Is a smoothly paved sidewalk straight up a hill flat? Can the side of a hill be flat? Are all sides of all hills flat? Flat and level are not identical concepts. (My big dictionary has 101 definitions of flat; and, 60 definitions of level). One example of what is flat is a 2-D surface in a 3-D space. One definition of level, using a bubble leveler, is perpendicular to a point vector of gravity.
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Notes on Divine Revelation According to Roman Catholicism, the story of creation in the book of Genesis is not scientific proof. I listened to a Catholic priest who said that he read a more original story of creation in a Hebrew book of Genesis, and said that the more original story of creation reads more like poetry. <
This post is an imaginative speculation about why the environment of outer space may not be safe for space travel at the speed of light speed or faster. The largest nearby obstacle to interstellar travel between the stars is the theorized existence of the Oort Cloud named after the astronomer named Jan Oort who theorized that the source of comets is from a cloud of icy object
The obelisk on the left is the Washington Monument. The obelisk on the right is an Egyptian monument. Together the two obelisks represent a span of human history.
For people who are not familiar, the house has solar shingles for generating electricity.
Politicians have legislated a reduction of air pollution in some places; and, politicians may be able to legislate a stop to the release of extra carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere that is warming the planet and may cause predicted consequences. Unfortunately, politicians may not be able to legislate a reduction of the extra carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because politicians cannot completely legislate without the mea
I never met Leonard Nimoy. I know Leonard Nimoy mostly through his character of Mr. Spock; and, partly through his photography. From the responses and tributes to Leonard Nimoy, I learned that Leonard Nimoy preferred photography as a career, and that Leonard Nimoy wrote and published poetry. I mostly identified with the ideals of Star Trek and not with any one of its characters. One ideal that I identi
I would have responded to the subject of the Boston Marathon bombings sooner; but, I was working full time. However, the news has reported a few more facts about the case of the Boston Marathon bombings, about which I can write some additional comments. One additional fact is that the surviving accused of the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, wrote notes inside a boat, during the time he was hiding from the pu
Page 6 of 6 Later, after landing at my principality, I meet a few of my companions Who are hopping mad. One companion says to me, "I told you not to speak for your defense. You let God dice you into an unfavorable result That reveals us to the light". Another companion reminds me, "We can win more often in the dark, Samael, than in the light". Shaking my fist, I exult, "We are allowed to rule"! Looki
Page 5 of 6 While falling, I turn my back Toward the new convections Of heat rising from Hell. I do note, however, That I do not feel The burning of this heat, Making me wonder If the cinder boxes Are really not that many. I think that I will order A count of those boxes So that I can determine The size of our kingdom. With nothing new to think about, I remo
Page 4 of 6 Now I shall present my case As I present my case to God In a way that you can understand So that you can judge for yourself. The preparation for my case begins with the word of God. God says, "I shall judge all the fallen angels individually On the merits of each Because my mercy is infinite And I love no less". Approaching my judgment From outside of heaven, <br
Page 3 of 6 A Tweet from Samael: The Power Is You Your stories about me Say that I do both good and evil, And that I am a poisoned magician who destroys. So you name me, Samael. Because I am spiritually one in life and cause With all the legions of the angelic demons, I have been confused in your stories With your stories of other angels.
Page 2 of 6 A greater good for knowing evil is forming and developing a knowledgeable conscience with the help of reason such as for example for developing human ethics, and with the help of the instruction and revelation of religious faith, which is part of the growth and maturity of religious faith and of the person, so that hopefully evil can not surprise us with the bad consequences of evil, and perhaps in extreme cases not be overwhelmed by
Page 1 of 6 After I started writing this poem, I thought of retitling this poem as Samael Speaks , reminiscent of Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra , in which Nietzsche describes his idea of the uber man. As you may know, Nietzsche was a German philosopher in the late nineteenth century. Nietzsche's philosophy criticized Christianity. For example, he wrote that Christianity was too complacent for
A Tale of Two Truths I have some comments about science and God. I will begin with the 'beginning' and finish with my comments about a comparison between science and Catholicism and not between science and God since much of what I know about God is through Catholicism.  
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