Life, the Universe and Everything
Musings
Random observations on life.
On Dealing With Aging
06 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
Today marks the end of the latest life experience of a complete revolution of the earth around the sun and another begins. Life is full of endings and beginnings. After experiencing the fiftieth revolution, the realization hit me that I had lived more than half my life. Time was precious and felt as if it […]
Sacred Cows
110 years
Recently, I was discussing, with a friend, the facts concerning the 911 Truthers’ conspiracy theory. As I countered his arguments, he claimed that I was holding onto “sacred cows,” as I would not acknowledge the “evidence” that WTC7 could not have come down without demolition explosives. What struck me, with this statement, was that, although, his […]
Social Commentary in Games: Bioshock Infinite
011 years
[Warning: This article discusses the video game Bioshock Infinite and contains spoilers.] Video games, like science fiction are bounded only by the creator’s imagination. They both provide alternate realities that can provide a culture or world, as a canvas, to make social commentary. In the 1960’s, Gene Roddenberry’s original Star Trek series had scripts that […]
Why Do People Tell Lies That Can Be Easily Checked?
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
A few weeks back, I couldn’t believe my ears, Glenn Beck and David Barton were saying that former President Ronald Reagan opposed the Brady Bill and the federal assault weapons ban. Here is a partial transcript. Beck: The assault weapons ban and handgun control—that was actually started by James Brady, but, the interesting thing is, […]
Legal Gun Concealment Scares the Hell Out of Me
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is one in a long list of shootings that has prompted discussion on gun control. Some calling for stricter gun control laws. While, others fight hard against any changes to the existing gun laws. Regardless of what changes, if any, to the gun control laws that are currently on […]
WWOOF – World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
Vacations can reveal a wealth of hidden treasures, waiting to be found, if one goes looking. We found one such jewel, while on the Big Island. We had gone off the main highway to look for a coffee farm. The farm appeared to be closed, so we went exploring. We came across a sign for […]
“Don’t Think. Pray.”
012 years
While vacationing with my family on the Big Island in the Hawaiian Islands, we drove past a sign, hanging on a cross, that said, “Don’t Think. Pray.” Actually, we drove past it many times, as it was on a main highway that traversed the West coastline, Highway 11 around mile marker 109. After seeing the […]
Intelligent Design?
012 years
Some proponents of Intelligent Design use the eye as an example of God’s intelligent design that is irreducibly complex, which had been created intact as it is today. No component of the eye, by itself, could have been of any use. Therefore, evolution could not have produced an eye, only a creator with a design plan. […]
Darby, Dispensationalism, the Rapture and Understanding Conservative Christians
012 years
[Author’s note: part of this article is an excerpt from my book Jefferson’s Razor.] I have heard people use the United States motto, “In God we trust,” and its placement on U.S. money, as supportive evidence that the Founding Fathers established a Christian nation. Hopefully, most now know that the adoption of “In God we […]
Response to Mike Huckabee’s “Where Was God?”
012 years
[Author’s note: Originally, this was a response to Mike Huckabee’s “Where was God?” video he posted on Facebook, but since then many others—James Dobson and Newt Gingrich, for two—have voiced the same remarks, directly or indirectly blaming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on our secular society. Although, it is a response to Mr. Huckabee, […]