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The Pizza was Immaterial
I want to wrestle with my conscience a wee bit. You see, the other day I was on my way home from picking up a pizza for dinner when I was stopped in the street by someone who asked for a slice. Naturally, I thought this to be a very strange thing to ask of…
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Ex nihilo
In the beginning, God created the heaven and earth. —Genesis 1:1 This verse from Genesis, as understood by orthodox Christian theology, describes God creating the world ex nihilo; that is, from nothing. Imagine that! Granted this was said for comedic purposes, Ricky Gervais once remarked that this was an incredible statement: it’s not like God…
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The Answer / The Question
What is “the answer”? That is, the answer to life, the universe, and everything? According to the Deep Thought supercomputer of Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, it’s not an answer that we would like. Do you want to know what it is? Are you unperturbed on account of some morbid sense of curiosity?…
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Judaism
Fun fact about me: I actually prefer the Old Testament to the New. I know what you’re about to say: “But it’s so horrid! There’s so many violent parts! There’s so many strange laws! It’s just so… ugh!” But do you know what? That’s exactly what I like about it. It’s not that I don’t…
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Chicken & Waffles
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day, but what is breakfast? Aside from (incidentally) being my least favourite meal, most people would split the word in two and say that breakfast is when you break the fast. It is the first meal of your day. But what if, hypothetically, I…
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The Meaning of History
Never let anything as trivial as facts get in the way of a good story. I don’t know how much I’ve properly written about my time in Rome. Most of my writing about it was posted to a class blog that I may have linked here, but all the same there remains a great deal…
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The Theologian’s Nightmare
I hadn’t read much of Bertrand Russell until recently, when I came across a very short essay called The Theologian’s Nightmare. Mind! it’s less of an essay and more of a short story. In it, the esteemed theologian finds himself on the way to Heaven only to be subjected to greater inquisition than he was…
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Hirayama and My Father
People like to complain about work, and I can understand why. For many (if not all) of us, it is frustrating since it is often something we find ourselves needing to do rather than wanting to do. Common quips about having a “9-to-5” reflect this attitude: a person is certainly more than what they do!…
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Hinduism
Believe it or not, when I was staying at a Benedictine monastery, I was never told to read the Bible. No, only book I was recommended (by a monk who enjoyed listening to heavy metal) was the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu classic. It was fitting that a monk who enjoyed metal would recommend it to…
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