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Blessed for lying and deceit
So, is anybody else puzzled by this? “By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.” (Hebrews 11:31) All right, so it doesn’t actually...
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Deceit, lies and waterboarding
During the Spanish-American War, a U.S. soldier, Major Edwin Glenn, was suspended from command for one month and fined $50 for using “the water cure.” In his review, the Army judge advocate said the...
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Willingly deceived?
OK, after a trip to the Pepperdine lectures, I’m back and ready to bounce some more ideas off of you. Before I so rudely interrupted myself by posting some things I had written previously, I was...
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Deadly mirage
It came out in a paper in the U.K. last month. I didn’t see much coverage here, but I thought the news to be rather significant. Let me quote a couple of paragraphs from the article: Rafid Ahmed Alwan...
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Can We Be Too Trusting?
“It is better to trust a person who should not be trusted than to distrust a person who should be trusted.” I heard that proverb years ago, and the long I live, the more I agree with it. I’ve chosen to...
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Sleight of mouth
When I was a kid, I really enjoyed magicians. Even though I knew it was a trick, I still became a part of the illusion. Sleight of hand, or prestidigitation for those who like using big words, is...
View ArticleMystery and subterfuge in the blogosphere
OK, an extra post today. Things are not always what they seem. Seems I’ve been had, deceived by some people who feel that the New Covenant allows us to use lies and deceit in our dealings with one...
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