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Is Saul Among the Prophets?

Is Saul among the prophets?” This is a supposed adage or snippet of a popular verse that occurs twice in 1 Samuel. First when Saul is anointed king, “God gave him another heart.” And among other things, he fell to… Continue Reading →

Alan Watts Blues

Today is the seventh of July, 2011. Last night I got to a point where I was pretty miserable and feeling sorry for myself, and thought “I’m going to call in sick today.” I even pecked out a message on… Continue Reading →

alt.jesus

Being an alternative perspective on the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth. A long time ago, I read a book. I spent a little while this afternoon trying to recollect, and I think it was The Gospel of the… Continue Reading →

Topics in History

I was driving in the car with my daughter and got to talking about another graduate degree, and she said I should think about history. She said her history professor reminded her of me or vice versa, and she said… Continue Reading →

project truth

I’ve started counting the number of times that I read how all these bloggers out there are just self-indulgent and pointless at best or worse, narcissistic and positively harmful. You see it everywhere, sometimes even in somebody’s blog. At least… Continue Reading →

Richard Dawkins vs. God

Richard Dawkins has a new book out, apparently mostly focused on debunking some of these myths we have about God. I’m sorry, but what a tragic waste of time and talent. First of all, I should say that Dawkins is… Continue Reading →

the nature of reality

[transcription of a recording called voice002, 3897216 bytes. date unknown] I want to talk about the nature of reality and our place in it. Its a difficult question because its ultimately unresolvable. Its very difficult for a thing to contemplate… Continue Reading →

the unit of time

The unit of time we call seconds relate, I believe, to the beat of a man’s heart when at rest. Minutes and hours are constructed in a way that relates seconds to days using a numerlogical system based on the… Continue Reading →

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