pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
“Serial Killer?“ Victims There are 1.2 billion people in India, give or take a few dozen Most of those people are Hindus & therefore polytheists The majority of Hindus are … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #5: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw
Kill Your Kid for Cussin’ You If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. Proverbs 20:20 (NAB) All who curse … Continue reading Our Daily Bread: Biblical Insights Into Family Values & Moral Wisdom
“Tennis Anyone?“ When good things happen, God is praised: he miraculously cured you of eczema he graciously found your mother a second mortgage he secretly whispered winning lottery numbers in … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #4: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw
Kill Your Kid for Hitting Daddy “Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death.” Exodus 21:15 (NAB) “If you want good people to do wicked things, you need … Continue reading Our Daily Bread: Biblical Insights Into Family Values & Moral Wisdom
“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
“INTELLIGENT DESIGN?“ Is this the ‘best of all possible worlds’? When you look around, do you see the handiwork of an “intelligent designer”? A pair of unjaundiced eyes might notice the … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #2: 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
“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
Recently the pope informed us that the “world is at war”. The reason he gives in support of his declaration is because “it has lost peace.” Hmnn… I’m tempted to … Continue reading Waiting for Peace to Break Out
– sanctum sanctorum –“Do this, in remembrance of me.” 🙂 🙂 🙂
Russian mobsters? No, worse. Cult fanatics of the Jehovah’s Witnesses variety. In a calm voice I tried to explain to them how the very word ‘Jehovah’ is a mistranslation of … Continue reading “…and I only am escaped alone, to tell thee.”
I’m grading mid-term essays right now. What a bummer! I provide students with several topics to choose from, including this one: The Book of Job asks why bad things happen … Continue reading The Horse & The Fiancé
