Why I don't stand for the national anthem
Why I don't stand for the national anthem posted on 2012-05-07Daniel 3 tells the story of 3 Jews who refused to worship a statue that King Nebuchadnezer built to symbolize his and Babylon’s power....
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Project whitecoat
Project whitecoat posted on 2012-05-22Between 1954 and 1973, 522 conscientious objectors volunteered as human test subjects in the US Army’s biological weapons defense program. Conscientious objectors...
View ArticleMy conscientious objector discharge
My conscientious objector discharge posted on 2012-06-28After almost seven years in the navy, I was discharged as a conscientious objector in February 2011. There’s no one thing I can point out as...
View ArticleTestimony: the development of my beliefs
Testimony: the development of my beliefs posted on 2012-06-29In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector process is an...
View ArticleTestimony: why I'm "pro-peace" and not "anti-war"
Testimony: why I'm "pro-peace" and not "anti-war" posted on 2012-06-30In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector...
View ArticleTestimony: interpreting the old testament
Testimony: interpreting the old testament posted on 2012-07-02In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector process is an...
View ArticleTestimony: the Jesus revolution
Testimony: the Jesus revolution posted on 2012-07-03In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector process is an interview...
View ArticleTestimony: nonviolence and the government
Testimony: nonviolence and the government posted on 2012-07-04In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector process is an...
View ArticleTestimony: The meaning of salvation
Testimony: The meaning of salvation posted on 2012-07-05In February 2011 I was discharged as a conscientious objector after 7 years in the Navy. Part of the conscientious objector process is an...
View Articleexegesis with humility
exegesis with humility posted on 2012-07-21In Luke 10:2, Jesus says:The harvest is plenty but the workers are few.I’ve heard this verse interpreted by churches as a call to evangelism. There’s a lot of...
View ArticlePacifist Christianity, evil spirits, and humility
Pacifist Christianity, evil spirits, and humility posted on 2012-07-22In Luke 11:24-25, Jesus says:When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it....
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Radical Christianity à la Aristotle
Radical Christianity à la Aristotle posted on 2012-10-17I’ve been thinking recently about ways to formalize exactly what makes Christianity different. One way to approach this is through ethics.In the...
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Talking about Christian Anarchy is hard
Talking about Christian Anarchy is hard posted on 2012-10-28It’s hard because no one ever listens as soon as a conversation turns political. It’s just about waiting for our turn to regurgitate the pros...
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simple beer ice cream
simple beer ice cream posted on 2012-11-07So last weekend I was making an awesome double IPA. My roommate’s dad owns a hops farm. He had just sent us 2 lbs of cascade. So I figured, I wonder how...
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A simple method to radicalize your Christianity
A simple method to radicalize your Christianity posted on 2012-11-17Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all. – Mark 9:35 Being the servant of all is a hard task that...
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Gausian distributions form a monoid
Gausian distributions form a monoid posted on 2012-11-25(And why machine learning experts should care)This is the first in a series of posts about the HLearn library for haskell that I’ve been working...
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My 2012 experiments in Christianity
My 2012 experiments in Christianity posted on 2013-01-02We don’t know what God wants, and we wouldn’t know how to do it even if we did. Therefore (as Gandhi put it) we must “experiment with truth.” We...
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Nuclear weapon statistics using monoids, groups, and modules in Haskell
Nuclear weapon statistics using monoids, groups, and modules in Haskell posted on 2013-01-04The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists tracks the nuclear capabilities of every country. We’re going to use...
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The categorical distribution's algebraic structure
The categorical distribution's algebraic structure posted on 2013-01-08The categorical distribution is the main distribution for handling discrete data. I like to think of it as a histogram. For...
View Articlethe parable of the sower
the parable of the sower posted on 2013-01-24In Mark 4, Jesus tells the classic parable of the sower:Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the...
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