I once had a teacher – an ex-marine nun (believe it!), who shook my young psyche by claiming that the fact that the ancient Greeks and Romans worshiped so many gods was not an outdated practice – that we could find the same thing going on currently with The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints. Each of these minor gods is worshiped in the same way that the Greeks might have done so with Hermes and Hera – important, but not like Zeus, the big guy.
The search for miracles is confirmation bias on steroids. I wonder if the church employed Natelson and Budge in the process. It’s also comical. If this God of theirs were so powerful, why is he so sneaky about imparting evidence to us?
Piece of Mindful 
Rather than wasting your time mocking these people, you ought to be making money off them, like finding a cow turd that looks like Jesus.
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“What I Am”
I’m not aware of too many things,
I know what I know if you know what I mean
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box
Religion is the smile on a dog
I’m not aware of too many things,
I know what I know if you know what I mean
Choke me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep
What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are – or what
I’m not aware of too many things,
I know what I know if you know what I mean
Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks
Religion is a light in the fog
I’m not aware of too many things,
I know what I know if you know what I mean
Choke me in the shallow water
Before I get too deep
What I am is what I am
Are you what you are – or what
Don’t let me get too deep
– Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
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Popeye said that first.
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Popeye said all that? Or is the title what matters most? Appropriation is everywhere in art and music. And before Popeye? Well it doesn’t really matter, now does it?
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