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Job Description

by Vince on November 21, 2008

I think we often forget that this is not in our job description as Christians:

Prove God exists.

I’ll try and remember that.

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by Vince on April 10, 2008

Convenience.

We all cherish it. My friend older friend Robert accuses me of being born with a mouse in my hand. Yeah it’s true we do have the world at our fingertips with the internet.

I wouldn’t blame the internet and todays technology for our dependence on convenience. It’s more than that. Society progresses like crazy and it has become exponential. Progression makes the world smaller and more accessible. I think this is fine. But there is a byproduct of all the progression and convenience.

Wonder.

Is there a lack of wonder that has grown out of our quasi futuristic society?

Technology puts a lot of power in my hands and makes me feel big. When what I really need everyday is to feel small.

Today I will wonder.

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Bedtime Beatdowns and Thomas Hobbes

by Vince on February 12, 2008

For all the philosophy buffs.

I saw this picture:
Thomas Hobbes Bedside table, natural law theory
And immediately thought of this quote:

“…every person ought to endeavor peace as far as he has hope of obtaining it; and when he cannot obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and advantages of war…”

It’s a bedside table that turns into a sweet little weapon. My philosophy classes were my favorites in college.

[tags]Thomas Hobbes, natural law theory, philosophy[/tags]

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Philosophy | Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

by Vince on November 7, 2007

Here is a great way to get your brain moving. Read this.

“Theologians typically focus on questions that they have invented for their own puzzlement. Some theologians are perplexed by the nature of life after death, a notion they have invented without a scrap of evidence. “

More at the John Templeton Foundation.

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