Dehumanizing the People of God

By Ed Hurst | Feb 11, 2010 at 16:13:37

It’s the basic concept of sin: saying anything contrary to God’s revelation. As a collection of documents arising from the Ancient Near East (ANE), the Bible must be read from that ANE perspective, with an ANE epistemology. The only purpose for which He preserved the Scripture was to explain our burden of obligation to Him. Revelation's chief end is not information, but a call to commitment. If God says man is created in His image, then it places upon us the burden to respect each human. Indeed, Jesus said love your fellow humans as yourself, which is another way of commanding us to respect them. You are not greater than another. When Christians forget this truth, it encourages untold wrongs both within the church and out in the world.

Aristotle on His Head

By Ed Hurst | Dec 31, 2009 at 22:10:39

Aristotle and his friends clearly stated only philosophers can really get where we are going. Thus, it was their duty to lay it all out for everyone else. To this day, we still use a significant amount of Aristotle’s formal structure for human knowledge. Unfortunately, we carry forward his ideas without really ever questioning if they are valid.

Conflicting Kingdoms: the Biblical Worldview and the West

By Ed Hurst | Dec 10, 2009 at 21:56:38

It does no good to argue which path is better if we haven’t first discussed where we are going. The real difference between the biblical world view — otherwise known to us as Ancient Near Eastern (ANE) — and the Western frame of reference is rooted in why we bother to philosophize in the first place. The goals of the Bible and those of Western Civilization are not compatible.

Mystical Advent-ure

By Ed Hurst | Dec 1, 2009 at 0:24:27

The popular term for my faith is Christian Mysticism. I don’t participate much in what typically bears that label, but my basic approach is mystical, in that I assert nothing truly important can be put into words. Jesus taught in parables, in part because God and His revelation are ineffable. So we can’t really describe ultimate truth, only indicate it using symbols.

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 8

By Ed Hurst | Sep 15, 2009 at 0:19:5

The ultimate step in DIY Linux for the home PC user is building a piece of software for yourself.

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 7: Making Adjustments

By Ed Hurst | Aug 12, 2009 at 20:56:41

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 6

By Ed Hurst | Jul 15, 2009 at 23:19:46

Let’s add another repo. A repository, or repo, is a place where additional software packages are available for download. Out of the box, most Linux distributions are preconfigured with standard repos for downloading additional features, as well as receiving updates to the system.

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 5

By Ed Hurst | Jul 2, 2009 at 22:49:53

Be careful using the Linux command line — it can be very addictive. You don’t have to be a Linux hobby fanatic to enjoy the power of what’s often called “pure computing.”

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 4

By Ed Hurst | Jun 3, 2009 at 0:6:43

In three parts (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) so far, Ed Hurst has worked through using CentOS as a home computer operating system. Now he dives deeper to look at important administrative tasks and how one performs them.

Linux Migration for the Home PC User, Part 3

By Ed Hurst | May 19, 2009 at 21:34:56

At this point, after Part 1 and Part 2, if you have experienced help on hand, or you are willing to study the issues for yourself, you really don't need any more help from me. What follows are simply my personal suggestions which should allow you to get from here to there the quickest way possible.