This is the first in a series of meditations on the meaning of the ‘passion’ and the resurrection as documented in the New Testament.
It is my firm belief that this is one of the most important questions we can ask. It is truly miraculous that we can actually find meaningful answers if we are patient, [...]
The Death of God ?
Mar 24
Her home was as a certain writer described heaven: Where all which was not music was silence … So Screwtape tells Wormwood in his scathing rebuke of the tempter’s failures to head off the ‘disastrous’ encounter with a newly discovered potential girlfriend.
Screwtape then digresses to comment on how ‘disgusting’ the two ‘extremes’ are — music [...]
This is a series of posts documenting my thinking and research on the ideas of how knowing is related to infinity, God and logic.
Logic is a discipline. There are attributes and patterns which ‘reason’ admits which can be abstracted, formalized and systematized. Formal logical systems provide the context for acts of reason to be elevated [...]
He (God) made the pleasures: all our research so far has not enabled us to produce one. All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden. Hence we always try to work away from [...]
Psalm 45: What is This?
Mar 8
You can find a rendering of Psalm 45 in the ESV here.
I recall the first time I tried to meditate on Psalm 45. I did not want to offend God so I tried to adopt a spirit of humility and contrition. I tried to convince myself that there was a good deal to be learned [...]
Death Winds in March
Mar 4
From page 134.
Martin Luther. A.D. 1546.
Leader of the German Reformation.
Eternal, merciful God, Thou hast revealed to me Thy dear Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Him I have taught, Him I have confessed, Him I love as my Saviour and Redeemer, whom the wicked persecute, dishonor, and reproach. Take my soul up to Thee, Father; into [...]
Jargon, not argument, is your best ally in keeping him from the Church. Don’t waste time trying to make him think that materialism is true! Make him think it is strong, or stark, or courageous—that it is the philosophy of the future. That’s the sort of thing he cares about.
That statement is as true today [...]
The Fibonacci Numbers
Dec 22
The Fibonacci Numbers are a beautiful example of a mathematical phenomena which finds ubiquitous expression in nature. The definition is often given inductively.
Let let and for define This resulting sequence is called the Fibonacci Sequence and its terms are the Fibonacci numbers. A great display of visual resources demonstrating the occurrence [...]
This has been a most curious result which I have been reflecting on over the last several days.
I must say … when I learned it, I had scarcely little comprehension of its meaning. Now I am beginning to understand a little bit and it is truly amazing!
The Axiom of Choice is an hypothesized ‘truth’ which [...]
I do not believe that the concept of ‘addiction’ as it is classically understood has much correspondence with reality.
Classical ‘addiction’ language is often closely attended by the notion of a ‘disease model’ for ‘recovery’.
This post will discuss some severe problems with the disease model for recovery and provide a basis for an approach to sanity [...]