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Author Archives: Doug Bennett
Cormorant Fisherman by the Li River II
September 23, 2016 Cormorant Fisherman by the Li River II by Shan Huang
All the Water on Planet Earth
September 12, 2016 Explanation: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth’s surface, these oceans are shallow compared to the Earth’s radius. The featured illustration shows … Continue reading
Submitting to Those Claiming to Speak for God…
September 8, 2016 Among my regular reading is the blog Marginal Revolution that Tyler Cowen (Professor of Economics at George Mason University) writes with Alex Tabarrok. Cowen often sees things differently than I do, but in a serious, interesting and … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Quaker Practices, Uncategorized
Tagged Freedom, Mark Lilla, Michel Houellebecq, Tyler Cowen
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I’m With Stupid
August 7, 2016 Message delivered at Durham Friends Meeting You’d think that someone standing up to bring a message would talk about something he knew. Wouldn’t you? That would be reasonable. But this morning I want to talk … Continue reading
Posted in Beliefs, Bible, Quaker Practices
Tagged Apostles Creed, confusion, Disciples, ignorance, Parables, Plato, Socrates
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Not a Calvinist, If I Ever Was
July 11, 2016 On the Writer’s Almanac yesterday (July 10), Garrison Keillor noted the birthday of John Calvin, “theologian and ecclesiastical statesman.” I first knew Calvin as the founder of Presbyterianism, my earliest religious experience coming thorough Brighton Presbyterian Church … Continue reading
The Greatest Commandment
May 24, 2016 As an anchor in my understanding of what God is asking of me, I turn often to the Bible passage often known as The Greatest Commandment. It’s told in three of the Gospels. Here’s the version from … Continue reading
