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The End of History?

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1. Obviously the MEAN between the delusional extremes of ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS and TEA PARTIERS has become Pete-ism/Yuvalism. 2. Anyone who has taken American Government 101 should have known that the SHUTDOWN would culminate in Republican/House capitulation and the resulting blame game. 3. In . . . . Continue Reading »

Just as I Am (and More)

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That’s who the personal God must be? Here’s what Tom H says in the thread: No significant theologian in the Catholic tradition has ever thought science is sinful (Well, maybe Tertullian–but his irregular situation vis a vis the Church makes his case hardly dispositive). What is . . . . Continue Reading »

This Life and the “Afterlife”

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There’s a very fundamental controversy lurking in the Machiavellian thread below that I want to highlight: Escoffier: The dichotomy may be false to a believer, but Nick is quite the opposite of a believer. There is natural death and that is it, lights out, worm food. The entire supernatural . . . . Continue Reading »