Our four year-old grandson Zeek was sitting on his Nonni’s lap at Christmas Eve service. A little boy in the next row had a book, and the following conversation ensued: Zeek: What does that boy have Nonnie. Nonnie: That’s a Bible Zeek. Zeek: Why? Nonnie: Because the Bible has everything God wants us to know in it. Zeek picked up the Bible in the seatback in front of him and started turning the pages pretending to read. He turned a page and said “God loves us.” He turned another page and said “God loves us.” He turned another page and said “God loves us.” Yep, that’s pretty much what it says Zeek.

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion — and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion… while truth again reverts to a new minority. Soren Kierkegaard, The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard, pt. 5, sct. 3, no 128 (1850)

Here’s the old, old story in animated form: (Never mind one or two odd points, quite good enough for family sharing — and note, dubbed from a version prepared in India. This, is a more traditional short acted movie. And if you want stuff on the “backative” side (as in, it’s not just a fairy tale), try here. This, here, will help on worldviews issues.) And of course, we have a hot thread that was running on is zero even and is now on mathematical abstractions. It seems, Plato’s cave parable is also appropriate: . . . especially given these remarks in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount: Matt 6:19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth Read More ›