One of the more interesting (but little known) things about Christian theology is the concept of the devil. Most people think of him as this dude in red tights, with a pointy tail and horns and a beard. And a pitchfork. Like an evil ballerina who farms. But actually the devil is immensely beautiful....

Section 5: The Death of Tragedy: Tragedy has had a long history and has always been, and indeed continues to be, of great cultural significance.  Who has not heard of Shakespeare ?  Even my own mother, who left school when she was 15 in 1932 had studied Julius Caesar (not ranked as a trage...

Most circles of thought look at certain habits as being minimal.  Especially the practitioners feel most adamant about habitual usage being "harmless", can never hurt you, or have any negative side effects.  Something that comes from the ground has none of the addictive qualities of pharma...

"People that exalt in acting like assholes are too afraid to be heroes. Embracing your 'inner darkness' is for kids out of highschool. It's not ballsy or cool, it's just laughable. Embracing your inner light is for adults. Real human beings. ~A Quote from the internet, unknown exactly who. Hells Yea...

I was recently talking to a company about their development team’s adoption of new technology, frameworks, and the overall sophistication of their projects.   During the conversation, the IT manager made several comments about wanting to become a more “completeâ€� development shop. Thi...

In a continuation of my jokes forwarded from friends series, this one is from my most regular contributor Andy, who may have been thinking of our friend Mary when he forwarded it. Hee hee hee. Four Retired Guys Four old retired guys are walking down a street in Naples, Florida. They turned a corner ...

CHRISTIAN CARNIVAL II is now up at Christ's Bridge: Christian Carnival ii!...

John Toland (born 1670, died March 11, 1722) was a philosopher most famous for his book Christianity Not Mysterious (1696). In that book, Toland scores some good points against obscurantism and mystery-mongering, but he gets greedy about it, puts God into his Locke-box, and demands that the Deity ca...

It is a happy necessity which obliges wisdom to do good, whereas indifference with regard to good and evil would indicate a lack of goodness or of wisdom. And besides, the indifference which would keep the will in a perfect equipoise would itself be a chimera, as has been already shown: it would off...

Section: Mr Nobody: With this heading I am reminded of the famous song of The Beatles from the 1960s called Nowhere Man . The opening lyrics of this famous song, written by the late John Lennon , are: He's a real nowhere Man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. Does...