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Update, Nov 2008: This is an old blog post. Like most old blog posts, there are quite a number of things I don’t like in it, and would write differently these days. But, FWIW, this is how I felt at the time: Last night (30 December) I attended Shofar again. Interesting stuff. To be fair, [...]

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As I mentioned in my previous post, it is time for me to read some more. I love my friends, and I know they love me, just look at the wonderful diversity of books I received! All of these came from friends that read my blog and comment sometimes. Does God Believe in Atheists is [...]

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Hehe, surprising how much fun it is to shout “Repent! Repent!”, like a manic street preacher. At least Johan Swarts claims there’s one difference between bloggers like me and a manic street preacher: some people supposedly listen to me? (Apologies to Johan — and Leon — for having grown up English, educationally speaking. My home [...]

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Why must we always call a horse a horse? What is wrong with calling it a perd when talking to an Afrikaans person, a paard when talking to a Dutch person, a cheval when talking to a French person, and a knight when playing chess? I don’t like the idea of forcing everyone to speak [...]

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UPDATE: I was wrong in this post, Shofar did have a Christmas service. My information was thus old. (A few years ago they did not have a Christmas service.) My sincerest apologies for the incorrect assumption, I will try my best to not to repeat this mistake. On Christmas, I attended the Stellenbosch Gemeente service. [...]

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I attended Shofar last Sunday. I have many questions and thoughts I’d like to share, but I’ll try to stick to one particular subject right now: the subject of the sermon. The sermon was presented by a guest speaker, I’m afraid I forgot his name. The key idea presented was pretty much the “Be Holy, [...]

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If you are reading this blog, I’d like to meet you. (Actually, even if you’re not reading this blog, I’d still like to meet you.) I would like to learn from you, understand your world-view and metaphysics, and what your opinions are about a couple of specific things. I will only ask questions, I will [...]

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You have heard it said that “you should say thank you”. But I tell you that anyone who says “thank you”, but is not truly grateful, commits a sin worse than mere ungratefulness. In addition to having an ungrateful heart, he or she commits dishonesty.

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Daar sit die walglike ding. Groot en oranje. Alles rondom hom vervaag. Ek staar na hom, en hy staar na my. Groot en oranje. My hand beweeg versigtig nader. Ek het geen keuse nie. Stadig en huiwerig. Ek raak aan hom. My hand maak toe oor hom. Ek neem die mes in my ander hand [...]

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The ad hominem logical fallacy, in Rugby terms, is playing the player rather than the ball. (If you have no problem with this, consider the ball to be elsewhere completely.) From the Ad Hominem page of The Nizkor Project (a site dedicated to countering Holocaust denial): An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies [...]

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