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God: The Universal Origin of the 7-day Week

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

I have always just assumed that the natural celestial cycles (perhaps lunar) determined the 7 day week.  Imagine my surprise to learn that God set this number arbitrarily and then gave it to man!
A close friend of mine made me curious about this very question by claiming that the 7 day week was support for [...]

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Tags: God · Philosophy of Religion · Spirituality

My Trip to the Hunting Store

June 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

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In this (slightly longer post) I will begin with a statement of my personal position on the vegan life which I really don’t think I could handle.  I then qualify that by explaining the origins of my love for nature.  Finally, I begin the real meat of the story with a description of what seems [...]

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Tags: Animal-Rights · Environment · Racism · Spirituality

Intelligent Design vs. Randomness

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I posted a question to my facebook page the other day, which was misunderstood by at least one person.  Like so few arguments, it began with an engaging distractor, before the final reveal.  Here is the question again, exactly as I posted it originally:
“Still no “complex” signals at SETI! Imagine though a signal at several [...]

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Tags: Philosophy of Science · Spirituality