Today
It doesn’t matter whether you are a Jew, a Christian or a Muslim; a Hindu or a Buddhist; a Taoist or a Shamanist; an agnostic or an atheist.
Today is a gift.
It only matters what you do with this gift.
Credo
I believe in the Negative Confession.
I have not done crimes against the people.
I have not sinned in the place of Truth.
I have not caused tears.
It is not always necessary to persuade people to do good. It is only necessary to persuade them not to do evil.
On Certainty
Too many know the answers, too few the questions.
“I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.”
~ Oliver Cromwell
On Teaching
Neither Confucius nor Moses nor the Buddha nor Socrates nor Jesus nor Muhammed owned an electronic device.
On God
They speak of God as if they knew.
“wovon man nicht reden kann, darüber muss man schweren.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein
On Dinosaurs
Pace C S Lewis (De Descriptione Temporum), we need more – not fewer – dinosaurs in an Age of Doctor Dulcimara, dominated as it is by politicians, journalists, “educators” and television evangelists. Not all but sufficient to characterize the times.
On Job Creation
“The government does not create jobs.” Then who employs all those people who work for the government at the local, state and federal levels? And what would happen to unemployment numbers if anyone – Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Anarchist, Antichrist – actually downsized government?
On the BCS Championship
“God favored the Auburn Tigers,” declared the Auburn Coach
“J’ai toujours vu Dieu du coté des gros bataillons.” So Voltaire.
On The Resurrection
Contra “The Best Preacher in America” (so Reader’s Digest), an empty tomb does not prove the Resurrection; and it is un-Christian not to “check one’s brain at the door.”
“There are some truths about God that altogether exceed the capability of human reason. “
~ William of Occam