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Let’s continue with the meaning theme I started with The Pursuit of Meaning and illustrated with an Australian example, Spearing Pay Back: Retribution for Peace? ...
Yesterday I had another of those “Should I import into Facebook? Should I not import into Facebook?” moments. I chose “no, don’t import”, as part of the general idea of separating and unlinking the “identities” I have on the ‘net. So I unimporte...
With this post I mean to talk to newcomers to this blog, and in particular, the subset that might hold reasons to not want to read some of the posts or comments here...
In previous discussions contemplating evil and sin (the equality/inequality of) and “not-good-behaviour”, we explored to some degree the kinds of differences of opinion to be had on such matters. Wh...
From Australia’s ABC News, Indigenous leaders urge recognition of traditional punishments: Senior Indigenous people in the Northern Territory have called on the Prime Minister to officially recognise their customary laws including traditional punishments such as spearing. ...
Borrowing from the back of my copy of Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: At the heart of his theory is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. It...
A friend sent in this query some months ago. It took me a bit long to get to it, but finally we’re here. He suggested, for discussion, the topic the equality of sin. Are all sins equal for the God of Christians? ...
About two weeks ago a friend gave me his copy of The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs...
Back in August, we discussed the question Are Cats Evil? The discussion touched on: Can something in the universe be considered inherently “evil”, or is evil rather a human construct, just our way of seeing things? If cats aren’t considered evil, can humans be considered evil? The ...
Prior to relocating, I discovered some of my grandfather’s old books on our family bookshelf that really interested me. On my previous visit home, I kidnapped three, and decided they’re now mine. Fo...
I can’t remember when exactly I watched the movie Wanted, but I do remember the two blog posts it inspired me to write. So here’s the first… Why is “you have to believe!” so pervasive in our culture? The “you have to believe!” meme appears to be hiding around every corner. Including Wa...
The last weekend of August saw me on a mountain bike trip to Flumserberg. Riding the train on my own, I had the opportunity to try out podcasts again. It so turned out that the first podcast I could think of and easily access was Point of Inquiry. I ended up listening to two and a half episodes...
During a recent vacation to South Africa I met up with many old friends, including having tea with my favourite pastor. Many an interesting thing discussed, as usual, as well as catching up with some news, he pointed out an interesting stance: Many seem to think Christianity is about community...
Meta: In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, when, what format the data are in and so on)...
