It’s time once again for Fun with Biblical Interpretation! In this installment, we dive into the second chapter of the second book of Kings, specifically verses 23–24—everyone’s favorite tale of heavenly vengeance and wild animal attacks! 2 Kings 2:23–24 (KJV) 23 And he (Elisha) went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up…
In the cold and misty infancy of yet another new year, my thoughts drift easily, dreamily, seeping from one brain fold to another. It’s not a day for big-think or physical effort beyond that required to make a cup of tea. It’s a day, easing into evening, for self-indulgent woolgathering and listening to music like…
“It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss,…
The opposite of love isn’t hate. The opposite of love is fear. Sages and enlightened men and women throughout the ages have encouraged us to embrace this axiom, again and again. Unfortunately, humanity’s usual method for accommodating mystics and messengers is to either disregard or kill them. Since our common era associates this time of…
Seasons Greetings and Happy holidays, Winter Soltice, Christmas, Yule, Malkh, Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Yalda, Bodhi Day, Boxing Day, Saint Lucy’s Day, Xmas, Festivus, Dongzhi, Mōdraniht, Pancha Ganapati, Saturnalia or whatever-the-fuck else you may celebrate during the month of December depending upon your geographical place of birth and which superstitions, traditions and religious…
It was just before an appointment with WC Clark down in the bowels of Gruene Hall the other night that I found myself smack-dab in the middle of another gol’ dern gun debate. Well, that’s not exactly true since the topic didn’t come up innocently. Believe the conversation went something like this: “Hey, how ya’…
I was 14 years old before I had my first encounter with Jesus Christ. Up to that point, I had heard enough about the basic story to get around in the world—born on Christmas, raised from the dead on Easter, and the whole “Born of a Virgin” thing. But I never had to deal with…
by A. G. House How are religious fallacies detrimental to foreign policy? If voters base their foreign policy ideas on notions such as that America should favor Israel over other nations because God supposedly said to Israel in Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and…
“Going through the town of Lindenhurst was like entering what I imagine a war zone would look like. There was debris blown everywhere, the National Guard stood in clusters and a huge sign flashed, “Curfew In Effect Dusk Till Dawn.” by Cynthia Cone The Monday night that Superstorm Sandy made landfall, we lost power around…
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have teamed up for their second album in the past year and first original recording together since Greendale in 2003. Young has struck gold once again with Psychedelic Pill, his 35th studio album. It’s too early to say for sure, but many critics are suggesting that Psychedelic Pill may very…
A Letter from Fat Boy Press Management By Willie Bee, founder and sole employee of Fat Boy Press When I started this company a few years ago, I was working out of my home office without any loan from a bank or handout from the donkeys and elephants in that organized crime group better known…
Time for some fun with biblical interpretation! The Bible is a weird, psychedelic collection of books. Take, for example, Ezekiel Chapter 1, Verses 4-24. Is the author employing a parable or analogy to describe some event of great importance? Is he using the limited vocabulary of his time to describe an extraterrestrial spaceship landing in…
by Teri Wills This was quite possibly the most ridiculous, most opprobrious meme of the 2012 election. As accomplished as my lady parts are, the last time I checked there weren’t any brain cells firing down there. So I voted with my head, thanks. And if I had been picturing vaginas while voting, they would…
by Anne Kapp Questions aren’t as plaguingwhen you know the answer is your choice.Free will reveals the unfoldingof what each of us do with our voice. Times are changing,just as always they have been.Outside of you chaos rages –the beginning of peace begins within. From institutionalized dreams awake,Forgetting only what matters.Wealth of life is in…
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