Clockosophia

    

Germans have always been excellent clock-makers and tinkers; but that marvellous ability to work out elaborate and precise systems of interlocking levers and gears should be confined to the such of clocks and not transported over into the world of philosophy.

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Doxology

The outcome-determining question in Job was whether Job would deny God on account of his sufferings. The crucible question for Christians is whether they will praise God in spite of their sufferings. Augustine said that it was no praisworthy thing never to have sinned from never having had the desire to do so. Likewise, it is of no account to praise Him when showered with Cherries from Heaven.

Olde English

'Judge' is Olde English for 'jerk'.

Answers

The answer is always contained within the problem.  Once the problem is understood, the answer is apparent. I'm sure this is nothing new; but it's worth remembering.

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Full of Grease

I am a Calvinist. I believe God adores me. I adore me. Me for Me. I deserve what I can steal because I am full of Grease. Screw others if they starve. God hates them. So do I.
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Importance

Politics is too important to be discussed!

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Obamoptimism

    

It is stuff, not the absence of stuff, that gives rise to hope.  People without stuff have no hope and are at last free.  People with stuff are tied to their hopes.

Imitations

     

If you want to imitate Christ you must be crucified.   Tenderfooting does not qualify.

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Marie & Mary

      

Being Marie Antoinette is obnoxious enough; but when L'Antoinette pretends she is Mary Magdalene, then she has lost her head.
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Adolescence

    

Adolescence is theatre.
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Hasbarah

"Hasbarah" is the ability to beg the question in a thousand different ways.


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History in Amurrka

History in the United States has become a massive exercise in disconnects. .

Here and Now

God is here and now; and he puts up with all this shit. .

The Four Views on Jesus

      

First Apostles:  Jesus was a really good guy who taught neat things and got clobbered.

St. Paul:  Jesus taught neat things, got clobbered and resurrected.

Arius: Jesus was a really great guy who became a god.

Athanasius: Jesus was God come down to our level and then rose back up.

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Ontology

When, I wonder, will fundamentalist atheists ever realize that the existence of God is not a question of fact but a matter of intention.

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Eyes Wide Shut

The problem with Americans is that they are willfully hopeful.

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Dum Pendebat

Christ hung helplessly on the Cross forsaken by his Father. Until Christians face the fact that their’s is a useless god they will fail to ingest the paressence of their faith.

The desire to turn Christianity into a useful, happy productive thing is simply the heresy of the ego. It is the same mistake as that which leads the useful to count their blessings as if this were somehow different from counting coins.

The reason the poor inherit the Kingdom of Heaven is that there is nothing there.

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Thank God for Heretics

Heretics fulfill a useful function: like stone on blade, the error of their ways help us to see the truth. Thank God for heretics! .^.