It's been a sobering day.  I thought I had won the support of the investigating officer of my application for conscientious objection.  That is definitely not the case.  Further, it turns out that the Chaplain seems to have set out to discredit my efforts.  My immediate supervisor, squad leader, platoon sergeant, first sergeant, and company ( Read more... )

I've discovered the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, via Wikipedia.  You can access all sorts of literature, free to read.  I've decided I should resume working through The Ante-Nicene Fathers.  But this time I'll start at the beginning, instead of with Origen.  I need to read on this period anyway, by sheer nature of being a Christian who ( Read more... )