August 2010
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Defining moments in my punk rock life →
Here’s a repost from my best compatriate Michael R. Hawkins.
They’re his defining moment, but part of our two fates being so inextricable is that 4 of his 6 defining moments are also mine!
ENJOY!
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Mechanaphobia
The Self-Checkout lane at the grocery should pose everything as a question. “I wonder if you could swipe your Rewards Card, please?” or “Could you graciously insert coins first and then bills into the bill accepter?” As it stands, these instructions are posed as commands and I don’t like it when machines demand things of me.
You see, I have an irrational fear of...
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In Response to a Biblical challenge on tattoos.
I’ve noticed when Googling “Christians and tattoos” that cogent arguments for the acceptability of Christians tattooing themselves under biblical mandate seem to be sparse. When recently challenged about my own tattoos by a self-recognized “Messianic Jew” (one who believes in Christ but attempts to retain the Jewish traditions associated with early Christianity) I...
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I was asked to sum up "World Religions"
Here was my response:
I will be so bold as to assert that I can sum up World Religions in a single sentence: World Religion is the attempt to reconcile “truth” with “Truth”.
Every religion we’ve study seems to be on a search to take what they feel is right or good, and reconcile it with a force greater then themselves. It’s the search for where our feelings come from. It’s the journey...