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Finding and misplacing god
07.24.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsAfter browsing some gnostic bloggers, I went and picked up a copy of VALIS, one of Phil K. Dick’s last novels. It’s a trip. He writes: “They ought to make it a binding clause that if you find God you get to keep him.” Assuming they do let you keep God, the problems come when […]
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Yet Another UU does atheism
07.21.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Yet Another UU does atheismCheck it out.
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Response to Hafidha: Atheism is all about Coke
07.20.07 | Permalink | 12 CommentsIn the comments, Hafidha asks me to spell out how I can say I’m not a theist or atheist but then say I’m something of a panentheist. My answer: there’s theism and then there’s theism. By “theism,” most folks usually mean monotheism, with one god who is all-knowing, all-powerful, all-present, and all-loving. Different flavors of […]
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Does ministry make clergy sick?
A friend sent me a provocative article from Pulpit & Pew that notes a fifty year rise in general unhealthiness among Protestant clergy. Fifty years ago, clergy were among the healthiest professional groups. Now the opposite is true. Much of the clergy health problem may be rooted in the very nature of ministry today—what Stephanie […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
Find the atheist
07.14.07 | Permalink | 21 CommentsAn atheist is usually defined as either (a) someone who has no belief in God or (b) someone who believes God doesn’t exist. (Passive vs. active atheism.) Sharon Welch defines her own atheism as someone who does not desire God. Then there are those of us who desire a God we do not believe in. […]
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Can we talk about the weather?
07.11.07 | Permalink | 3 CommentsLast night and tonight my net access fell off at exactly the same time. Then kicked back in when I relaunched the browser. It didn’t do things like this until we switched from DSL to cable. It’s quicker but spotty as hell. So now I’m wishing I had satellite net access so I could bitch […]
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