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The Parable of the Spectacles

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:06:01 -0500

“Why are you back?” The store-owner exclaimed when he saw Magico, the magic spectacles, back on his display shelf. He had just sold it to an odd couple — a pessimist and a dreamer. “Your new owners must be looking for you!” Magico simply

Thanks to All Who Have Blogged About the Fresh Air Fund

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:56:26 -0500

Thank you to all of the bloggers who have blogged about the Fresh Air Fund on their blogs over the last couple weeks! Please explore the posts below: Fresh Air Fund Needs Host Families posted by Jane at Above Average Jane Help Give A Kid A Break T

Identity and behavior: a biblical perspective

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:59:21 -0500

We couldnt avoid this issue any longer. Its about time we dealt with homosexual identity/behavior issue from a bibilcal perspective. Your feedback and critique is welcomed as we work this out with “fear and trembling”. An administrative

The Dark Knight

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:09:00 -0500

Lovehas the innate abilityto look past the humanand see thegodly. -Colette BurnhamLast night we saw The Dark Knight.I'm gonna need to see that again.I never thought I'd see a villain creepier than Buffalo Bill from 'Silence of the Lambs'.A villain wi

Wisdom in Hot Chocolate

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:26:36 -0500

Ever wondered why contentment seems to elude man? When we get that which we’ve always wanted, we are happy and seemingly content for a while. But soon, we will find ourselves wanting something else. Our needs, our wants, just keep coming. We are ne

Fundamentalism: An Existentialist Critique

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:07:43 -0500

Epilogue - I have now completed my series on existentialist ideas as they pertain to fundamentalist and evangelical Christianity. It was an exceptionally brief tour of a complex and rich philosophical tradition, but I hope I have helped impart a som

Finite Possibilities Here :(

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:14:00 -0500

"Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do." ~ John Wooden A good advice I guess. You see, its the infinitude of aspirations and finitude of possibilities that causes despair. Perhaps it is by recognition of this finitude

Existentialism and the Search for Meaning

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:35:04 -0500

Meaning Finally, the issue of meaning resonates powerful among many de-converts, and existentialists addressed it in great depth. Yalom here usefully distinguishes between cosmic meaning and terrestrial meaning (individual, “local” meaning – t

I think, therefore I am

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:49:50 -0500

Today's column continues my review of Dr. Benjamin Wiker's admirable and timely opus, "10 Books that Screwed up the World and 5 Others That Didn't Help." Here, I will do a critique on the very influential French philosopher, René Descartes (1596-165

Existentialism: Freedom and Responsibility

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:11:17 -0500

So far we have reviewed the existentialist themes of death and isolation, why they are considered to be ubiquitous human issues, and why they are important. Then we looked at the fundamentalist Christian “answer” to these issues, and how I sugges

Spare the rod, spoil the child. We’re getting a whipping from mother nature

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:28:26 -0500

… I’m not sure if you’ve noticed it lately, but there’s been great deal of disasters and catastrophes happening. Tsunamis, tornadoes (not just in Texas and Kansas, and coming down the pike at about 10 at a time). Hurricanes, f

Tangled!

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:22:46 -0500

They always tangle or get knotted up! I’m talking about the cords — those highly functional bits of strands without which we cannot turn on your gadgets unless they are battery operated. I untangle them every day, or every other day, but soon

July ESSAY: a short and free Philip K. Dick

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:37:44 -0500

Just one brief assignment for this demanding month, a mere essay, online and free to all: “How to Build a Universe that Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later” by Philip K. Dick As made famous in the film Waking Life’s “Tango

Guilty on all Counts - Round 4 : Page 2

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:49:10 -0500

“Maybe three months until you start showing symptoms, if that. From there, it’s rapidly downhill. Bedridden in six months. Your type of malignancy has a survival rate of about five percent at a year. There are always miracles, of course.” The s

Sartre by the Sea shore , Chromatica

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:51:57 -0500

Sartre by the sea shore Standing on the Beach, Contemplating the Ocean, “Maelstrom, Maelstrom…we all fall in” Gazing toward the wet horizon, With wishful mind of wonder: “Madness, Madness…where do I fit in.” Desert Beach Shore Winds Burn

Fight Club

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:59:22 -0500

Don’t just search inside it, read it. It’s not that long. Fight Club is 224 pages of pure awesomeness. Don’t worry if it confuses you in the beginning, it all makes perfect sense in the end, if not the middle. This is a book that ev

Word of the Day: Spiritualism

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:13:00 -0500

lonely

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:04:00 -0500

Is it possible to be spiritually lonely? Probably not in any ultimate sense, but apparently it is on this limited little level that we're living on. I tend to take things to extremes, and my reluctance to get involved in philosophical and/or spiritua

unknown

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:30:00 -0500

A few days ago I realized that things haven't been going well since I moved out of Jamie's. Actually, it all started before then, with the fire we had in our apartment building. I moved out about six months after that and, I recently realized, I've b

Lamentation of the Dream Un-winged

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:12:39 -0500

From a distance, Dream watched Man staring out at his tiny window, gazing unseeingly at the clouds almost completely concealing the rising moon, sadness hugging him tightly. The soft breeze was sighing, and the crickets were eerily quiet. Dream�