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Ignoring Data

Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon who had a rare illness.  Bacterial meningitis attacked the cortex of his brain which essentially shut down this part of his brain for seven days.  The cortex controls memory, language, emotions, visual and auditory awareness, … Continue reading

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Semmelweis Effect

Ignaz Semmelweis was a Hungarian physician in the 1800’s who had the audacity to publish the idea that doctors should wash their hands before attending to a patient.  This was not just some wild idea of his; he had research … Continue reading

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Is Evil Superior to Good?

Machiavelli is of the opinion that a good person of necessity must come to grief among people who are not good and that a leader must do what is considered to be evil in order to keep his realm or … Continue reading

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Machiavelli

In our last blog, we raised the question of whether God will judge us for the actions we take when we are in a leadership position of an organization. Machiavelli’s The Prince is a guide on how to obtain and … Continue reading

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Official Actions

It seems these days it is routine to hear of governmental agencies breaking the law to enforce the law.  Their justification for doing so is to make us safer but as one ATF agent stated:  Number of convictions is all … Continue reading

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Pardon My Planet

I saw a cartoon in a newspaper recently that is a great illustration of the human condition.  The cartoon was Pardon My Planet by Vic Lee.  It was one panel and pictured a character at her psychologist and she states: … Continue reading

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Hoar Frost

And now for something completely different. A few nights ago, we had an unusual meteorological condition known as a hoar frost.  “Hoar” is an old English adjective for showing signs of old age.  Hoar frost coats objects with what appears … Continue reading

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Being Finite and Free Will

There is another reason why God made us finite. Being limited forces us to call upon resources deep inside us that we never knew we had:  our soul.  The values held by our soul are used to make decisions in … Continue reading

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What Being Finite Teaches Us

That we are finite is a fact no one disputes.  It might seem somewhat inconsistent but knowing that we are finite, that we are limited in our ability to know what is true, can help us in our search for … Continue reading

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Being Finite

In this blog, we constantly emphasize the fact that we are finite.  We are limited in our knowledge of both material and spiritual matters, in our ability to know good and evil, in our capacity to know what is true. … Continue reading

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