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Biblical Cosmology and Its Problems
That the Bible has problems with its cosmology is an old and uninteresting fact to plenty of people. However, I live in a world in which there are still too many other people who take the Bible far too seriously, makin… -
Some Problems with Ancient Concepts of Sacrifice and Morality
I am once again using xanga as a place to post a comment to avoid taking up too much space on another person's facebook/xanga. Someone named T.. left the following comment on K's post: "The point of the law in the Ol… -
Big Questions - Meaning, Purpose, Life-after-death, Evolution and its Ramifications
The Big Questions? A friend of mine recently posed the following questions to me as part of an on-going discussion: 1. Why are we here? Do we have a purpose? 2. What happens to us when we die? 3. Is their any guiding… -
Ancient Egyptian Civilization
What are some of the elements that go into historians' ideas concerning ancient Egypt? How well-established is Egyptian history? I am currently involved in a discussion of the Bible and ancient history with a friend of … -
Misc - Genetics, Racism, the South, Gay Marriage, Sex and Religion, the Bible, Sustainability
I read some interesting NYT articles this morning. I will share them. Also, I don't update often. I'm too busy. But, ... there are enough links here on various topics to keep interested/interesting persons busy for… -
The Story of Jesus and the Adulterous Woman
I posted this as a comment on someone's xanga, but then I thought I'd share it with anyone else who may venture here. I expanded it. - - - I enjoyed your post. An interesting tidbit for you: >> You wrote,… -
And Jacob Wrestled with Proteus
J20080921 - - - "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to? You will never find that life for which you are looking. When the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping. As fo… -
My De-Conversion from Christianity, A Narrative
I've have been asked multiple times recently to explain why I left Christianity. I decided I should post the story so that I will have a page to which I might refer anyone who should ask in the future. >>Prompt: “If … -
Intelligent Design: A Response
This is a response to trunthepaige’s xanga, Sunday, May 11, 2008, Intelligent Design: trunthepaige's original post: The Appearance of Design or Intelligent Design: Simply defined, if you find a intricate machine (a wa… -
A Response: Orthodox Christianity, the Bible, Mythology, Religion
Response to James3_1 : >> You wrote, “were the greek illiad, and Odyssey written solely to speak of Troy's existence? Of course not, hence this is again an erroneous argument.” I never suggested that the Iliad …
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Principia, Existential Thoughts
(selections from J20071218) No complete entities, ... -
Existential Questions
1. Is life/existence ultimately undesigned or desi... -
God is pan-sexual
My girlfriend's friend's boyfriend posted three a...
