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Category: Humanities

By oopsjohn Posted on January 18, 2017January 18, 2017

Stray Thoughts #3: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw

“SMOKE & MIRRORS?“ Why is it taboo in nearly every corner of our culture to question religion? Religion is so sheltered from criticism that it allows perfectly sane/intelligent people to believe … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #3: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw

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Categories: Elvis, Humanities, Ideas, Religion, Transubstantiation
By oopsjohn Posted on January 3, 2017January 6, 2017

Stray Thoughts #1: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw

“THE WARM FUZZIES OF BELIEVING” Can a belief give life meaning and purpose? Make people happy? I’m ecstatic because I’m going to marry Sandra Bullock. I know in the depths … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #1: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw

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Categories: Humanities, Ideas, Life, Religion
By oopsjohn Posted on December 31, 2016January 1, 2017

Thoughts to usher in a New Year

“A demagogue like Trump is what you get when you turn culture and the press into burlesque.”  –  Chris Hedges –   Postmodern, post-humanist, post-factual – there seems to be … Continue reading Thoughts to usher in a New Year

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Categories: culture, Donald Trump, fake news, human nature, Humanities, Ideas, Religion
By oopsjohn Posted on September 4, 2016December 9, 2017

Art Redefined

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW “I view meat cutting as an art” In my online humanities class I ask students at the beginning of each semester to introduce themselves, and in so … Continue reading Art Redefined

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Categories: Animals, Elk, Humanities, Livingston, Montana, Teaching
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By oopsjohn Posted on May 23, 2014May 24, 2014

Dumb & Dumber

I had to give this sign in Kansas a double take before I caught the spelling error. But it reminded me of a sign I past in South Georgia a … Continue reading Dumb & Dumber

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Categories: Humanities, Teaching, Travel
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By oopsjohn Posted on April 14, 2014

Jehovah’s Witness Coed Cheats On Exam, Pastafarian Professor Forgives Her

It’s difficult to cheat on an open-book multiple choice test.  But yesterday an online student accidentally emailed me prima facia evidence of just such a snafu, prompting the following conversational … Continue reading Jehovah’s Witness Coed Cheats On Exam, Pastafarian Professor Forgives Her

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Categories: Humanities, Teaching
By oopsjohn Posted on February 4, 2014

Always Now

– A liberating truth that seems simple but has to be learned over & over again – 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Categories: Humanities, Ideas, Life, Philosophy, Religion
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By oopsjohn Posted on December 17, 2012December 17, 2012

Different Drummers

No electricity No running water Native language not written down Religion passed down orally from generation to generation Such is the way with the oldest continually inhabited community in the … Continue reading Different Drummers

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Categories: Humanities, John Hayes, Photography
By oopsjohn Posted on August 25, 2012October 20, 2012

Alley (oops!) Abstracts

As a teacher I never backed away from a fight. My job was to provoke, to engage, to strike a match & kindle the G-Spot in a virgin intellect. So … Continue reading Alley (oops!) Abstracts

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Categories: Art/Artists, Humanities, Ideas, TeachingTags: 20th C. Art, Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting, Drip Painting, graffiti, Jackson Pollock, john hayes, Modern Art, oopsjohn, photography, Willem de Kooning
By oopsjohn Posted on July 22, 2012August 3, 2016

God On Trial

DID GOD ABANDON HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE DURING THE HOLOCAUST? part of an ongoing discussion of “Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People” In a hut in Auschwitz a group … Continue reading God On Trial

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Categories: Humanities, Ideas, Philosophy, Religion
By oopsjohn Posted on June 24, 2012August 3, 2016

Attempted Solution #5: Virtue

SUFFERING ALLOWS POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS TO DEVELOP? part of an ongoing discussion of “Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People” Hemingway once said something about how life breaks everyone, … Continue reading Attempted Solution #5: Virtue

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Categories: Humanities, Ideas, Philosophy, Religion
By oopsjohn Posted on June 2, 2012June 2, 2012

The Burden of Proof

Do We Need To Prove The Existence of God? – part of an ongoing examination of the question: “Does God Exist?” – Is it possible to PROVE the existence of … Continue reading The Burden of Proof

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Categories: Humanities, Ideas, Philosophy, Religion

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Hello & Welcome!

I’m John Hayes – aka oopsjohn, the ‘holy goof’ – an enigmatic septuagenarian with Pantagruelian appetites and a near-fatal tendency to ask too many questions.

Expect to find on this site an ever-evolving and widely diverse collection of “pics & quips” as well as conjectures and reflections designed to inform and engage.

I have no ax to grind or soapbox opinions to bludgeon you with (sic!), although I often play ‘devil’s advocate’ in order to encourage critical thinking.

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