The carpenter's son
Prizing the Bible from the hand of Christianity
Rory Sullivan
- Location
- UK
- Birthday
- May 25
- Bio
- I write "A carpenter from Nazareth" (acfromn.com). I'm going to try posting some of the articles here.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Empathy is the skeleton key,
or, How to dispose of the body
July 02, 2012 01:17AM - 10 signs the Apostle Paul was
an extravert
June 21, 2012 01:46AM - Prayr n meditayshun - yr not
doin it rite
May 15, 2012 12:16AM - Too much power, and no power
at all
March 28, 2012 01:47AM - The illustration of the wheat
and the weeds
March 10, 2012 06:33AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you for your kind
words, Patience.
I
think in a case like this the
religion…”
March 31, 2012 01:56AM - “Dammit, I love your
writing. The paragraph
describing being
pulled out of
class b…”
March 12, 2012 11:25AM - “The sensation of being
buried alive must be something
akin to
Larkin's
"coas…”
March 11, 2012 03:10AM - “"People will come Ray.
They'll come to Iowa for
reasons they
can't even
fath…”
March 09, 2012 12:22PM - “I've been looking
forward to these articles,
Meg.
I appreciate
that I might be
ask…”
March 07, 2012 05:32PM
Rory Sullivan's Links
March 31, 2012 01:56AM
“Thank you for your kind words, Patience. I think in a case like this the religion gets reduced to a position more like an exclusive club. A club has rul…”
About: Too much power, and no power at all
“Thank you for your kind words, Patience. I think in a case like this the religion gets reduced to a position more like an exclusive club. A club has rul…”
About: Too much power, and no power at all
March 12, 2012 11:25AM
“Dammit, I love your writing. The paragraph describing being pulled out of class by the school therapist captures a young girl's embarrassment in minute…”
About: My husband told his english class I had Aspergers
“Dammit, I love your writing. The paragraph describing being pulled out of class by the school therapist captures a young girl's embarrassment in minute…”
About: My husband told his english class I had Aspergers
March 11, 2012 03:10AM
“The sensation of being buried alive must be something akin to Larkin's "coastal shelf". I used to think that the final stanze in Philip Larkin…”
About: Buried Alive
“The sensation of being buried alive must be something akin to Larkin's "coastal shelf". I used to think that the final stanze in Philip Larkin…”
About: Buried Alive
March 09, 2012 12:22PM
“"People will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doi…”
About: Field of Dreams... Is Within You
“"People will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doi…”
About: Field of Dreams... Is Within You
March 07, 2012 05:32PM
“I've been looking forward to these articles, Meg. I appreciate that I might be asking something that you will eventually get around to answering, but...…”
About: Prayer or Meditation? It's All Good
“I've been looking forward to these articles, Meg. I appreciate that I might be asking something that you will eventually get around to answering, but...…”
About: Prayer or Meditation? It's All Good
March 05, 2012 02:26AM
“Raymond - thank you for those very encouraging words. Finally realising that the characters in the Bible should be viewed as real people "with fee…”
About: Samuel - A terrible warning for the stoic man
“Raymond - thank you for those very encouraging words. Finally realising that the characters in the Bible should be viewed as real people "with fee…”
About: Samuel - A terrible warning for the stoic man
March 03, 2012 02:22AM
“I think it is too easy to be distracted by the literal reading. It is a mythology. It can be pulled apart on many levels - its simplicity of language,…”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
“I think it is too easy to be distracted by the literal reading. It is a mythology. It can be pulled apart on many levels - its simplicity of language,…”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
March 01, 2012 03:10AM
“I would agree with you to a great extent, Frank. The Old Testament can be viewed as a self-serving history. The Israelites looked back and interpreted…”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
“I would agree with you to a great extent, Frank. The Old Testament can be viewed as a self-serving history. The Israelites looked back and interpreted…”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
February 29, 2012 11:44AM
“Meghill, you are so kind.”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
“Meghill, you are so kind.”
About: Bible Psychology - thousands of years ahead of its time
February 11, 2012 02:18AM
“How about the possibility that Jesus was never seeking followers in the first place? Most of what is written about Jesus was written several decades aft…”
About: Jesus forbids exclusion!
“How about the possibility that Jesus was never seeking followers in the first place? Most of what is written about Jesus was written several decades aft…”
About: Jesus forbids exclusion!
February 09, 2012 03:59PM
“"Guessing" is a very clever word to use because it has the effect of paralysing the mind. It stops it in its tracks and forces a re-evaluatio…”
About: More God Talk....
“"Guessing" is a very clever word to use because it has the effect of paralysing the mind. It stops it in its tracks and forces a re-evaluatio…”
About: More God Talk....
February 09, 2012 01:45AM
“Thank you, Meg. I'm a bit distracted because I have just read the comments over at your last post. I'm going to mull over it for the day and post a comm…”
About: It's not about God, it's about you
“Thank you, Meg. I'm a bit distracted because I have just read the comments over at your last post. I'm going to mull over it for the day and post a comm…”
About: It's not about God, it's about you
February 09, 2012 01:37AM
“"Labling is disabling" (Faber&Mazlish/Haim Ginott classic quote) Perhap s people label themselves in more subtle, insidious ways. People ca…”
About: A Take on Labels
“"Labling is disabling" (Faber&Mazlish/Haim Ginott classic quote) Perhap s people label themselves in more subtle, insidious ways. People ca…”
About: A Take on Labels
February 09, 2012 01:25AM
“Thanks for posting a link to the Primal Family website. I hadn't heard of it before. It's a great article, and a good index of the Peter Gray articles…”
About: Forget Tiger Mom and French Mom: Meet Hunter-Gatherer Mom
“Thanks for posting a link to the Primal Family website. I hadn't heard of it before. It's a great article, and a good index of the Peter Gray articles…”
About: Forget Tiger Mom and French Mom: Meet Hunter-Gatherer Mom
February 08, 2012 03:14PM
“"I have faith in my gut", I like that, meghill. That's as good a place as any for faith to reside. I like to differentiate between "beli…”
About: More God Talk....
“"I have faith in my gut", I like that, meghill. That's as good a place as any for faith to reside. I like to differentiate between "beli…”
About: More God Talk....
February 06, 2012 11:01AM
“I loved the quote from David Bohm on page 7. He encapsulates something I have recognised for a while now. It was refreshing and encouraging to see it s…”
About: On the Meaning of Sin
“I loved the quote from David Bohm on page 7. He encapsulates something I have recognised for a while now. It was refreshing and encouraging to see it s…”
About: On the Meaning of Sin
February 04, 2012 02:51AM
“Forgiveness is a happy by-product of understanding. We need to take the time to understand why someone acted, or acts, in a certain way. When we unders…”
About: A Meditation on Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is a happy by-product of understanding. We need to take the time to understand why someone acted, or acts, in a certain way. When we unders…”
About: A Meditation on Forgiveness
February 03, 2012 02:56PM
“Lovely thoughts, here. My oldest has a little of the "fear of the dark" in her - as many children (and adults) do. I was fascinated with the…”
About: On Fear
“Lovely thoughts, here. My oldest has a little of the "fear of the dark" in her - as many children (and adults) do. I was fascinated with the…”
About: On Fear
February 03, 2012 02:07AM
“Oooh...it's a hard choice, and you know it, too. That's why you're putting it to the vote. I'm going to go with...1”
About: Love vs Love: Which one should I choose? (sketch)
“Oooh...it's a hard choice, and you know it, too. That's why you're putting it to the vote. I'm going to go with...1”
About: Love vs Love: Which one should I choose? (sketch)
February 02, 2012 02:51PM
“That one commandment would solve a lot of problems.”
About: I need a new religion
“That one commandment would solve a lot of problems.”
About: I need a new religion
February 01, 2012 01:11AM
“That an understandable response to an unhelpful explanation, baltimore. Thank you for the encouraging words, r.”
About: The debt you owe to yourself
“That an understandable response to an unhelpful explanation, baltimore. Thank you for the encouraging words, r.”
About: The debt you owe to yourself
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