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I’m colour deficient. (I’m explicitly *not* colour-blind.) No, I’m not sensitive about the matter, that’s more in jest. The origins of the distinction date back to Grade 1 though: I mention to friends in class: “hey, I’m colour blind!” they ask: “what colour’s this?” “blue” “what colour’s that?” “black” “and this?” “yellow” “what about and [...]

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Cambodia has its work cut out for it, in rebuilding after the devastating Khmer Rouge regime. A huge problem. The problem is so huge, it may seem absolutely hopeless. What can an outsider do to help? Can an outsider with a couple of thousand dollars contribute in any meaningful way? I’m going to let the [...]

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I don’t believe in literal, physical demons… In fact, I bet even those that believe in demons, don’t believe they’re actually made of stuff, of atoms, for example. People that believe in demons typically believe in a “spiritual realm”, in which these “spiritual things” happen. What is this “spiritual realm”? And supposing such a realm [...]

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Comments on the internet is certainly no substitute for one-on-one communication. H J and I have made amends, apologising to one another for flaring up in the comment thread. In looking back during the aftermath, a couple of things become clearer. Yay for hindsight! It seems to me that the most grief in such exchanges [...]

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(UPDATE: in an email conversation, H J and I have made amends, apologising to one another for getting riled up. This post hopes to encourage readers and commenters to avoid getting tangled up in such mutual-riling-uppings in the future. Understand how it happens, seek to avoid it.) On Monday, an ordained minister and author commenting [...]

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Four weeks ago I shared a YouTube clip of John Dominic Crossan. Today, a clip by the other author of the book I’m busy reading (for months): Marcus J. Borg: For now, I’ll let this clip speak for itself. We should return to this topic a couple of posts hence.

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