(cross-posting) My testimony against the people of the United States
To the best of my knowledge a collection of medical professionals have not brought a lawsuit against RFK, Jr.. This is not to be surprised given they are people who get wealthy off the back of the suffering. Nobody will stop RFK, Jr. from kidnapping the sick and disabled. I learned a long time ago …
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Now is not the time to attempt to appeal to reason. God said now is the time for upheaval.
I have been giving some serious thought to the myriad different ways we could collectively overcome the authoritarian front that we are facing. My thoughts traveled through my brainwashed conceptions of Abrahamic-evolved ideas of judgment. But God told me She would not be that Judge. She reminded me that I was thinking of my old …
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Excerpt from Provoking God
One of the comforting things about faith is certainty. One of the most dangerous things about faith is certainty. At the risk of being identified with one certain faith, I am posting the conclusion to my book-length project, Provoking God: Sacred Hope, Social Justice, and the Hebrew Bible. Though I now hear and follow and …
Short Memo: (Expanding a repost) – Considerations for Seeing an Unseen God
I miss praying. It was very centering. Very calming. But I now follow a God who has never been seen or written about. Any attempt to create a spoken prayer would be misguided. It would certainly be influenced by one’s culture and previous exposure to other religions. There is no escaping influence. And there are …
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Note: A Truism from Trek about Theology
This just a short note based on my own experiences and my strong interest in Star Trek. There is a line of dialogue that a brilliant writer, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, probably didn’t know he was getting correct. In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season one episode, “In the Hands of the Prophets” (1993). Vedek …
Note: Righteous Nation Ideology in Science Fiction and Climate Justice Today
John F. Sitton’s criticism in “Hannah Arendt’s Argument for Council Democracy” (Polity, 1987 – link) and Odd Arne Westad’s outline of the Korea’s Neo-Confucian ‘Righteous Nation’ ideology (Empire and Righteous Nation, 2021) perfectly shows what we know about the intended goals of the Abrahamic god, and the limitations of that god’s promises. This is essentially …
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Half-truths are like bad poetry (trivial notes)
By nature people tend to see and hear and they want to see and hear. It really cannot be helped and isn’t going to be washed out of them in the space of a few social media messages. And yet, the all intellectual, justice-striving liberal left has no problem making fun of these very people …
Reposting Meaninglessfull Note on Music and God: the truth of silent observation
Just realized I haven’t listened to any music for a few days now. I do wonder if not listening to music for a while explains how I was so productive [recently]. I once went 6 – 8 years (?) not listening to music in order to get closer to God. It worked. For clarification, I …
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Memo: Will the Fall of the United States Break Capitalism
This is a loose thought that I am not going to develop. Though I could imagine myself getting deep into research to prove my argument, I do not think such a project would be safe to proceed with given the current climate in the United States. However, I did want to introduce this idea. This …
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