Monday, July 06, 2020

New birthday tradition?

My birthday is today, but the three stooges took me out for an excellent Greek dinner last night.
Much appreciated.

This is my new birthday Pop figure, I expect to see different characters appear as more friends have
birthdays. Thankfully, I do not have a dome, or the visual similarities could be
'terrifying'.

Many thanks, Miss CIA.

Last evening. The long walk after dinner.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Quote: There is a God, and it is not you

Photos from Zoom: June 26, 2020

The lead quote is from a former pastor of mine.

You and I are not God or god, as we are, with two key points
 not infinite and eternal. As far as the existence of God, on
this website in archives I have approached that subject from:

a) Bible and theology
b) Philosophy and philosophy of religion

These Zoom effects are due to inconsistencies with
the Zoom application and my continued responses.
My attempt at using the background
application is for it to look similar to my friend's excellent
version that is to the left. But I am left with comedy, as can be
viewed with previous photo captures shared on
     Dr. Russell Norman Murray

 My friend joked that I looked like some type of god in 
the heavens. I replied, perhaps from a British
comedy.

The Red Hand appears once again...

Makes me think British science fiction and/or comedy.

Here my red hair matches my Red Hand and
Chuck's (MIA) Red Dome. 

I am stylish and the eyebrows match the hair.

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Epigraph: An alternative


The cited article is satire. 

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Rather than replacing a statue, in general, I would prefer that a statue would have a written explanation, an epigraph, which would provide an attempt at an objective, historical account in regards to the subject (s) of the statue.  

But this approach requires cooler heads, more interested in truth than the reactionary, political agenda of the day. By the way, eras from now, some of our present western views may be exposed as less than good, by many. Certainly, in the culminated Kingdom of God (Revelation 20-22) this realm and world system will be condemned as being infected with problems of evil.

Theologically, keeping past statutes and allowing the public presentation of past worldviews, formerly embraced by a society, or at least, aspects of a society, demonstrates that humanity is less than perfect. I acknowledge there have been improvements in our world from previous eras in many ways. But, apart from the religious history, such as within Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, prior to the fall, humanity has been imperfect by nature in every era. History documents this as fact, despite human evolution and progress (non-Darwinian, in my view).

Humanity is universally corrupted through sin, and there has been a fall of humanity (Genesis 1-3, Romans 1-3) which greatly damages, God to human relationship and fellowship and human to human relationship and fellowship. There obviously exists racism and other human to human evils. Presently we have imperfect, tainted people and imperfect, tainted, human philosophy, theology, politics and worldview. According to scriptural revelation, this can only be ultimately fixed through the atoning and resurrection work of God incarnate, Jesus Christ, applied to persons (1 Corinthians 15).