More apocalypse, less angst
There certainly is a great deal of darkness in the dense Congolese jungle — but its causes lie elsewhere, in the bright executive offices of our banks and high-tech companies. In order to truly awaken from the capitalist “dogmatic dream” (as Kant would have… Continue Reading “Equivalence.”
The best proof we have that life is good, and therefore that there may perhaps be a God after all, who has our welfare at heart, is that to each of us, on the day we are born, comes the music of Johann Sebastian… Continue Reading “On J. S. Bach”
I have long thought that the story of the Garden of Eden and the fall of Adam and Eve as an allegory for the advent of civilization – and specifically the transition from hunter/gatherer existence to agricultural toil. The timelines don’t quite match up… Continue Reading “My Sunday thought.”
“…it is questionable whether Christ departed from life with the words we find in the Holy Scriptures, those of Mathew and Mark, My God, my God, why hast Thous forsaken me, or those of Luke, Father, into Thine hand I commit my spirit, or… Continue Reading “Bad to worse.”
(For some reason WordPress Dashboard is showing up really screwy in my Firefox browser, but not in IE – this has been going on for a couple of days and I can not figure out how that could suddenly happen. If anyone out there… Continue Reading “Not everything is harassment.”