February 2010
3 posts
“I am generally what is called a ‘weak’ atheist. I will point...
– This is the answer I should give when people ask me “What do you believe in?” or “What religion are you?” Unfortunately, an underlying fear of being chastised by someone who cares enough to ask me something like that shakes me, and I respond with a weak “I was raised...
January 2010
9 posts
The Scientific Method
In participating in online debates, primarily about evolution vs. creationism, I find it painfully obvious that most people do not have a thorough understanding of the terms and methods used in the Scientific Method. This post will be about terms, methods, and ideologies associated with the Scientific Method (SM), and will hopefully build on the other “science” posts I’ve...
Impossible Perception
Space, dimension, the universe; it encompasses all that we can ever know and experience. It is this infinite, unending expanse filled with every possible thing we can imagine as well as many things beyond it. However, the revelation will eventually come that despite our dawning comprehension of the concept of infinity, (not infinity itself, but its concept) we will never understand things that...
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Inescapable Reality; False Reality
Just for a moment, I want you to think about the world around you, close your eyes and picture the room you’re in, the flooring, the windows, the doors, the color of the walls, the smell of the room, the noises around you, within you, try to feel the clothes on your skin, try to feel your pulse in your fingertips, try to feel the air, still or moving, on your face, its temperature… then open your...
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Somewhere Between the Letter and the Spirit
Duality is human nature. This is the only real conclusion I’ve made in my examination of people. Listening to people talking, I’ve found that there’s a stark difference between what people say and what they mean.
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.’ ~Lewis...
I want to take you on a Strange journey.
I believe this is my third attempt at starting a blog. Hopefully it will be my last, because I’ve had trouble coming up with thoughts coherent enough to be spelled out and published without too much confusion and confustication.
In this blog, I will spill out important events as I see them. Hopefully my view will be different from yours (the reader) and will give you an alternate view of...
May the saddest day of your future be greater than the happiest day of your...
– ~Gaelic Farewell