September 5, 2011 · 3:02 pm
- an appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity.
- sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something.
- initiated by some simple or commonplace occurrence or experience.
“I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all,” Teddy said. “It was on a Sunday, I remember. My sister was a tiny child then, and she was drinking her milk, and all of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I mean. ~J.D. Salinger
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August 15, 2011 · 1:34 pm
A commenter on my post, "The Socialist Capital Of Missouri: Joplin," wrote: I would submit the idea that Christ would be in favor of socialism! It so happens that Gregory Paul, who knows a little something about sociological research, wrote a piece for The Washington Post a few days ago that addressed the Jesus-as-socialist idea. In fact, Paul went further and questioned "a set of profound contradictions" that "have developed within modern conser … Read More
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