I like the photograph above. It both expresses the love that a father has for his child, and the way his child will see him when s/he becomes a teenager. The good news is that then they become adults and you go back to being plain old father. In fact, in some ways Luke Skywalker’s […]
Holiness and Apologetics
From Quora Atheism: If Jesus’s existence is claimed to be a fact and so are his supposed miracles, why do you, as an atheist, still choose not to believe in him? XXXXXX still struck speechless by a starlit sky Votes by [names edited out] If Mohammed’s existence is a fact and so are his teachings, […]
Photoshop musings
This will be real short tonight. The photo above comes from a website that shows just how much changing one can do on a human face, or a human body, simply by using Photoshop. My favorite one was the one above, in which a person who looks like he has seen the hard side of […]
Wow, a sin map
The maps below come from a study done by Kansas State University. I am not fully sure how good it is. But, their methodology is interesting. For instance, lust was graphed by looking at STD patterns in the USA. Enjoy looking at the maps, and seeing where your area stands on the sin scales. From […]
Internet myths and truth
By now, all of us are aware that you can find many false claims on the Internet. Yet, at one time or another, we have all been taken in by an Internet myth, by both print stories and by video stories. Why is this so? Well, there are several reasons: Let’s face it. Incredible things […]
Hobbits?
No, I have no explanation for the photograph above. The only place that I have seen it is on Hyperdox Herman. However, see the photograph below from a post of mine from nearly four years ago. Look at the chalice. I believe that it is the same one. As to whether this is the same […]
Inculturation or Syncretism, it is hard to know, part 03
It is not my intent to offend with the picture above, but it most certainly does give a good visual example of what happens when there is syncretism. Syncretism is not merely the use of practices or clothing or even similar sounding names from another culture. Syncretism is the transfer not simply of a practice […]
Inculturation or Syncretism, it is hard to know, part 02
Yesterday, I wrote about the difference between inculturation and syncretism, about a passionate and a dispassionate analysis of how a new religion interacts with the old existing culture. But, today I am going to mention that sometimes the adoption of cultural practices is purely accidental. The photograph above is of a Native American kiva. Notice […]
Inculturation or Syncretism, it is hard to know, part 01
The photo above is of a fresco found in a Roman Catholic Church in Chivay, Perú. I would pass through Chivay on my way from Arequipa to Cabanaconde where I would mount a mule to go to celebrate the Liturgy in Choclo. Choclo is an indigenous (Quechua) village in the Colca Canyon. However, if in […]
When using Hitler terminology goes way over the line
I wish I could tell you that the comic above is not true, but sadly, the first panel is completely true. It is an actual quote from a billionaire named, yes, Tom Perkins, from the last couple of days. While Republican are upset that someone dares to raise the minimum wage for those employees over […]
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