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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