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So a literal reading of Genesis (first book of the Torah) brings many people under the impression that the world/universe was created in six days, is less than 10,000 years old, and that there was a global catastrophic flood. Science teaches us that the universe is about 14 billion years old, that the earth and [...]

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(Sorry English readers… this one’s Afrikaans.) ‘n “Internet-vriend” van my wat dikwels bietjie godsdiens-joernalisme doen, het die Mighty Men konferensie gaan bywoon. Sy artikel verskyn in die Rapport: ‘n Magtige dreuning. Dit is ‘n heel rustige artikel, veel meer interessant (vir my) is die soort reaksies wat dit blykbaar ontlok. Hier is een van die [...]

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This brilliant TED talk by Jonathan Haidt talks about five human moral foundations. Pointing out how these foundations are emphasized differently by conservatives, he invites liberals to take the blue pill, to step outside of their “moral matrix”, and learn to understand the bigger picture of human morality from an anthropological perspective. And it also [...]

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(This was going to be at the bottom of the previous post, but that one grew into a monster and I didn’t want to bury this *that* deep.) Ikon’s Easter Sunday gathering gave me goose bumps. You will need some time if you want to work your way through it, you have to listen to [...]

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(This blog post is mostly me chatting away, the real meat of the matter is in a post I’m linking to at the end in the next post, to be experienced by those that choose to, at a time that is appropriate — though I’m a bit late…) It was never my intention to not [...]

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