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Entries from November 2009

The Pursuit of Meaning

November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Borrowing from the back of my copy of Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: At the heart of his theory is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. It seems absurd to borrow words from a book on surviving Nazi death camps when I’m [...]

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AtA: Are All Sins Equal?

November 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

A friend sent in this query some months ago. It took me a bit long to get to it, but finally we’re here. He suggested, for discussion, the topic the equality of sin. Are all sins equal for the God of Christians? For a more colourful background narrative… The Hebrew Bible (aka the Old Testament, [...]

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The Year of Living Biblically

November 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

About two weeks ago a friend gave me his copy of The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs. I had read all about it in 2007, having added the following to my mini-blog / delicious bookmarks (biblical+living): 27 SEP 07 A year of following all the rules in the Bible – Boing Boing [...]

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