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2023-02-18T10:11:12-08:00

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Is Nikki Haley Past Prime?

Last updated on: February 18, 2023 at 10:11 am By Ted Peters

You're past prime if you're 75, says Republican presidential candidate Nikkin Haley. CNN commentator Don Lemon says Nikki Haley is past prime at 51. When do I stop attending my own birthday parties? Read more

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Social Security privatization

2023-11-25T18:15:38-08:00

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Christian Nationalism vs Anti-Christian Nationalism

Last updated on: November 25, 2023 at 6:15 pm By Ted Peters

What curdles the fibers of my soul is symbol stealing. Christian symbols are meant to mediate divine grace to forlorn and sin-sick souls. The cynicism endemic to American Christian nationalism subverts symbols of divine grace and redirects their energies to bolster not just patriotism but also manifest destiny, jingoism, militarism, and most importantly, the dominance of the Republical Party. What we may be witnessing is the theft of the human soul by powers that could become as destructive as they are demonic. Read more

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2023-11-25T18:18:52-08:00

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Don’t Trust Your Pastor!

Last updated on: November 25, 2023 at 6:18 pm By Ted Peters

American Christian nationalists warn us to not trust our pastors, especially if those pastors are liberal or progressive. Why? Because only political organizations such as Turning Point USA truly grasp the fact that America is a Christian nation. Must we choose between America and God? Read more

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2023-09-14T09:49:54-07:00

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Third Day Afterlife. Afterlife 4

Last updated on: September 14, 2023 at 9:49 am By Ted Peters

The afterlife begins with three days when the disembodied soul remains locally and in relationship to the surviving family. The three day stay is followed by the departure of the soul to eternity. Many ancient cultures, especially the Chumash Amerindians of California, report three days for the soul's localization. Might this be culturally important to the Christian story of Jesus Christ rising on the third day? Read more

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2023-07-31T16:08:08-07:00

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Are UFOs Real? A Sea Change?

Last updated on: July 31, 2023 at 4:08 pm By Ted Peters

Scientists and the U.S. Department of Defense are taking reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP/UFO) much more seriously now. Does this amount to a sea change beyond the giggle factor? Read more

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UFOs--God's Chariots?

2023-03-27T10:13:23-07:00

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Astral Body? Ka? or Angel? Afterlife 3

Last updated on: March 27, 2023 at 10:13 am By Ted Peters

New Age Astral bodies. Ancient Egyptian Ka's. Jewish Angels. Are these what the afterlife holds? How does an immortal body compare to the mortal one we shed at death? Read more

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2023-03-27T10:13:55-07:00

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When yer dead, yer dead! Afterlife 2

Last updated on: March 27, 2023 at 10:13 am By Ted Peters

Death in naturalism is considered natural. Only natural. When yer dead, yer dead. Get over it. Don't ask for more. That's answer to the afterlife question. Read more

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2023-07-05T21:22:58-07:00

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The Denial of Death. Afterlife 1

Last updated on: July 5, 2023 at 9:22 pm By Ted Peters

Even though the Grim Reaper comes to us all, our anxiety leads us to deny death as long as we can. But, denial of death leads to sin, to trying to steal the life force from our neighbors. Can faith relieve our anxiety and reduce our sinning against our neighbors? Read more

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2024-12-16T10:52:06-08:00

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Two Mass Shootings Per Day

Last updated on: December 16, 2024 at 10:52 am By Ted Peters

Two Mass Shootings Per Day Two mass shootings per day. That’s what I’m thinking about. I am writing this post in northern California. I glance occasionally at the TV screen over my right shoulder. There I see that San Mateo police have just handcuffed a mass shooter–Zhao Chunli–near two coastal mushroom farms near Half Moon Bay. Seven dead so far. I write as he’s being taken in a squad car to jail. Yesterday was a bountiful day for murder too.... Read more

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2025-02-08T14:44:09-08:00

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Are the Bible and Big Bang Consonant?

Last updated on: February 8, 2025 at 2:44 pm By Ted Peters

Are the Bible and Big Bang cosmology consonant? Yes. The notion of Time=0 may not provide an eye witness to the biblical notion of the beginning of time and space; but it does provide a scientific character witness. Read more

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