A Cadastral mind is defined by Google’s AI overview as “a structured, analytical, and organized way of thinking that mimics a cadastre—the comprehensive, public, and detailed recording system of land ownership, boundaries, and value.” {For a biblical reflection of boundaries, see chapt 2 [pg 6] of Running over) I remember the first time I heard the … More Freakuency
I’m still suffering some internal trauma from recently blocking an old friend from accessing me on social media. I am philosophically inclined to place a premium on human relationships which generally require over time high tolerance levels to maintain and nurture, so watching myself get into the highhanded mindset of contemptuous judge (and any judge … More Culture-shaping Conversation
Up to this point, scarcity of resources has served the human species extra-ordinarily well. It has been the source of all wars, the foundation of our economies, the impetus for all adventure, discovery and innovation. Although there is no substantial proof that any such condition actually exists in Nature* ( except when viewed through the … More The End is Near: Can we learn to cope with super-abundance?
A friend sent me two blog posts from Frank Viola, one of the top Christian bloggers on the internet. The first: To my miracle-obsessed Friends, the second: To my miracle-doubting friends. Should I summarize and de-theologize his main argument? ‘Character is more important than spiritual power’. However, Frank is talking to church people, who by … More It’ll take a miracle
In my article, What do you think about Jesus, I expressed serious doubt that Science could replace Scripture as a source of inspiration. The notion that String Theory….even Super Unified String Theory might contribute to, clarify or even support Christian Theology however, is not an idea to be scoffed at without a hearing. I made … More Unity in Diversity
[dedicated to my 1 billion beloved brothers and sisters worldwide who identify as atheist/ agnostic/secular humanist / non religious] Sam Harris thinks that Jesus, (and Mohammed and Krishna and every other prophet of an ancient fabled deity) should be banished from the public square and the political, legal and educational systems of modern nations. Sam, … More What do you think about Jesus?
As I wish was already evident to all, there is absolutely no sound rationale for rejecting that dimension of human experience we call the ‘supernatural’ (and every pragmatic reason for seeking to understand, harness and utilize that dimension for healing, progressive innovation, and human and environmental development. (as my friends at http://www.opensciences.org have already made … More The Cosmological Foundations of Faith
These are the questions sane persons would be asking in droves….and since I’m sane, I’m asking. Don’t tell me you’re a Jamaican and don’t know who the guy in the pic is. You’ve probably been sold on the idea that as Jamaicans, we should stay in our lane – music, athletics, rhetoric. That’s the brand. … More No more gas bill!!!!
For several years now, decades in fact, I have been a proponent of a generic definition of religion allowing it to apply to some phenomena popularly denied the association, such as Atheism – a religious philosophy (a thing I thought obvious in that the philosophy defines itself in terms of Theos – a religious term) … More Defining Religion
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