Another version of the story told in South Jersey is that a woman gave birth to her first baby. When the baby was born, they were so ugly that the woman cried out that this wasn’t her son, it is the devil’s son. May God give the thing back to him! After saying those words, ...
in the process, put down all those around them, whether here within God’s house or on the other side of these doors in the rest of God’s creation.
Derrick Jensen, whose extraordinary writing I’ve cited before, argues that the abusiveness of our culture is intrinsic to civilization, that the creation and sustenance of cities, the defining project of civilization, requires systematic violence; without violence, why would indigenous people ever per...
The first is the Creation story from the first chapter of Genesis. Instead of speaking the divine words for each of the seven days (“Let there be light,” etc.), God performs an action, since in the Bible God’s word is not just description of an action, but the action itself. For...
If you can, spell the name as it sounds to you. Madalyn will never get mispronunced that way that Madeline does. When in a new setting, use your child’s name often so that the people around you hear it. Hopefully they’re paying attention and they’ll catch on. “Maygan was up ...
Such a changeable God does not exist. …..,. Genesis 3:3-4 (NKJV) but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’“Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely ...
Before we talk science, know this: Believing in the existence of God does not make you or anyone else a Christian. Did you know that? I didn’t know that until I was twenty-six years old. People imagining they are Christians only by believing in God is just one way that millions of...
But let’s go down the rabbit hole further: “Simulacra and Simulation” is open to the essay “On Nihilism.” In it, Baudrillard suggests it does no good to point out “the truth” from within a system that denies or suppresses reality. In those circumstances, your only tool to combat...
I’m glad they are thinking it through before taking such a commitment. And I disagree strongly about the fact that you implied that Sarah should have had an abortion when she found out Trig was going to be a ‘special’ child. He is that way for a reason that God knows. She said ...
Where does bias come from? Commonly from Training data. It can be incomplete, biased or otherwise skewed. It can draw from non-representative samples that are wholly defined before use. Sometimes it is not obvious because it was constructed in a non-transparent way. In addition to human label...