I’ve always joked somewhat unthinkingly that running a Dungeons and Dragons game must be a lot like being God.
It was only when I started explaining it to Jill in the car last night that it occurred to me how much more there was to the analogy.
Of the numerous unconventional things you’d expect from our church, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’
Deus Ex Ludus, God by the Game
Posted in Christianity, Games, Society and Culture, tagged Christian, Christianity, D&D, DM, Dungeon Master, Dungeons and Dragons, Game Master, GM, God, James, Jill, walk on 17 March, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Proposition 8 and the Continuing Tedium of “Rights” Discussion
Posted in Ethics, Society and Culture, tagged Against, atheism, Buddhism, Caitlin, California, Christianity, deductive, define, gadfly, Gay Marriage, homosexuality, illogical, Islam, Judaism, logic, Nihilism, Prop 8, Proposition 8, question, reasonable, right and wrong, rights on 2 October, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As many of you probably already know, there is a measure coming up on the ballots to define what constitutes a marriage in the state of California. Naturally, when these sorts of things happen, the usual tiresome group of loud people presume to make a lot of fuss, argue badly, and waste everyone’s time with [...]
Thoughts From the Notebook 1
Posted in Autobiographical, Christianity, Philosophy in General, Transcendentalism, tagged Christ, Christianity, Existential, Freud, Lewis, Nietzsche, paradox, Sartre, Screwtape, transcendence on 13 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some excerpts from my pocket-notebook about the paradox of human nature and my solution to the “problem of man” (or rather my interpretation of an old solution).
Love God or Go to Hell
Posted in Christianity, God and Theology, tagged Christianity, CS Lewis, Damnation, Heaven, Hell, Islam, Jesus, Monotheism, Muslims, Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence, Savior, The Great Divorce, Tyranny, Tyrant on 5 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A consideration of the inherent Tyranny in Monotheism, and Christianity’s solution of the problem.
No One Cares What Your Bumper Sticker Says
Posted in Christianity, Existentialism and Authenticity, tagged Abraham, atheism, Bumper Stickers, Christianity, Fear and Trembling, Harvest, Kierkegaard, Religion on 12 December, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I was on the road the other day, and stuck behind one of those annoying people who drive 20 miles under the speed limit and pay no attention to the existence of other cars. This lasted for several minutes, in which time I was able to read the vehicle’s bumper sticker referencing a Bible verse. [...]
Understanding God in One Easy Step
Posted in Christianity, God and Theology, tagged atheism, Christianity, CS Lewis, God, love, peace, The Screwtape Letters, Truth on 7 December, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Lately, it seems to have become fashionable to use the nature of God as an argument against God. It runs something like this:
“If there is a God, how can you claim to know the mind of God? How can any one human being understand the nature of something so infinite and incomprehensible?”
Like most incorrect [...]
A Poll for this Monday
Posted in Autobiographical, tagged academic, blog, blogging, Christianity, commentary, existentialism, meaning of life, personal, Philosophy, politics, poll, readership, Religion, theology on 14 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So the internet is back. Or rather, the internet here in the dorms is no longer at that deceptively slow speed which tempts and promises a loading time of less than twenty minutes but which, like the foul siren it is, fails to deliver the advertised reward.
That said, forgive the skipped week, but today I [...]
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