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Lloyd Hargrove

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  • Consider this First

      A Rebellious Son 18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to ...
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  • How real is real?

    Each of us exists at the center of our own universe, at the center of our perceptions. Those perceptions which most of us happen to share in common we term "reality", but the corollary says reality as perceived is quite a subjective matter. Does that mean "truth" is also subjective? Each person's...
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  • The Placebo Effect Witnessed in Religion

      The Placebo Effect, once categorized as merely fooling some people into believing they feel better by some power of suggestion, continues to amaze researchers by demonstrating real power to cure an increasing variety of medical conditions. This would appear to be a coaxing of resources other...
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  • An Alternate Perspective on Legal Abortion

    Dear Friends,   I have previously hesitated to post this particular article because it might instigate some controversy, having been a "hot topic" for a very long time now.   The opinions expressed within are solely those of the author having formed and reformed over many, many moons whi...
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  • On Death - Kahlil Gibran

    You would know the secret of death.But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the daycannot unveil the mystery of light.If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,open your heart wide unto the body of life.For life and death ...
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  • Word of the Day - Sensorium

    Sensorium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   A sensorium (plural: sensoria) is the sum of an organism's perception, the "seat of sensation" where it experiences and interprets the environments within which it lives. The term originally entered English from the ...
  • I AM Human

    Aishah Shechinah By Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) Enjoy!   New Moon tonight Category, Religious Symbols    
  • Moved

    Sumina... What's in a Name? Poetry
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  • The Wisdom of Dune

    Spiritual journeys often begin unexpectedly and in the strangest places.  As a young man I developed a fondness for science fiction and fantasy as my dearly departed dad always kept a bunch stacked around the place.  I had more free time in those days so I managed to read a bit in those ge...
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  • The Difference Between a Burrow and a Trap

    The availability of immediate and seemingly boundless information is now possible through today's internet, but does this make our decisions easier or more complicated?  Human minds work through sensory inputs and internal biases in order to determine a subjective reality out of all the chaos...
  • Angels and Demons Movie Review

    Angels and Demons is a best selling novel by Dan Brown which served as the basis for a popular movie starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron Howard.  The story exposes to the general public some cutting edge science as well as a great deal of religious and, depending upon the viewer, p...
  • The Force Baptist Church?

    Is Star Wars a religious flick? This now classic sci-fi thriller series is a classic example that one should never underestimate any source of spiritual perceptions. Spirituality as depicted in those movies presents the endless battle between the forces of "light" and "dark" which has long been ...
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  • Are you a "Trinity"?

    The Trinity of God is a concept which many feel is difficult to grasp, however it may be helpful to start with something closer to home, that being ourselves.  Created in the Trinity Image of God   Have a great day!   Lloyd
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  • The Space Race

    Apparently Big Brother is everywhere.  While keeping the peace across a broad cross-section of citizens and/or website members is paramount to maintaining some semblance of civil order, it seems that there would naturally be a somewhat fuzzy line as to what shall or shall not pass with regards ...
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  • What does it Matter? The Nature of (your) Cause and Effect

    Can one person make any difference in the whole scheme of things?  Consider... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect If you studied the above link it details how a small event such as the single flap of a butterfly's wings can initiate a chain of events leading to a massive hurrican...
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  • Sects

      we servants of a nameless kind are summoned out to seek and find (with maybe some telepathy) all spoilers of the human youth and garblers of the sacred truth     deceivers, liers, self-fulfilled if left to us we'd have you grilled (and that for an eternity) on endless...
  • Venus and Mercury Transits

      The Universe continues to amaze and entertain us if we but pay attention.  Feed the wonder of your inner child continuously. The Bracken Bridge - Venus Transit    
  • How Big is Your Scroll?

    Part I.  The Science Lesson:Like a scroll unrolling in both directions, the Earth's basalt crust spreads away from the Mid-ocean ridges while faithfully recording within the rock mirror images of the historic reversals of the Earth's magnetic poles. Seafloor spreading      &nb...
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