December 2009
15 posts
Why did you doubt?
“Lord if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
“Come,” he said.
So Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith, why...
I've realized...
that when I’m involved/focused on something that [I think] is of extreme importance to me and my immediate future, I tend to shut everything else out until I am rid of the lingering burden that it imposes. With my lack of close attention to anything else, I feel like I have submitted to the proverbial bubble of self-absorbtion (all negative connotations intended). It’s something I need...
whosampled →
Just discovered this website…dopeness.
“In an ideal world I would have all 10 fingers on my left hand so my right hand...”
– Dwight Schrute
Rhyme + Reason
I stumbled upon this thought-provoking philosophical assertion in class the other day. One facet of John Stuart Mill’s political philosophy is this:
Even if commonly held opinion is the whole truth, people will hold it not as rational belief, but as prejudice, if they have not had to defend it.
I don’t like politics at all…but I’m a sucker for philosophy.