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Human Nature
Why must “human nature” be considered some mad blasphemy, an otherwise repulsive state save for its chance to teach us fate and providence are not without a sense of humor, lest we doubt; and if not heresy gone wild, the … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, daily poems, deities, happiness, humanity, nature, spirituality
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The Camel in the Room
Tonight, I answered questions from a survey-taking girl who wished to know where I weighed in on God’s place in the world. The purpose for the questions seemed to me a bit unclear; more fodder for pro-Christian ranting or control, … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdity, Christianity, conversations, debate, ecumenics, proselytizing, religion, spirituality, surveys
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Preparation for the journey
What is required of me, that you will listen and subsequently think on what I’ve said? No matter how inane a task, my mission will be to fulfill that desire, instead of simply guessing what you like to read then … Continue reading
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Tagged companionship, conversations, destinations, journeys, spirituality, travel
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Whence the morning comes
All brave words pale to whimpered, mewling sighs; great structures crumble to their timber’s dust; aged soldiers’ shouts turn into babies’ cries, their heroism’s bread gnawed to the crust. Proud governments dissemble into gangs; philosophers’ grand speeches become babbles; elaborate … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, defeat, disillusion, grace, morning, pointlessness, religion, spirituality
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What good is art
What good is art if it does not instruct, or for our “better angels” cast new wings beyond utilitarian design, reminding us that beauty without form is doomed, under the sheer weight of itself to force its rigid framing to … Continue reading
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Tagged appearances, art, culture, education, purpose, religion, spirituality, substance
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Stupid War
The first draft of this song dates from 1975, when I was ten years old. I subsequently revised it in about 1985. I read in the papers ’bout the war today: we’re going to die from an overdose of moral … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged commercialism, ignorance, mass media, pointlessness, spirituality, war
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Take heart, ye wayworn pilgrims
Take heart, ye wayworn pilgrims on the road to finding out, who’ve braved the elements of fear, delusion, pride and doubt, and found on your long journey not a sole epiphany except that destinations often are illusory. Take heart, ye … Continue reading
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Tagged deities, destinations, pilgrimmages, seeking, spirituality, travel
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