E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

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Politics and Priorities
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8/19/11

Everyday except Sunday begins by organizing my “To Do” list.

Change the Towel
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8/17/11
"When the towel you're about to use _after_ the shower smells like you did _before_ the shower, it's time for a new towel."
Dumped!
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8/16/11

State Farm says, “your [homeowners] policy will not be renewed”.

Remote Class Begins
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8/15/11

I’m teaching a “remote” class today. I’m in Phoenix Arizona, they’re in White Plains New York.

We’ve Arrived!
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8/15/11

This website is our new family home. It’s also the new home for all the blogs I’ve been writing the last seven years.

Origin of the Christian Church for Contemporary Readers
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6/2/11

This story takes place in three big steps. The first is centered on Jesus, His teachings and crucifixion.

Skeptical of Sources
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6/1/11

In studying various interpretations of The Bible including Bob Enyart’s “The Plot” which has inspired a couple of essays here, one question continues to nag: Do I trust The Bible to be “the word of God”? That is, how much of it is to be accepted as God’s message to us: 100%, 50%, 10%, none?

God Changes His Mind?
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5/19/11

The main tenet of Open Theism is that man has free will and, consequently, God does not know what we are going to do.

Enablement
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5/16/11

My wife and I were on our way to one of our granddaughter’s soccer games one recent Saturday. I was hungry and decided to stop for something at McDonalds but the drive-through was jammed so I parked and went inside.

By Faith Alone?
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5/9/11

I’m studying Bob Enyart’s the Plot, the premiss being that God not only responds to what humans do, but also that God may, over time and in response to what we do, change His mind. That is, He may promise that if we do something, He will then do something, but if we don’t hold up our end of the bargain, then He is not obligated to do what He promised in return.