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Comment on There’s U308 In Them Thar Hills by Erik Hunter

Erik Hunter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:50:34 +0000

Great article!

You did your homework!

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Comment on On The Bookshelf by mike

mike — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:45:31 +0000

It’s fixed. You know, the problem with all you software developer types is that you hate broken windows. And just so you don’t feel too smug, you should’ve noticed that the link to Uris’ book was broken also.

Comment on On The Bookshelf by Jon

Jon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:30:43 +0000

Dude,

The link for Martial Power goes to Early Asimov!

You’re falling behind on you posting. You’d think that since it’s too cold to run, you’d have time on your hands..

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Comment on Playing Poker with Pascal by Bible Verse of The Day

Bible Verse of The Day — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:59:54 +0000

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Comment on There’s U308 In Them Thar Hills by Jen

Jen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:02:53 +0000

Thanks – this article was really helpful. Go college, go.

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ranjit — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:37 +0000

interesting article. thanks.

Comment on Get Your Gunn…update by Your good friend

Your good friend — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:21:40 +0000

It is sad, my good friend, that the church is (and always has been) plagued by such evil. Hypocrisy is much more insidious than evil such as this. Jesus would and does not advocate such acts and propaganda as perpetrated by organizations such as “the army of god”. In fact, if you look at how he treated “sinners” in his day you would find that he first showed his love for them, while also revealing to them where they were wrong. When they repented, he praised them and rejoiced (woman at the well, Mary Magdalene, the tax collector). When they did not, he wept and still loved them (the rich young ruler, his weeping over Jerusalem). It was the hypocrites that he ripped (the money changers in the temple, Woes to the Pharisees & Sadducees). He even went as far as to call them wicked vipers and children of the devil…just plain evil.

Whether one believes that evil is a human condition and nothing more or one believes that there is evil in the world as a result of the devil and his influence on the human condition. The fact is evil does exist. The evil perpetrated by organizations such as “the army of god” and other religious extremists or even individuals such as the young man who slaughtered the students at Virginia Tech or even the Hitlers of the world; these are not the evils that scare me. The greater evil is our indifference to the conditions in our society that we sweep under the rug such as abuse of certain constitutional rights in the name of personal freedom, the abuse of political power, the entitlement mindset of society and corporate greed. These are the more subtle issues that create fertile soil for evil to flourish.

However, violence will not solve these. Jesus dealt with these issues as issues of the heart. None of these abuses, hypocrisies or evils will change without first changing our hearts, first as individuals then as communities and then as a nation and then as a world. That sounds ridiculously utopia like I know. Jesus agreed with that. He said that these are things we will deal with in ever increasing intensity until his return. That is one of the parts of the gospel that requires a great measure of faith. But, it gives us hope for a future. This I know; it is a future that only God can create. If it is left up to man…God help us. Just look around at the Muslim extremists, the army of god, our politicians, our neighbors, our co-workers, our children, our spouses…oh, I forgot don’t forget to look in the mirror.

This of course is just my opinion…have a blessed day my good friend.