What in Hell Happens to the Unsaved?

[Note:  The following is a post directed towards Christians—if you don’t believe in the Christian view of the world, you’ll probably disagree with ALL of the perspectives discussed hereafter.  So you know, I’m not trying to convince anyone to believe these propositions here, but rather want to have a clarifying in-house discussion on the topic.] [...]

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Eight (Films) Is Enough

MY BEST FILMS LIST OF 2008 (I only saw 22 films this year, so it seemed like choosing ten of them was skewing the odds a bit—here are eight for 2008:
1. Wall-E…likely, there is no explanation needed here & you’ve probably seen it and thought it was pretty amazing yourself. (There is hope [...]

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Merry Christmas

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Weakly Wonderings (I)

Just wanted to post something so that I don’t have to think about those odious unions every time I turn on the interweb viewing apparatus (this site, unsurprisingly, is my home page).
A few concepts I have run across in my journeys along the way of getting superhigh on information:
1.  “Apophenia is the experience of seeing [...]

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Live Greedy, Work Union

UPDATE: Just saw this link on Drudge.  So is this where UAW dues go?  I did not know that unions purchased real estate and such as part of their function.  Just remember, they’re fighting for you!
There is currently a debate going on in the actors union SAG, over whether to strike in January because of [...]

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(Old) record reviews Volume 2

Welcome to (old) record reviews, where Pete forces himself to listen to all of the records in his collection and shares his results.  Greg, Elijah or Mark, please explain to me how to abbreviate the portion of this that appears on the front page so I don’t dominate the blog.  Thanks.
Artist/Band: The Album [...]

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Weekend At Bernie’s

In the midst of all our financial turmoil has come the doozy of a story about Bernard L. Madoff and his $50 billion dollar ponzi scheme.  This really is a tragic tale, and one that has hurt a lot of investors including many pensions, trusts, non-profits and, interestingly, foreign banks as well.  It has already [...]

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Room For Optimism

It is very easy to become depressed and cynical when the news you hear all day is peppered with sobering economic forecasts, climate change concerns, and terrorist warnings.  My friend Mark (not myself…I’m not that narcissistic) and I were talking and he told me that he is rather pessimistic about the future, particularly our energy [...]

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Backstage Sessions: The Swell Season

God bless my brother for introducing me to the movie Once.  If you haven’t seen it, you should.  Here is a song performed by Glen Hansard (as Swell Season) who stars in that film…backstage recording by It’s Hard to Find a Friend.  For your weekend enjoyment.

more about “It’s Hard to Find a Friend: Hard to [...]

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Speculative Theology (part I)

Some people believe that where the Bible is silent, we should also be silent. However, I’m not one of those people. I do believe that where the Bible is silent, we should not be dogmatic, but I think it’s fine to speculate on the theological tip. I am aware that the excesses [...]

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