“It is my belief that all such [dichotomizing, impersonal, categorical, judgmental] analyses of other human beings are tragic expressions of our own values and needs.” … “Most of us grew up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgements rather than to be aware of what we are feeling and…
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Towards Ever Deeper Fractals of Relationship: Entropy, Chaos, Anarchy, and Panentheism
“I’ve succumbed [to panentheism]…but here’s the thing about panentheism: there is a reasonable probability, and it’s a reasonably well received theory that the Universe is running down, the law of entropy is inevitable, and the arrow of time is irreversible and the best estimate we have right now is that the expansion will expand to…
Christians Are Atheists and Anarchists
“What is interesting here in Daniel (Daniel 3: 13-18)…is the conflation of anarchism and atheism. You’ll recall that the word “atheist” was coined by the Romans to describe the early Christians. This was because Christians rejected the gods of the Romans, denied their legitimacy, ultimacy and existence. In short, there is a conflation between the…
Thoughts on Live Music vs. Recorded Music & Revolution
Matthew: it’s ok sorry if I am missing your point Me: Here is what I’m getting at plain and simple: I think our problem today is not the lack of well accessible content. The crisis for me is that it is disembodied. Me: Sitting around a piano singing together is an act of revolution man….
Anabaptism leads to disorder.
“Papists”, wrote English Protestant Nicholas Lesse in 1550, “although they were right nought for the soul, yet were they good and profitable for the body for civil commonwealths, for the maintenance of civil justice, and all good politic orders. But as for these [Anabaptists] they are neither good for the body nor for the soul:…
A Few Small Thoughts on Health Reform
Let me start by humbly admitting that I don’t know everything. Big surprise huh? It’s true. The healthcare debate that is in full swing right now deals with highly complex issues, and I won’t pretend to know all the details. These are just a few of my humble observations which are completely open for revision….
Absolute Master
“…no matter what God’s power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of a God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.” Jacques Ellul, Anarchy and Christianity. #quotestoolongfortwitter
Few Can Resist the Power
“No mistake or crime is more horrible to God than those committed by power. Why? Because what is official is impersonal, and being impersonal is the greatest insult that can be paid to a person.” ~Kierkegaard The more I live and the more time I have to observe the world around me, the more clearly…