Monthly Archives: July 2025

The Problem of the .4%

0.4%. That is how many non-ethnic Japanese folks there were in Japan in 2023 according to: https://www.japannihon.com/how-racially-diverse-is-japan/. It would be safe to say that ethnic Japanese is the dominant ethnic group in that country. It would be also safe to … Continue reading

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The Wheel Theory of Religion

From my World Religions Course Notes: Divine Wheel Model: The model that asserts that the approach to final unity/acceptance/salvation with the divine is best illustrated by the image of a wheel with a hub, the rim, and spokes. The hub … Continue reading

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President Jesus?

In a recent FP post: There so many issues that you raise here, that it is difficult to figure out which is best to respond to what I consider to be the most overarching question in the original post. Jesus … Continue reading

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Inertia

Imagine you are in a dark basement with no windows and no lights. You are sitting at a table with a joystick and a computer monitor sitting there. The monitor is getting visual and sound signals from a robot you … Continue reading

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Woe to Those Who Are Rich

Is there anything morally wrong with being rich? The Bible has quite a bit to say about it… and much of it negative, but it does not say the rich people becoming less rich will help poor people. Think about … Continue reading

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A Blessed 4th

We have in this country a very broad spectrum of beliefs about our nation, and this is common. One thing that seems to underlie all of them, however, is that living here – at this time – is better than … Continue reading

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