Category Archives: religion

221. Find a Problem, Make a Job

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Thor

Give some­one a job to solve a prob­lem and you can bet the prob­lem will never go away. There is, after all, a job at stake. That is why the mil­i­tary is usu­ally a growth indus­try, not to men­tion lawyers, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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194. Why Are You Here?

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Thor

Long ago, when the Inter­net was new (in the early 1990s), I set up a form-mail on my web­site to ask “What is the most inter­est­ing ques­tion in your life, and when do you expect to get an answer to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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155. Creed Caper

Posted on May 17, 2003 by Thor

What­ever the creed, there are believ­ers. Wherever believ­ers exist, there is the chance for power of some kind. When­ever power can be scented, preda­tors gather like jack­als. That is the human story. What kind of creed? Any at all — … Con­tinue read­ing →

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107. Immortal Souls? 

Posted on November 22, 1999 by Thor

The idea that a human spirit is finite in time is extremely unpop­u­lar and there­fore scarcely believed. Belief is a kind of bed sheet we like to hide under in the dark.

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