Monthly Archives: November 2011
Dissecting God(s)
Gods have guts. It is said that the parts aren’t the same as the whole, but if you lay a god open and take him apart, you can learn much of how he ticks. God anatomists, called “theologians”, have discovered … Continue reading
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5 Laws of Stupidity
Reading a Sanskrit blogger today, of all places, I read of a work entitled “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity” by the economist Carlo Cipolla (1922-2000). In it, Cipolla humorously illustrates five basic laws of human stupidity. When I read the five … Continue reading
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Why Yahweh Kills Innocents
This Sunday I visited the internet church of some fundamental-literalist, bible-thumping Christians. I miss them occasionally and love to go and hear an inspiring sermon now and again. Today’s sermon (a thread dialogue) was about God’s justice. I have paraphrased … Continue reading
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More Honky than You
Having lived in Asia for about a dozen years, I returned to the USA to go back to school in North Carolina. My childhood hometown had been all white and the inner city where I worked for ten years in … Continue reading
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The Counsel of Many
The following quotes are from The Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (1700s): And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. (p17) People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them … Continue reading
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The Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
The Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (wiki) was written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo in the early 1700′s. Yamamoto was a famous samurai who wrote down his thoughts after retiring as a Buddhist monk. I was given the Hagakure in 1985 by … Continue reading
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A Day of All-Ones
This morning I put up signs like this around our house. I bought a special sweet treat for the kids. And then tonight we will go out for Oriental food to celebrate A Day of All-Ones! After dinner, I will … Continue reading
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Political Poetry
On Communists What is a Communist? One who has yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings; Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing To for out his penny and pocket your shilling. –Ebenezer Elliott (1781-1849) I enjoyed this poem last … Continue reading
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Premasticated Understanding of Non-believers
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world” – 1 John 4:1 (KJV) So begins the first page of Josh McDowell’s and Don Stewart’s … Continue reading
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Embrace dirt, danger and death!
Roni, a fascinating Buddhist in Budapest (I just loved typing that), asked a great question on my previous post. I thought it was an important question so, below, I post my reply to her. I have always wanted to write a post entitled … Continue reading
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