Those of you who read this blog know that I can’t get off this science/religion wagon. I think what really fuels it is that I read techie blogs when I want to procrastinate something else. One of the major issues … Continue reading
Prayer this morning led me to a snippet of scripture – “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” It’s from a famous passage – a passage that shines a light on human blindness and that starkly … Continue reading
I like Seth Godin’s stuff but I don’t agree 100% with everything he writes. In this post he conflates professionalism with continuous improvement, and then he conflates continuous improvement with scientific observation. He contrasts the professional (scientific) approach with a … Continue reading
… can’t make men good. We can eradicate a disease but we can’t free ourselves from the fear that someone will use it against us as a biological weapon. The kicker is, someone might; worse things have been done. It is … Continue reading
What if everything we did was an act of worship? We live in a modern world. A wonderful, rational, enlightened modern world where we have put behind all silly pagan beliefs. We understand things now and we don’t have time … Continue reading
I think this comic illustrates it very nicely. When it comes right down to it, who wants to believe in an emasculated, abstract God who is either powerless or unwilling to make the world (reality) better? If such a God … Continue reading
The more I think about Scientific Dinosaurs, the more I believe that we are Science Worshipers. I think one way of demonstrating this is by asking the question, “Where do we place our hope?” Hope is another of those basic … Continue reading
The $1,000,000 Dinosaur Apparently, people pay a lot of money for dinosaur bones. At least, they do at dinosaur bone auctions. I wonder why. Granted, near-complete allosaurus skeletons don’t exactly grow on trees – how big a tree would that … Continue reading
What? Then Now Winner Clothes Animal skins, horsehair Fuzzy fleeces, blue jeans NOW Houses Caves, huts, villas Villas, condos, skyscrapers NOW Weapons Clubs,swords,bows Tanks, satellite defence systems NOW Science Humours, Flat Earth, Alchemy Relativity, String Theory NOW Philosophy Aristotle Wittgenstein … Continue reading
The very nature of faith is that you don’t (and shouldn’t be) rational about it. In fact, you’re entitled to be aghast when anyone confronts you with proof. Proof and rationality aren’t the point. Seth is right about so many … Continue reading