Twilight

Twilight falls Upon the Empire of the West Truth recedes And knowledge is forsaken.   Family is meaningless Innocence is meaningless   The Wise Men have been deafened Listening As fools chatter Into government-issued megaphones.   Life is meaningless Sacrifice is meaningless   We hand our executioners the axe And expect a welcoming hug We …

House-Cleaning

I’ve done some house-cleaning with my blog; I’ve set up a FAQ (although not much is in it yet), and I’ve turned my poetry from a category into a set of pages.  Looks like I’m at 15 so far (God, I miss my old notebook)…  I’ve also divided my glossary into several pages, mostly in …

The Necessity of Negative Theology

In theology, regardless of religious background, there are essentially two types of statements which can be made.  The first is cataphatic theology, or positive theology; the practice of making positive statements about the nature of God.  God is good, God is love, God is universal consciousness, etc.  While this sort of practice can be useful to …

Conversations With Atheists 5

This conversation occurred in a discussion thread for a video by Dr. William Craig regarding the nature of First Cause.  The atheist in question posted an identical set of objections to basically everyone who did not react negatively to the video.  Unlike previous posts, this is not paraphrased; I have simply copied and pasted the final …