Author: Geoff

In the Bible it is said the woman “comes from “is” (man) and is called “issa”. The man cries out in delight 3 times when he sees her.It reflects the common nature they share, not status – “bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh” (Judg 9:2 “your bone and flesh”).These are theological statements, not…

from Carole Hooven (6) Carole Hooven on X: “Seems like a good time to re-post my older (now edited) post about athletes with XY DSDs (Disorder, or Difference of Sex Development). Lots of graphs and detail about the relevant biology at the end. * * * First: People living with DSDs” / X First: People…

The Biology of Good and Evil | Frans de Waal & Dr Jordan B Peterson – YouTube

Welcome to Star Wars, the Old Republic’s latest instalment, Profit and Plunder. If you don’t know the story to this point, beware SPOILERS!!!! May follow. Apparently, the galaxy is still suffering, despite your best efforts, you being “possessed” by Emperor Valkorion, and having created an alliance of Empire and Republic. The first instalment of this…

Hi Folks I work for a christian national radio/tv station in New Zealand, and one of our talented staff is raising money to make a movie. He has one week to go and needs about $5000NZD (USD$3000 approx) more to buy the equipment he needs. He will be doing this in his spare time, but…

The Church has frequently ignored that Paul considered the heart to be ametanoetos, incapable of repentance: therefore the Church often zealously requires the individual to repent.But because the heart is ametanoetos, Paul was an evangelist, rather than a preacher of repentance. Hence he was able to bring the individual into relationship with Jesus and thereby implanted in his…

A few months ago I was diagnosed with Transient Global Amnesia (TGA) – it is a weird stroke-like condition that results in your brain not being able to form memories for a period of time (about 13 hours for me). This occurs in 0.004% of the population, and is supposed to rarely occur. On the…

I was listening to the Michael W Smith song “Missing Person today, and I was struck by the line: And like a child he would believe without a reason I find this more than just a little bit annoying. Firstly, its a misuse of what Jesus says in Matthew about “becoming like a child”. This…