On the ‘Birthing’ of New Futures There is an axiom that has been repeated many times over the years, which states: “He who does not know the past is doomed to repeat it.” Written by Spanish-American philosopher, Jorge Agustín Nicolás de Santayana (1863-1952), the phrase is often pounded home by activists who are in angry opposition to the status quo.…
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Thoughts on God: When 'S%&t' Happens
Sit a spell and relax. Here’s a nice place for ya. Have you ever noticed the subtle or sometimes blatant suggestion that if anything “goes wrong” in our life, then it’s an indication that we haven’t “embraced God enough?” We haven’t praised Him enough, or we haven’t accepted His only begotten son as our Lord and Savior. Or perhaps we…
Read MoreThoughts on Existence: Exteriorism…
Yesterday while doing errands, with my mind was on mundane issues of the day, a word popped in from out of the blue. EXTERIORISM. “Hm…” I thought, “that’s interesting.” I had never heard it before, but it instantly had meaning to me. So I wrote it down on the first thing I could get my hands on, so as to…
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