Either “Is Homosexuality A Sin?” OR “Is Homophobia A Sin?”

May 31, 2013 By 32 Comments
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The modern Church’s overall inability to properly engage the culture in which it exists is none the more evident than in the issue of homosexuality. There is nothing more appalling (except perhaps our treatment of African Americans and women), than the pure hatred that the church has shown to the homosexual community. This will be [...]

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The Bible is NOT the WORD OF GOD: a polemic against Christendom

April 9, 2013 By 61 Comments
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The bible is not the WORD OF GOD. And if we believe it as such, then we have made the bible into an idol. The bible has become the Church’s idol. It is the Golden Calf of our day. The ancient Hebrews had taken the God of their forefathers and formed him into their image. [...]

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Lines at Easter

April 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I am an amateur poet. Well, more precisely I scribble on paper and end up throwing it next to my bed in my ever growing pile of papers, or if it’s lucky it ends up in a binder. Whatever that is called, that is what I do. The majority of my poetry focuses on nature, [...]

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Am I Fallen or Falling; Am I Depraved or Lost?

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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I remember when I was a child having this dream that I was falling into some black abyss of nothingness. It’s really strange to have this constant feel of weightlessness. This of course is quite different from those dreams we all have of falling some short distance. We have this incredible sense of panic, which [...]

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For those who know: a modern parable

February 11, 2012 By 4 Comments

It may have occurred to you as strange my friend when the ravenous vultures began to circle and their constant heckle seemed to contradict their once ominous cry. Even then they cried with the same retched tone, without ever saying anything of substance, which could have provided an explanation for their dogma. I suppose if [...]

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