Thoughts I scribbled down while at work today. Not a full blog, but I thought I'd share what I do at work. Besides work, I mean.
Even our sense of smell is better equipped to judge the
outside world than our intellect, but the intellect is better at convincing us
it is right. Think about it, if something does not seem right but our mind
cannot find a reason against it, we say that “something smells rotten” or “it
doesn’t pass the smell test. For one day, abandon reason for scent. Follow your nose and see if
it does not make you happier.
Simplistic ideas are the weapons with which the thoughtful
are clubbed.
I often hear people ponder about humankind, what is so
unique about us that we have come to dominate the planet over all God’s other
creatures. What vanity. It is like Babylon pondering what made their
civilization superior to all others, or a child contemplating how he got to be
king of the hill. It is a thing of the moment.
When we abandon our gods, we cease to be human.
The gulf between liberals and conservatives is not as vast as
the gulf between the people and their leaders. But our leaders do everything in
their power to keep us focused on the former rather than the latter.
The essential knowledge of the virtues civilization needs is
embedded in the great religions. I cannot think of another institution they
inhabit.
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