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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.

My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)

At home, I have a potted herb garden, potted dwarfed citrus, and a hanging hummingbird garden. My wife and I are also trying to grow a son, but he's harder to feed and train properly.


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comment What does it mean to be perfect?
See also: What did Jesus mean by "be perfect" in the Sermon on the Mount?
May
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reviewed Reject suggested edit on What version of the Bible is closest to the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek manuscripts?
May
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May
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answered Does swearing on the Bible have any spiritual significance?
May
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comment Do we know there are only three persons in the “Trinity”?
@Flimzy: Thanks for the feedback. I'll noodle on it some more.
May
7
comment Why did God make garments of skin for Adam and Eve when they had already made clothing for themselves?
Hi Geoff and welcome to our Christianity Q&A site. That sound like the core of an interesting answer. However, I'd like to know a bit more about how your pastor makes his points. Maybe you can summarize the sermon?
May
7
comment Do we know there are only three persons in the “Trinity”?
@Flimzy: The idea is that functionally there are three roles, so adding another person would mean they would have nothing to do, which seems wrong. I probably need to make the points more clearly in the answer: 1) there are three roles in the process of redemption, 2) the Trinity fills those roles already, and 3) no new roles are possible.
May
6
revised How is Samson a witness for the Lord?
Still learning...
May
6
answered Do we know there are only three persons in the “Trinity”?
May
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answered How is Samson a witness for the Lord?
May
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asked How is Samson a witness for the Lord?
May
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comment Are the early followers of Christ considered Christians or Jews in today's context? If not, when was the religion created?
@Dan Andrews: The date of the book of Acts is largely irrelevant. The events described in chapter 11 are from a few years after the crucifixion and well before the destruction of the temple (70 AD).
May
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answered Are the early followers of Christ considered Christians or Jews in today's context? If not, when was the religion created?
Apr
26
comment Psychedelics in the Bible?
@fredsbend: I don't think it's on topic at all! Neither of the drugs mentioned could have been present in the Ancient Near East. More troubling, we agree that most answers to the question would just be speculation! Let's close this question so that nobody will waste their time answering a question that will need to be changed or deleted.
Apr
25
comment Why is Rome the holy city?
I think the answer has far more to do with History and Politics than it does with theology. It's telling that Constantine called his capital the New Rome and not the New Jerusalem.
Apr
25
revised What is the basis for the claim that the entire New Testament can be reconstructed apart from original and copied manuscripts?
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Apr
25
answered What is the basis for the claim that the entire New Testament can be reconstructed apart from original and copied manuscripts?
Apr
25
comment What is the basis for the claim that the entire New Testament can be reconstructed apart from original and copied manuscripts?
FYI: This question, which is about the writings of the early church fathers, wouldn't fly on Biblical Hermeneutics. However, a similar question asking about textual criticism in general (i.e., how quoted texts inform us of textual variations) would be ontopic there.
Apr
18
comment Why is the Trinity a Trinity?
FYI: I've asked a meta-question related to the most recent edit.
Apr
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