I'm going to have a lot of time to think during this roadtrip. I think I'll make kind of an agnostic pilgrimage to nowhere of it and do a lot of self-reflection. I have always believed it is dangerous not only to believe you are optimum, but to believe you are even satisfactory. There is always room for improvement. I have severe personality ( Read more... )

   From Wednesday afternoon until early this morning I have been in Davis. The main reason for my visit was that before I filed for graduation I had to file for my minors, and I could only do the latter in person ( Read more... )

   So I've decided to try to write about theological issues once a week. I've always been fond of mythology, and no mythological subject is as written about as the stories which make up the abrahamic religions (Judiasm, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism). Additionally, interpretation of what exactly the significance of these ancient texts is similar ( Read more... )

   Once a few years ago I remarked that instant ramen has been such an important invention, its inventor should be on the one dollar bill. I never thought I'd ever find out who it was, but someone else's lj post recently brought the identity of this food messiah to my attention -- and alas, he has died! Momofuku Ando thou art a saint ( Read more... )

The Gazebo Incident
   Three years ago today there was no entry. Thats because at the time I was in the hospital due "blunt head trauma" due to getting kicked in the head while unconscious due to a lucky hit one of three guys who jumped me in a park got on my temple.

We had leads on who these people were, but officer Calvin Chang declined to ( Read more... )

   So today was the day that most of us celebrate the fact that one day the goddess Eostre decided it was time for some trolling IRL and turned a bird into a hare ... only it still laid eggs ( Read more... )

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   So today was like the worst day ever. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. But at least once again there were crazy preachers on the quad with signs condemning everyone from Mormons to "computer freaks" and "people who speak to their pets more than God   Many people like to heap ridicule upon these preachers, however, I must say I ( Read more... )

Zombie Rights
   So something occured to me in reference to this Schiavo fiasco; if one is going to define "life" in a divinely recognized sense as merely breathing, then that would certainly include zombies1   Now this sounds silly, but I think it has serious implications. And before I go on I will note that not all religious persons believe the ( Read more... )