The many posts concerning Cryptica Scriptura (I&II), Timeo cognere, the Prison Planet, and the Logos), which consisted of hundreds of paragraphs without a unifying numbered sequence, most of which were written in a rambling, free association/stream of consciousness manner, and all of which were arbitrarily posted, turned into an archival nightmare ( Read more... )

After my earlier post, inspired by my study of the Words of the Lord concerning the Law and its relevance for His disciples today, I have sought to make close comparison with the relevant epistles of Paul and am “wondering out loud” if there are thematic differences between the teachings of the two. If you have not read the original post, I ( Read more... )

The ”Law” as generally conceived is the term used to define the collection of all the commandments of God from the Old Testament, especially from the Pentateuch.  It is the collective term, while “commandment” is the specific designation of a single law.  Therefore we have “the Ten Commandments of the Law.”  While either term can be used in the ( Read more... )

I believe in hell--for good reasons.
First, humans have committed horrific evils and the notion that God’s wrath isn’t kindled in the face of these atrocities is ludicrous. Victims demand justice. Evil needs to be punished. Jesus spoke very cleary about God’s moral fury in very harsh eschatological language.

But the second and perhaps more shocking ( Read more... )

Oh God, let me know the pain of love
Do not for even a moment separate me from it
Do not lessen your aid to the afflicted
But rather, make lovesick me one among them

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A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?
Can people become so broken that truths of how they are being screwed do not “set them free” but instead further demoralize them? Do some totalitarians actually want us to ( Read more... )

Here's a list of hilarious Biblical errors from various translations.( Read and laugh! )

Carbon dioxide, fundamental to the life cycle, has been slandered a "dangerous pollutant" by the so-called Environmental Protection Agency of the U.S.A, in anticipation of the upcoming "Copenhagen Climate Change Treaty" talks on December 18 (to replace the Kyoto Treaty which expires in 2012). The EPA plans to push to cut carbon emissions 80 percent ( Read more... )

I am so...fed up. It's beyond anger, frustration, depression, despair. Is it post-wonderment? ( Read more... )

"In the System, the risk is socialized, but the profit is privatized."