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Cold Day

Cold Day

by grlucas on 04. Mar, 2010 in Environmentalism, Politics, Religion, Science

When will this cold weather end? Spring Break is next week, and it’s still getting into the thirties every night. This Florida boy gets pretty cranky when exposed to the cold for too long. Besides, we want to begin planting our garden.
Yesterday, in my New Media seminar, we began talking — perhaps a bit off-topic [...]

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WCWJU

by grlucas on 01. Sep, 2009 in Apple, Humor, Politics, Religion, Technoculture

I’m thinking about starting a religion.
Seriously. It seems that only narratives about belief and faith get anywhere in this country these days. Facts are irrelevant — too pedestrian. Loud opinion is king, and my don’t we have plenty of it to go around? Not only do we like opinions, but we seem to relish uninformed, [...]

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God Is a Comedian

by grlucas on 21. Nov, 2008 in Literature, Religion

From today’s Writer’s Almanac:
It’s the birthday of Voltaire, (books by this author) the man who helped spark the Enlightenment in France, born François-Marie Arouet in Paris (1694). He was a well-known playwright and poet. He spent most of his late life in exile, and he wrote most of his work from England. In the [...]

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Bukowski on God

Bukowski on God

by grlucas on 06. Sep, 2008 in Literature, Religion

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own [...]

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