The Economist writes an insightful summary of recent splits and
reunions within the Church.
It may be useful to consider Jesus’ words:
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as
I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all
people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
John 13:34-35
Questions for further thought:
How much has multitudinous schism within the body of Christ
compromised our witness to unbelievers?
How much has the diversity of the visible church enabled
the pervasive spread of the gospel message, the Good News of God’s
kingom?
How can we remain true to orthodoxy, yet celebrate in
Christian brotherly love the diversity of God’s work in the world?
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On October 26th, 2008, this was speculation
So, there’s this computer game I’ve been working on for the past three
years. The working title is Free Sky, and the concept is very
ambitious. Too ambitious, in fact. I have had several aims with this
project, with varying amounts of success:
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On October 25th, 2008, this was trivial
As I ponder the Free Sky project–what went wrong and how I might turn
things around–I’d like to follow Chris Crawford’s advice and write
out my ideas in long form, puzzling through the design problems one by
one. The goal is to clarify my thinking before I invest more time
chasing down rabbit trails and writing even more useless code.
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On October 24th, 2008, this was the truth
Nearly three years ago, I wrote about focus. This is my update on
all that, and my rationale for reviving a near-dead blog. If you don’t
want to read this lengthy screed, I’ll sum it up here:
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On October 21st, 2008, this was trivial
This is why I love John C. Wright:
If timespace came into being with the moment of the Singularity (to
give the Big Bang a more dignified name), then what was the
condition of the universe (if there was a universe) before this
point? Was it the collapse of a previous universe that, in some
almost Hinduistic endless cycle, was somehow the same as our current
universe? Was it a nothingness? If there was no time, how could
there have been an event, such as the event, whatever it was, which
gave rise to the first instant of the universe? If the Singularity
was the first cause of all events in the universe, what caused the
first cause?
He identifies this problem as a very old one, going back to the Greek philosophers, and has some suggestions for those of us who like to contemplate or argue about these questions:
My only point here is that the inquiries as to what Providence did
before creation, or what the Big Bang did before it Banged were
contemplated by serious men in times long past, and no doubt will be
contemplated by men equally serious in times to come.
Those who venture into these deepest and murkiest areas of thought
are forewarned that the mysteries are not likely to be resolved by
simple answers. Simply to assume that one side or the other has not
thought rationally about the argument would be a simple answer.
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On October 21st, 2008, this was speculation
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