Monthly Archives: May 2022

Something to Ponder

While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: HEAR HIM. (Luke 9:34-35) ———————————————- … Continue reading

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Anywhere but Here!

When I taught Critical Reasoning and Ethics, I used to get lots of papers written on the topic of gun control. Over the years, the arguments were often the same . I would over and over again write on the … Continue reading

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Close Your Eyes, Please

People rarely see the flaws in their own arguments. Typically they do not until someone points out the flaws in such a way that they actually listen and see the errors. See if you can point out the flaw in … Continue reading

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Look Closely, Please

This is written specifically to those 4 or 5 of you odd-ducks who actually follow what I say (God knows why anyone would!). I am asking you to do something … something for yourself, not for me. I am asking … Continue reading

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The Land in Which We Live and Breathe and Have our Being.

In a constitutional republic, each person with suffrage gets to vote their conscience and their values. That is how the system was designed and how it works. It makes ZERO difference if the people are left handed, Presbyterian, transgender, a … Continue reading

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Theocrazy and the Separation of Church and State

A theocracy, as defined by Miriam Webster is, “government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In my world religion classes, I used the definition: where the laws of the holy … Continue reading

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Moral Codes

We humans are free to have whatever moral code we want. Moral codes are not forced on us. I honestly think that we have little to do with the development of our own moral codes, anyway – they come passively … Continue reading

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Exhortations for Life

Five Exhortations for life: 1) Live a simple life 2) Take your time and don’t live too fast 3) When troubles will come (and they will come), look to God 4) Know yourself and make of yourself someone understandable and … Continue reading

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Origin of Life

nor is [God} served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; Acts 17:25

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Why, Oh, Why?

Someone with whom was having a spirited debate online asked me – in what I detected was a snarky tone – if I was an authority. I answered simply no. In the Miriam Websters online dictionary, the relevant definition here … Continue reading

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