Retired Techie
Getting older, not necessarily wiser!
Getting older, not necessarily wiser!
There are some things I have seen in my travels that have caused me to question much of what I was taught my youth about centralized and organized religion, of any type. I can remember traveling though areas where the inhabitants basically live in huts and each day is just a struggle to survive for so many. And in the midst of this squalor, I have seen huge edifices of religion in sharp contrast. And I had to ask myself why? (more…)
Is there any real value in Alter calls? Or are people just kidding themselves. In my opinion, I see no real value in them, and find them to have a somewhat problematic scriptural basis. However, opinions are like certain body orifices, in that every one has one. (more…)
With Mayon Volcano in the background, this picture is of the ruins of a 16th century Franciscan church that I took in November of 2022. The church that was burned down by Dutch pirates in 1639. It was rebuilt in 1724, and destroyed in the 1814 eruption of the volcano.
This picture is a JPEG, 2560 x 1440 pixels and 1.3 MB in size.
