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As you could probably imagine, my thesis is suffering under this “creative frenzy”. I have a church to build. We have a church to build? It calls to me…
What then, of the thesis? Well, the vision did seem to indicate I will yet finish my thesis… however, visions aren’t to be trusted as literally true.

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CS Lewis abandoned childhood faith to become an atheist, at 13 or 15 (Wikipedia contradicts itself, will be fixed later). He remained an atheist until age 31, at which point he converted to Christianity and became known as “The Apostle to the Skeptics”. (I’m not saying “converted back”, as childhood faith and adult faith does [...]

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I love the guy. I would so love to debate him, right here, right now, in front of a huge audience, even the whole Internet…
In fact, bring me Hitchens’ head as well… Yea, I’m that nuts.
Sam Harris? We’d have a nice cosy chat around the camp fire.
Oh well, a thesis to finish, some fame to [...]

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I visited the physio today. It seems I have been naughty (aka I’m human) by not sticking to both crutches. So I’m back on both, in order to avoid hurting this ankle of mine. X-Ray tomorrow, to check for another kind of injury (seeing as this is the third time). “Bad news” would have me [...]

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It may seem I am starting a new religion - I am not
It may seem we are starting a new religion - We are not
This religion is not new - This religion is old
This religion is a couple of million years old - If not older
This religion is called - “We Are Human”

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Hi! My name is Hugo. I am completely fluent in the following languages: English, Afrikaans, Christianspeak, Atheist, and Whale. I can understand and read Dutch quite easily. Next year I hope to learn some French and some Muslim. (Eventually, some Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, German and Taoism will come in handy.)
For the time being, I’m providing [...]

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I popped into Stellenbosch Gemeente again today.
I had this idea of visiting churches around Stellenbosch, and blogging about it, mentioning what makes sense and what is rather tricky to translate, and what does not make sense.

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The wise men (the astronomers), have seen an inexplicable* star in the east (in the constellation Perseus):
SPACE.com — Dramatic Comet Outburst Could Last Weeks
*(Or just unexplained, rather.)

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It is currently 02:46. Yes, early morning hours. Ideas do not keep a schedule.
On Friday night, I attended a brilliant set of talks given by the NG Church. This is the church that used to be married to the state during Apartheid era South Africa. My respect for this church is growing tremendously.
At this meeting, [...]

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There is one serious problem, or danger rather, with communication media like the Internet. It is absolutely brilliant how it can bring such vastly diverse groups of people together, but there is something fundamentally dangerous about that two-edged sword.

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