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Month: February 2022

Avoiding Sudden Destruction

Avoiding Sudden Destruction

It has been widely reported in national news media that the world’s elites—the wealthiest of the wealthy and the most dominant of the dominators—are investing vast sums in modern-day bomb shelters for themselves and their loved ones.  These hardened shelters are said to be fortified against most any danger, from riot to invasion and are built to withstand any threat short of a direct hit by a thermonuclear missile. Most of these strongholds are at least partially buried and the best…

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To Die But Not Perish

To Die But Not Perish

The world is a dangerous place.  Bad actors do bad things.  Human beings can miss the point of their own stories.  Sometimes one’s life or even one’s day does not unfold as planned.  People minding their own business may be hurt or killed through no fault of their own.  There is such a thing as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.  A tower may suddenly collapse on you.  Death does not discriminate.  No one is immune. These are but some of the observations to be…

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Religion Or Relationship?

Religion Or Relationship?

For this week’s column, I perused dictionary definitions of the word, “religion.”  What I found wasn’t pretty.  I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say, it was all about “bonds,” “obligations,” “duties,” “practices,” “rites,” “rituals”—mainly overt actions performed by human beings compelled to do so by the tenets of the particular system to which they adhere. Few sources even got ‘round to mentioning “beliefs.”  No hint was provided as to God’s role, if any.  Much was said about conformity and tradition, but…

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