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Theological debates get my goat #smbc
Saturday. Morning. Breakfast. Cereal. That is all. Really must finish off that King James Bible project. Read the thing, just didn’t blog as I went…
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Repost: “Turkey, Brazil, Prism – what is going on? Cultural Global Civil War”
Yep. What Robert said; Turkey, Brazil, Prism – what is going on? Cultural Global Civil War Marko Djurica/Reuters I am sure that you , like me, have been wondering what is going on as seemingly small issues such as bus … Continue reading
Posted in activism, apocalypse, death, fear, politics, religion
Tagged NSA, prism, Robert Paterson
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Got the “I am ethical” badge, and so now can do whatever I like! Woohooooo!!!!
As a Good Person, anything I do – if my intentions are pure – is beyond moral questioning. Sound familiar? It is basically Tony Blair’s response to any questions about enabling Dick and George and Donald and all those chickenhawks … Continue reading
Posted in a little self-knowledge, activism, politics, religion
Tagged antinomian, antinomianism, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Tony Blair
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Audacious, Cretaceous and Outrageous! or “Tyrannosaurus Sex!”
Via Boing Boing
The wisdom of crowds versus theodicy; theodicy wins.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a brilliant mix of cheap knob gags and the Big Questions. Here’s the latest below.
Posted in death, fear, humour, religion
Tagged Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, theodicy
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Imagine My Surprise…
My friend Marc Roberts put together a fantastic cartoon a few years ago. Here it is as a youtube, with L. Cohen accompanying (unless you’re in Germany, where the video is blocked…)
Posted in a little self-knowledge, apocalypse, climate, framing, humour, natural world, religion, science, technoscience
Tagged 500 year old man, discontinuities, Marc Roberts, paradigms
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Hilarious protest placard
Not words that you often see. Justified…
Posted in activism, humour, politics, religion
Tagged Jesus Christ, socialism, Tea Party
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Sects and Violence
Not physical violence, you understand, but emotional. I don’t know how these sects form; either around someone who needs obedience and affirmation and attracts those who want to give it in exchange for certainty and simplicity, or around an individual … Continue reading
Will Technology Save Us?
The first answer is a question – “Save us from what?” Technology certainly won’t save us from ourselves; from our fear of death, from our fear of insignificance, from our cupidity and stupidity and aggression. It may at best defer … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, climate, religion, technoscience
Tagged langdon winner, luddism, luddites, marshall berman, technology
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Paradigms Lost: Economists and Climate Change
Attention Conservation Notice: Excessively detailed account of a lecture entitled “Mitigating Climate Change – how and why the economists have changed their minds” peppered with snarks about the nature of mainstream economic “thought.” Potentially useful list of sites and links … Continue reading
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