Captian's Log Re: Omnipotence 26 May 201827 May 2018 More than once I’ve been confronted by a supposed contradiction within Christian doctrine. It often starts with the question, “So, you believe in an all-powerful God?” Quickly following my assertion,…
Captian's Log Pentecost 2018 20 May 2018 Happy Pentecost! Now that that is out of the way, I’ve been wondering: Why do people say things like, “I had questions,” by way of explaining why they don’t follow…
Captian's Log Sonnet: The Impersonal God 17 May 2018 Please read: The Impersonal God After troubling an acquaintance with my conversation for some hours this day, I was left with what may be described as a myriad of thoughts. I…
Captian's Log In Defense of the Cross 4 May 2018 I forget from whom I first heard the idea, and truly persons are far less interesting to me than the ideas animating them: “Is God really so uncreative that he…
Captian's Log 2018: Easter! 1 Apr 2018 He is risen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bulv857pKmI Also, Jim is back after his “final comment.” I suppose, he'll have an ultimate comment, as well as a closing comment, a finishing comment, ect. Who would…
Captian's Log 2017: Christmas Eve 24 Dec 2017 Wishing you all a merry Christmas; hope you’ve been good this year. Ran across this video, and it reminded me of one of my earliest additions to the blog, Materialism.…
Captian's Log To: My Generation 7 Oct 20177 Oct 2017 Dear My Generation, It’s a meme now, a tired out joke, but it is the whole of materialism. In the light of comedy it is shown for hollow meaningless twaddle,…
Captian's Log The Mask of Religion 30 Sep 2017 I asked myself, this afternoon, what was more important, whether the outward actions of a body or the inner resolutions of a heart evinced the goodness of a person. Specifically,…
Captian's Log Re: Puddleglum 20 Sep 2017 If, at bottom, our only motives are the gratification of our desires, what does materialism offer us? Immediately, it places certain inner wants outside the realm of possibility. Loves, like…
Captian's Log You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile 2 Sep 20172 Sep 2017 This could be an interesting post. Traveling home from a wedding rehearsal, I found my car no longer accelerated. This revelation came as I was merging onto the highway. After…