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Sep 15, 2020 9:06 AM

On Christian ethics and hypocrisy

Society

To quote Santayana again, “The Bible is literature, not dogma.”  But having accepted Jesus as messiah and the author of the Christian faith—Christ is Greek, meaning anointed just as messiah is Hebrew in the same context—the first thing you have to understand is that he didn’t intend to establish a new religion, certainly not one that replaced Judaism.  Matthew 5:17-20 makes this indelibly clear:…

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Sep 15, 2020 9:04 AM

The weight of history

Society

The weight of history bears down on the present and is reaching critical mass.  Once again, I insist that the bible reveals more about us and one another than any is willing to admit.  Even the most zealous Christians ignore its lessons.  The real inspiration of my previous essay comes from the Old Testament, specifically Daniel.  Starting with chapter 2, the passage describes a troubling dream…

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Sep 15, 2020 6:18 AM

Lessons

Society

Whether a true believer or a skeptic, the bible does have relevant lessons to teach us about ourselves, society, and humanity.  Most of these lessons come in the form of parables which, like it or not, ring true more often than they mislead.  One cannot take Job as literal; the greater impact is in the context and concepts presented.  This reflects the literal definition of parable from the Greek…

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Dec 21, 2019 7:26 PM

An example of foot-in-mouth syndrome: On Climate change.

Science

[12:53p] im1964 : Jon Sr.....and ...notice...in late 1970's into 80's .....climatologists were saying earth heading for another Ice Age ??? [12:54p] Jon_Sr : they were wrong, im... and those who said it were the minority [12:56p] im1964 : lilbunnie...oh I know...funny how same climatologists looking at data in 1980's warned about ice age...then...flipped in Al Gore era to cry global warming [0…

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