Letter to the Editor: A Sickly Yellow Custard That is a Little Green Around the Edges Doug, Just another anecdotal story for you. I am a paramedic in a major city in Washington. Throughout ...
Handicapped in the Sanctification Stakes
“Our bodies want sleep, air, sunshine, sex, water, meat, and so on. These desires are God-given, but because the world has been knocked cock-eyed by sin, they can become inordinate. Now, who among us was doing so well with all these bodily demands, the ones that came with the hardware already installed, that we thought to upload a few more dependencies just to show how good we are at the self-discipline? Oh, you know, Smith was doing so well with hunger, thirst, and lust that he decided to add nicotine and alcohol”
Devoured by Cannabis, p. 43
Kicked Out of Hell for Lying
Introduction: I am aware of the fact that this is August, and not November. That means I really should put some qualifiers on what I write, thus demonstrating to all interested parties that I am a mellow sort of man, with a sweet disposition, and entirely approachable. But there do come times—in the course of …
Not a Means of Grace
“If someone is so dependent on coffee that they can’t be a Christian in the morning until they have had some, then there is a problem”
Devoured by Grace, p. 41
A Decent Opening
Constrained by Liberty
“I am a slave to Christ, which means I can’t do certain things. One of the things I am prohibited from doing is using my liberty as a device for enslaving myself. These are liberty chains—you may not use your liberty (which is real) as a cover for tying yourself up in bondage again”
Devoured by Cannabis, p. 41
A Most Reasonable Qualification
“What is the meaning of liberty? In order to make any progress at all when it comes to understanding the use of marijuana, we have to know what freedom is. We also have to discuss it, and work through it carefully, with very sober minds. That means we should debate the question of pot without having smoked any”
Devoured by Cannabis, pp. 39-40
A Sickly Yellow Custard That is a Little Green Around the Edges
An Introduction to Vaccine Passport Defiance: The other night I went and looked up some video footage of the massive demonstrations that are currently happening in Europe, against the introduction of vaccine passports—the protests I watched were happening in London, Paris, and Athens, but there were plenty of others. And the fact that events of …
Competing Aesthetic Systems
“One wine might be selected because it would go well with the beef, and another chosen because it complemented the pasta. Marijuana goes with (recalling Cheech and Chong) Oreos and mustard”
Devoured by Cannabis, p 31
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Letter to the Editor: Given that we're "Budgeting for Stupidity" and taking as tacit reality that incompetence likely outweighs malevolence—at least in the manifested reality of bureaucracy, ...