NYTimes: Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says

Posted on April 2, 2017 by PaulVK

Chechen Authorities Arresting and Killing Gay Men, Russian Paper Says https://nyti.ms/2on3y3z

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Letting sleeping dogs lie: What “Nurse Jackie” taught me about the addict at home – Salon.com

Posted on April 2, 2017 by PaulVK

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/01/letting-sleeping-dogs-lie-what-nurse-jackie-taught-me-about-the-addict-at-home/

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The Benedict Option & Evangelism | The American Conservative

Posted on April 2, 2017 by PaulVK

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-benedict-option-evangelism/

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Daniel Camacho on Diversity not making racism disappear

Posted on April 1, 2017 by PaulVK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/01/diversity-doesnt-make-racism-magically-disappear

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Assumptions about the outcome helps people be generous towards opposition

Posted on April 1, 2017 by PaulVK

http://theweek.com/speedreads/689569/americans-are-more-comfortable-listening-opposing-views-theyre-confident-side-win-anyway

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Red States and Bathroom Bills

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/30/why-red-states-are-rejecting-anti-trans-bathroom-bills.html

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Kenneth Bailey Talks

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

http://issuesetc.org/guest/kenneth-bailey/

https://preachingandworship.org/

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Dallas Willard Here to determine the truth

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

Christians aren’t here to win an argument.

Also the real issue isn’t what happens in this life but whether this life is really all there is.

33:15 “If you can find a better way than Jesus Christ offers he would be the first person to tell you to take it. And if you don’t believe that about him then you can’t be his disciple because you could never trust him.”

33:55 “Put the teachings to the test of life. Do the same for the other world views. If I am just my brain and everything I’m thinking and doing is just chemistry I want to know that. I’m not trying to hide from that. The big issue is not if you’re going to stop existing. If you’re going to stop existing you’re out, it’s like going to the dentist. It will be unpleasant for a while but it will be over. The real problem comes if you’re NOT going to stop existing.

And then honestly compare. Don’t just rest on our intellectually respectable prejudices.”

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Multiple Monitors and Distraction

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

https://hackernoon.com/why-i-stopped-using-multiple-monitors-bfd87efa2e5b

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Today’s Google Doodle

Posted on March 31, 2017 by PaulVK

google logo march 31

http://www.businessinsider.com/sarah-harrison-doodle-4-google-2017-contest-winner-2017-3 

“My future is a world where we can all learn to love each other despite our religion, gender, race, ethnicity, or sexuality,” Harrison told Google about her design. “I dream of a future where everyone is safe and accepted wherever they go, whoever they are.”

Pretty tough to better summarize the vision of the ascending morality.
We might try other things like
“My future world is where everyone does right all the time and never does wrong. Everyone loves one another and never hurts anyone else. Everyone has everything they need and is fully able and free to pursue their passions and desires to the fullest extent of their capacities and always achieve their goals and satisfies their desires.”
OK.
The difference between them is that a good many people say we can do the first one if only the bad people would stop being bad.
There really isn’t that much difference between them, it’s just that we don’t want to be honest that you’ll have to understand that “whoever they are” also includes “what I do is a necessary expression of who I am. I am my wants”.
I really want to dig into Augustine’s City of God. Via the great courses audio I’m listening to it sure seems germane to our situation. pvk
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