Origins of Christianity

Osiris-Dionysus had such universal appeal because he was seen as an ‘Everyman’ figure who symbolically represented each initiate. Through understanding the allegorical myth of the Mystery godman, initiates could become aware that, like Osiris-Dionysus, they were also ‘God made flesh’. They too were immortal Spirit trapped within a physical body. Through sharing in the death […]

immigrant protests: a chat transcript

Kyle Jessup: I hope the illegal immigrants are also protesting by not taking advantage of any of our income tax bought servicesKyle Jessup: such as our assortment of wars Technorati Tags: aliens, chat, immigrants, kylejessup, protest, protests, service, services, tax, taxes, transcript, war, war in iraq, wars

getting the house ready to sell

so, i’ve decided to put the house up for sale. and BOY was it not ready. there are bright colours everywhere, which is fun to live in, for me, but everyone tells me make it prettymuch unsellable, so lots of it needs painted: mom and dad have helped out SOOO much the past couple days, […]

on the trinity

graphs such as this help explaining the doctrine of the trinity as it has come to be understood, but i insist that it must necessarily fall short of describing the reality of the situation. furthermore, i do not believe that human language nor logic can describe it. even further, i do not believe humans can […]

miracle

Dear Frank,Ten days ago, when you shared my message on the PostSecret Blog that the HopeLine needed urgent help, the most amazing thing happened – over 600 people responded with donations totaling over $30,000!At our darkest hour, days from filing for bankruptcy, all of you saved us. We appreciate all your support; every dollar, every […]

killing people in dreams

i had strange dreams last night, where i was part of a group of people who had been chosen to witness the executions of three people — two drug users and one murderer. most everyone in this group of three-hundred people were all but uncaring that three of us were going to die soon. they […]

exciting news from one of my favorite blogs?

earlier to day, john gruber said: As for the second common complaint regarding the membership system,that one tended to go something like this: You’re a good writer andDaring Fireball is one of my favorite web sites, and so I might bewilling to support your efforts by doing your membership thing, but,and I hate to say […]

mood update

it’s been awhile since i posted anything about my mood. you might assume that’s good news. it is. it’s been almost a month since i had any serious depressive feelings. my schedule’s been all over the map, and i’ve been staying up very late sometimes, and i’ve had some very hard things to deal with […]

easter 2006

in order of appearance: mandi, jason, dad, erin, mom, josh, me. we’re sitting in front of erin and josh’s house on central in broadripple, a neat little village in indianapolis, indiana. Technorati Tags: 2006, broadripple, brother, brother in law, dad, easter, family, familyphoto, familyportrait, father, indiana, indianapolis, josh, mandi, mom, mother, photo, sister

really bad band: Hello Goodbye

my friend amanda sent me a song by “Hello Goodbye” or something. i had not heard of these guys, and so she explained them to me as being “just like reliant k, but with a totally different sound”. so obviously i’m expecting pure crap. only, it was worse than i imagined. wow this was some […]

viva la stewart

a few weeks ago, i purchased what has become one of my favorite t-shirts, from snorgtees.com. so i thought i’d show it off: while i was there, i couldn’t help myself but develop a major crush on one of their models, based wholly on her amazing smile: (she’s kind of a big deal) Technorati Tags: […]