August 2007
Monthly Archive
Gods among men? - part 1 - this thing called Christianity
Posted by maebius on 02 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Stickied, Esoteric, Questions
I’ve been pondering a pretty deep and vaguely unformed sentiment lately, which I hope does not come across as fanatical, or as anti-monotheistic as I fear it will. I was once a minister in our Lutheran church. God/Jehova is as real to me as Odin, and I think that Jesus guy was a pretty cool dude for his part in history. So if you read the commentary below, please consider it is not meant to be “god-bashing” in any real way.
It is to be a mental exercise, to help me flesh out some ideas by translating them into concrete words. And as anyone with honest thoughts about spiritual matters can attest, words often tend to fall short, or limit ‘Grokking” in such matters. I’m not as eloquent as a scholarly Bard, so I’ll try to keep the phrasing from being too loaded with unwanted connotations.
I also must admit to a slanted bias towards the inner workings of Christianity, since I was raised in that faith, and have only dabbled slightly in Islam, Judaism, Pastafarianism, and other monotheistic faiths. So there may be deeper connotations there that I am unaware of… Continue Reading »
The Pagan inquisition - questions from another blog
Posted by maebius on 08 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Druidic, Stickied, Esoteric, Questions
Over at Between Old and New Moons, there is a list of questions “for pagans about paganism“. I agree with some of the comments that these questions really deserve a blog post about each one. Very well thought out and written, mahud!
I’ll tackle them below….
Summer garden Bounty.
Posted by maebius on 13 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Foodage
Placeholder for updates on this weekend’s Garden fruit&Veggie processing bonanza!
Elderberry cordial, Elderberry Liqueur, Elderberry Jelly, 12 quarts of pickle slices, Pesto extremus, etc…