"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." Albert Einstein
Okay, so it’s time for a few definitions about what some of us have been discussing. Feel free to join in. Socrates once said, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” The more people involved, the easier it is to pass the fire. SO: Let’s start with easy ones. [...]
“you I thought I knew you / you I cannot judge / you I thought you knew me / this one laughing quietly underneath my breath / night swimming / deserves a quiet night.”
Here’s an incomplete reading list on the Problem of Evil. These were just the books I thought to grab on the way out the door this morning, so I will be updating it later. (I already know I forgot the book I’m working through right now The Doors of the Sea: Where was God in [...]
He explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .
Okay, so I suck as a blogger. (Of course 60 hour work weeks in the spring semester and 5 classes in the 10 week summer semester had nothing to do with it, I’m sure.) Anyway, if there’s still anyone listening, it’s my intention to do better. Of course, I hear that intentions are good paving [...]
There is currently a growing controversy surrounding the acquisition of high quality military rifle sights for the Army and Marines. It seems the manufacturer, Trijion, has since it’s earliest days, included a biblical verse in the serial number of their products. The verse, inscribed in what “ABC News” refers to as “code” is a sort [...]
A good friend of mine in Chicago posted an excellent article about God speaking to us in unusual and unlikely ways. In this case, Brian makes some good points about this likely not coming from God himself/herself/itself. Brian, God bless him, is a devout Catholic, so his point of view is a bit different than [...]
