Agnosticism
An Atheist’s Queries ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com My good buddy on Twitter, Dan Hogg, is a confirmend atheiist, me, I’m a confirmed agnostic. We get into it on Twitter quite a bit, but it’s always in a spirit of good humor and mutual
Agnosticism
Discerning Human Taint In Holy Books ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com As an agnostic, I’ll admit that The Bible “may” be — at least, obliquely — inspired by the Supreme Being, whom I unreservedly refer to as “God.” I also refer to God as a He, since there
Humanity
A Writer Writes, But… ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com A writer writes, but a writer has to have something helpful to say. And, even then, people won’t listen unless they’re entertained in the process. Most people won’t. A writer’s body of work must
Baby Boomers
Evil vs Good (c) 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 15 (thread) Was there ever any good from Hitler’s rise? If he hadn’t caused all that trouble in Europe, I and all the other war-babies and boomers wouldn’t exist. Pre-Pearl Harbor, my
Humanity
America’s Built-in Tension ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 12 (thread) The 13 American Colonies, once the rebellion was over, were essentially 13 unique, countries. In order to form a larger country from that mélange, each had to give up some of its inate
Agnosticism
Genesis Redux ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 11 (thread) Atheists don’t waste a lot of time with the “God thing.” Maybe that’s the advantage of ideology. All matters in the relevant subject are settled firmly, thus freeing the mind for other concerns.
Conservatism
Conservatism’s Secret Source ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Apr 25 (thread) Today’s “meditational revelation” is that the world’s “right-wing” is living in a #FascistDreamWorld, so much so, that they cannot accept the scientific realities of the human species. For example, the silly
Humanity
And, More Time ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com I wrote yesterday, “Time is a construct of the human mind.” That’s not exactly accurate. Well, maybe it’s accurate as far as our mundane perspective goes, because, in our minds, the present doesn’t seem to exist
Philosophy
Time ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Time is a construct of the human mind. The present does not really exist: it is merely the impossibly thin, hurtling cursor that creates revealed reality. There is no future, except in human imagination: what is out beyond the cursor’s
Culture
What is Culture? ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Apr 13 (thread) What is #culture? What does it mean when people say, “I have to honor my culture?” What are they “honoring”? Culture can be so many things to so many people. It can be simply
Culture Clash
The Games People Play © 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Games and Gaming are a huge deal nowadays. Computer games are probably now one of the Earth’s major industries, financially speaking. There are championship tourneys with attendance — and player “salaries” — akin to Major League Baseball. Tourney attendees,
Atheism
Humility ©2022 by Vernonn Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Psalm 8:4 KJV For the past two or three years, I’ve written a daily “column” on Twitter, posted as a multi-part thread, under the hashtag, “#FirstCuppaJoe.” Previously it was entitled
Economis
The Galactic Corral ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com …Polaris. I’m reminded of something from that old book of ancient wisdom, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” Indeed, how puny we are. We can’t even be seen from an altitude as small as
Agnosticism
The God of Nature ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com “…to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…” The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, 1776 There
Humanity
The moment we humans gained Introspection, self-contemplation, soul-searching, was really our Eden. Did it happen all at once, or did it—like the rest of our bodies–evolve? If introspection evolved, why can’t we see it evolving in other animals? Koko the gorilla was our one emissary from the
Humanity
Humanity, the Gamut ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Good-hearted nurturing people abound, As do parasitic thieving scoundrels. While mothers caress and coo, Whores flaunt their wares downtown. A caring physician, strokes a fevered brow While a Drug Lord in a storied mansion On a storied estate Shouts