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The Verbose Philosopher: February 2012

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Tell It Like It Is. Saturday, 25 February 2012. Time type B : time in sequence. Time type A is the smallest moment of time, or at least the four essential characteristics of a moment of time but which can be used in analysing larger discrete "chunks" of time. Time type B is moments of time in series. An extremely intuitive concept. After all, we live with it. I got up,. I ate breakfast,. I put on my shoes,. I went out to the car, and so on and so forth. And you can extend this concept to. A proper unders...

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The Verbose Philosopher: Atheist "morality"

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Tell It Like It Is. Thursday, 3 October 2013. I saw a misotheist piece that's hardly worth a read, except that it's a great example of how stupid most atheists are. (Warning : Skip to my comments following the quoted article unless you want a boatload of the typical atheistic arrogance and derision of reality. It is not an intellectual experience.). No need for gods any more. Image caption) True believers think atheists cannot be expected to behave morally. It is a neat, grand theory, one that Norenzayan...

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The Verbose Philosopher: October 2010

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Tell It Like It Is. Tuesday, 12 October 2010. My Choice Is No Crime. My Choice Is Not A Crime. I'm pro-choice, you see. Y'know - to pick your nose, or wipe your arse with your bare hands. Even to rub that stuff in someone else's face. We celebrate 'em, we love 'em. And according to Aussie pro-death group GitStuffed (not their real name), "My Choice Is No Crime". I chose to burgle your house last night. Oh - thanks for the lingerie - and the jewelery was swisher than I expected - you've got class! We thro...

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Connecting the Generations – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. September 13, 2011. The notion of a generation gap is not new. It was well established in the 1960’s when I was in my youth. Back then it seemed the younger generation was intent on separating itself from all that had gone before. Youth were determined to be free from constraints and expectations put on them by their parents. It seems that a process of cultural disconnect is accelerating and what may once have been a generation gap is...

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Emotional Filter – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. November 9, 2015. Your Emotional Filter – or How You Fool Yourself. Your emotional state affects how you remember and understand things. Your emotions filter information and activate one set of memories or impressions over another. It is therefore important to understand what is going on and to take charge of your emotions, rather than letting them rule you and fool you. In our normal frame of mind, not manic and not depressive, we ta...

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Dr Clifford Wilson Passes Into Glory – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. Dr Clifford Wilson Passes Into Glory. April 13, 2012. Dr Clifford Wilson, Australian Archaeologist, Author, Academic and committed Christian worker died on the evening of Wednesday April 4, 2012 just a few weeks short of his 90th birthday. At the same time Clifford was cherished as a father, grandfather and great-granddad, with the ability to engage in encouraging conversation with people of all ages and walks of life. Passionate supp...

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Call Down Fire? – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. January 22, 2016. Men and women of God regularly gain notoriety because of their failings. They become front page news and those who oppose Christianity delight in scorning the church world based on their example. We have seen well established identities in the Christian community exposed for various evils, including being overcome by the perennial dangers of girls, gold and glory . Some have gone to jail for their sins. In Jesus’ day...

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Gothard Message – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. April 16, 2014. I write this just a few weeks after Bill Gothard stood down from leadership of the IBLP ministry which he created and has led for decades. Accusations of impropriety have been levelled against him and will be sorted out in due course. While many people have placed their sights on the ‘man’ I would like to take a moment to reflect on the Message and Ministry which this man of God brought about. My wife and I were so imp...

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Eternal Judgement – What Does the Bible Say? – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. Eternal Judgement – What Does the Bible Say? December 18, 2014. Is one of the foundational doctrines listed in the Bible. Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. But the righteous into lif...

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Multicultural Issues – Chris Field

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Poetry & Prose. Practical advice and insight based on Biblical wisdom. April 29, 2016. I was asked recently to reflect on some issues that I have seen over several decades of working with foreign church communities in Australia and abroad. Here is my initial reflection on multicultural issues I have noted. Having worked in various ethnic churches and some where the congregations are multicultural I have observed a number of issues that need management. Directness can be offensive to an Asian, while indir...