Archive for the 'Faith' Category

No Belief Contrary to Experience

September 13th, 2005

(I was away in Europe when hurricane Katrina hit, so this is my first post that touches on the disaster.) If a person tells you a first-hand story of their life, and the things in their life are contrary to your worldview, you will not want to believe them. You will, in fact, seek ways to [...]

Wisdom of Foolishness

September 13th, 2005

In this interview with Hans Reiser, creator of the ReiserFS journaling file system in Linux, he explains part of his design theory: “A willingness to believe that data indicates that one is wrong, and sometimes perhaps that everyone is wrong, is essential to a scientist. Boys think that being brilliant will make them a [...]

Masai Creed

June 23rd, 2005

“We believe that God made good his promise by sending his son, Jesus Christ, a man in the flesh, a Jew by tribe, born poor in a little village, who left his home and was always on safari doing good…” I think this Masai version of the Nicene creed is just amazing. Life with Jesus must [...]