie Kirk (Part 1: Context Matters)
Oh that darnable quote from Charlie Kirk, āI canāt stand the word empathy. Actually, I think empathy is a made up new age termā¦ that it does a lot of…
Fear, the Future, and A.I. as a Tool for Believers (A.K.A. Why and How I Use A.I. as a Believer)
I have no intention of mocking people who are concerned about the astounding power of A.I. I too grew up on movies like Colossus, Westworld, and Terminator. Iāve seen all…
A Big Easy Lazy Lie
Once ātheyā convince you that all the suffering in the world is caused by one easily identifiable group of people (Oppressors) with all the advantages and all the powerā¦ people…
A Monochromatic Blaze from Multispectral Anguishā¦ Yeah, You Read that Right
Ephesians 4:26: Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. Proverbs 15:1: A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word…
Shamefully Shaming Shame
Shame is badā¦ right?! Our whole society today cries how terrible it is. Only people who shame others should be made to feel shame. So shame must be bad, right?!!…
I Hate Father’s Dayāa Tribute to Fathers
I was at a low place one Father’s Day when I’d first begun my PhD. I did not know it at the time, but I was six months down my…
Wisdom, Folly & āBlaming the Victimā
I recently saw a picture of young woman from India holding up a sign that read āDonāt ask your daughters not to go out, Ask your SONS to BEHAVE.ā (sic)…
I Pity Stunningly Beautiful People
There is an Episode of 30 Rock, called āThe Bubbleā in which Liz (Tina Fey) begins to date a character played by John Ham, whose good looks have allowed him…
Contempt for the Fearful: A Response to āThe Greatest False Idol of Modern Christianityā
Iām the last person who should criticize another person for writing an aggressive article that seeks to make a single point in exclusion to a myriad of other points that…
Mao + Stalin + Hitler + Modern Technology = X. Solve for X.
The struggle for power is as natural to human nature as love and hate. On a sociological scale it is as fundamental to the patterns of history and culture as…
Three Great Prophetic Truths that Transformed the World Part 2: Idolatry is an Abomination
One can hardly keep from noticing that the writing prophets (Isaiah through Malachi) seem a tad preoccupied with combating the societal inclination in Israel (and the nations) to Idolatry. We…
Three Great Prophetic Truths that Transformed the World, Part 1: Did Judaism & Christianity Improve the World?
An atheist close to me was raised as a conservative Christian. The gospel never penetrated his heart, but he was, on the whole, a well behaved kid who absorbed a…
Woe the Implacable Heart
One of the transforming insights I’ve gained over the last few years regards the blindness, deafness, insensibility of the human heart. I sit stupefied at the depth of human evil…
Natural Rights are Boring, I Want Something for Nothing
The first Law, planted in Genesis 9:6 like a seed in the human race, sprouting into all just law as the ages have passed, is rooted in that one all…
There Ought-a Be a Law: Emotions, Desire, and Social Paradigm
If you have a powerful sense of justice like I do, an inner hot spring of raging desire for recompense upon the wicked who abuse, rob and destroy others in…