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The Gordian Knot

An election draws near, our beloved land is badly torn, and the world seems a cloud of flammable gas begging for the winds, the sparks of war.  Reading Euripides’ Plays from 122 score years past,  at least the sorrows of the play are given causal voice, and solutions that we may abhor.  For us, causality…

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Icons, Populism, and Iconoclasm

Introduction Since the earliest recorded times, the human story has been passed down by cave paintings, drawings, carvings, sculpture, oral stories, music, and eventually written texts to enable cultures to exist in continuity while still evolving towards a better state.  Common yet incorrect beliefs notwithstanding, our most remote ancestors did not convey gods as the…

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Addictis

I sat down wondering what I’d write and the Requiem Mass, Dies Irae, “voca me”, call me,  sprang into my head, particularly the verse talking about the enslaved or sentenced “addictis”, Mozart fans will recognized the tune in my head.  But it is not about the Dies Irae, the day of wrath – Judgement day…

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The Creed

Intent In this post, I intend to provide information helpful to seekers like me who’ve had reservations about the Nicene Creed and whether or not Jesus is truly begotten by and of the same substance as God the Father.  For over 50 years, I have said the Nicene Creed but parts of it have not…

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Israel and Gaza

When we contemplate events, what should be done, whom we should support, and other important matters, a context as well as truthful, objective information is required to arrive at a well made decision.  Resulting stances and actions, persisting over time, may change depending on truthful and objective information. The History Our views of the middle…