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Pixiu - Ancient Creature That Bring Wealth And Fortune!

13 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments DRB9490

A Pixiu (pronounced Pea-Shoe) is a mythical Chines creature that's known to bring wealth, fortune and prosperity to it's owner. The Pixiu is also a ferocious protector from demons and evil spirits. There are some pretty unique stories about the Pixiu...

A Mini Rant on the Logical Fallacy of Appealing to Nature (Asserting that "Natural" is Always "Good")

13 Aug 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

Good for you, man. Good for you! Good for you! — J-Man (Christopher Walken); Envy (2004) A few days ago, while in the grip of influenza, I was told the following (by someone younger than me and with less life experience, never mind a tendency not t...

King Of Pentacles - Your Hard Work Has Finally Paid Off!

13 Aug 2021 7 minute read 0 comments DRB9490

The King Of Pentacles is the final card in the Pentacles Suit. This card represents the completion of the journey over the course of the prior Pentacle cards. The King Of Pentacles has been through everything financially.... from seizing the opportun...

Harry Potter vs. the Bible -- A Neurocognitive Approach

10 Aug 2021 32 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat

Abstract  In this paper, I explore several elements of the Bible and Harry Potter, define them via the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, and associate their semantic structure to two core epistemological frames of knowledge, Rationalism and Empiricis...

ELUL BEGINS AT SUNDOWN THIS EVENING

9 Aug 2021 1 minute read 5 comments buckeyebkd

This is a post from my church's (Judah Tabernacle) FB page.  The Hebrew month of Elul begins at sundown this evening on God’s calendar. Elul is known as the Month of Teshuvah (repentance in Hebrew). It is sometimes referred to as the “Month of (re)Tu...

4 Of Swords - It's Time To Take A Break And Relax!

8 Aug 2021 6 minute read 1 comment DRB9490

The 4 Of Swords Tarot Card represent rest, taking a breather, and restoration. Your mind and body have been running on overdrive while you pursue your goals, but it's impossible to burn the candle at both ends forever. The swords suit in tarot is ass...

The Faith it Takes to be an Atheist

7 Aug 2021 1 minute read 8 comments Deejo

Atheist's faith simply amazes me. One has to have so much more faith to believe there is no God than to believe that there is One. Many people think it takes great faith to believe in a creator. If we look at the complexity of living creatures, how c...

Are Bitcoin Investors Buying Into A 'Money Cult'?

3 Aug 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Necksus

In the United States, we have a long, proud, storied tradition of calling people cultists for doing things outside the norm.  This isn't going to stop most people IRL from telling you that you're a weirdo for thinking like Fox Mulder from the X-Files...

Does God forget our Sins?

31 Jul 2021 3 minute read 8 comments Deejo

People say that God forgets our sins. The Bible does not actually use the word "forget" in reference to our sin. The word "zakhar" (זכר) means to remember or to bring to remembrance. Just as the rainbow will bring to mind the promise to not send a gl...

The Wall

30 Jul 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ApocalypseHow

Tear down these walls, you say........ #TDTW, the twit tweets........blasé. Ah, but do you know what you are saying? Confronted by a wall  Maddened by its bricks and the fear you might be ONE        OF        THEM Your violence rages Thus killing the...