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  • Reasons vs. proofs of God's existence. (This thought wasn't related to the sermon, but was something I was thinking earlier in the week, and sitting in church reminded me of it.)
  • Glenn stipulates that religion in America is becoming "ceremonial, private religion".
  • Christians are of two kingdoms. They should be obeying God's kingdom laws while they live in a worldly kingdom.
  • People are more afraid of traffic cops than of God's requirements for holiness.
  • Interesting thing, this.
  • Good, it works. I couldn't edit it before from my phone. Have to say, happy.

 

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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:32:43 -0700 Demonym -- less evil than you think! http://bassjas.posterous.com/demonym-less-evil-than-you-think http://bassjas.posterous.com/demonym-less-evil-than-you-think
I had never come across this word before, but "demonym" is the term for what you call people from a locality. "Baltimorean" and "Dutch" are demonyms for those people from Baltimore and the Netherlands respectively.

The word comes from the greek "demos" meaning people and suffix "nym" meaning name.

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Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:15:27 -0700 The Psychology of Christianity http://bassjas.posterous.com/the-psychology-of-christianity http://bassjas.posterous.com/the-psychology-of-christianity

From the article, On the Third Day He Rose Again at the blog Experimental Theology.

Many people are psychologically crippled by a fear of death. And this isn’t necessarily a conscious battle. As Ernest Becker argued in his book The Denial of Death, much of our lives are actively involved in repressing our existential anxieties, usually via our efforts to be “significant” or to “make a difference.” According to Becker, most of our self-esteem projects are simply elaborate death repression mechanisms. We want to be “noticed” by a cosmos that seems largely indifferent to our birth, life and eventual death. So we fight to be noticed by the cosmos. “Hey Cosmos, look at me! I’m smart, talented, unique, special and have achieved a lot in life! For example, look how many hits my blog has!”

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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:20:00 -0700 I am a Terrible Investment http://bassjas.posterous.com/i-am-a-terrible-investment http://bassjas.posterous.com/i-am-a-terrible-investment

I've just realized that I represent a terrible option for anyone seeking to invest time or money into a person.  I had a full scholarship for my undergrad degree and I'm not working in anything remotely close to that field anymore.  If they were hoping I'd become a famous alum and direct people into their program, whoops!  Terrible waste of scholarship money there.

I also realize that I've been given a "second chance" since recovering from a potentially grave illness a few years ago.  For the sake of my investment analogy, lets put it in banker language and call that second chance "borrowed time".  What have I done since then?  I have to admit that many measures of my output or productivity or value as a person have taken a real nosedive since then.  After such a loan, wouldn't you expect me to get cracking on paying it back with interest?  To get to work cramming more experiences and accomplishments into that borrowed time than would normally fit there?

I don't like this analysis, but I think it's accurate.  I represent a terrible investment.

Maybe new management could turn this around.

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:39:35 -0700 Big Bang Abandoned http://bassjas.posterous.com/big-bang-abandoned http://bassjas.posterous.com/big-bang-abandoned

I thought that the Big Bang was an established feature of “real” cosmology but apparently some interpretations of the cosmological data support doing away with the idea.

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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:48:56 -0700 Star Wars Photos http://bassjas.posterous.com/star-wars-photos http://bassjas.posterous.com/star-wars-photos

I’ve posted a set of photos at Flickr.com from Star Wars night at the local minor league baseball stadium. It was dreadfully hot that night but all the littlest Colemans had a great time.

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:00 -0700 A lamp held in one hand http://bassjas.posterous.com/a-lamp-held-in-one-hand http://bassjas.posterous.com/a-lamp-held-in-one-hand

The title of this post comes from a great line in a poem accompanying this photo.

In the full context of the poem it’s implied that love is the lamp held in one hand. I’m enjoying rolling that image around in my brain. The lamp doesn’t hang on a peg at your house while you try to stay within its radius — the love isn’t only love while you’re nearby. Instead you carry it with you and it helps you navigate the rest of the world. And what do you do with your free hand? The one not holding the lamp?  And no matter what you do with that free hand, aren’t you a little restricted in your movements and actions by not having two hands available to help?  Wouldn’t it be easier if you had both hands free, so maybe you’re tempted to put down the lamp for awhile sometimes?

Love is a lamp held in one hand. Great, full image.

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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:52:24 -0800 Dipping the Toe http://bassjas.posterous.com/dipping-the-toe http://bassjas.posterous.com/dipping-the-toe First try with Posterous.com.  Love the name.

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