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    I'm still not dead. I'm just in the midst of trying to figure things out before I write them down in any kind of permanent fashion. If you'd like to know something, email me and maybe I'll write about it.

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    The Abolition of Man

    By Tsunami.No.Ai

    There are very few things in life that are quite as satisfying as a good answer to a very tough question. Last night I had an opportunity to find one of these answers that had been bothering my thoughts for probably over a year. So for this article I decided to regale you all with the question and the answer I found.

    Something to Think About

    Lately, I’ve been studying some Eastern philosophy; specifically the codes of honor from Japan. Here is something that everyone, regardless of creed, should probably read and take to heart.

    Affirmation

    There comes a point in everyone’s life when he or she just snaps and they stop caring about causes that before hand they had staked their life on.

    Hellenism and the Maccabean Revolt

    Few events in human history have so shaped the world as Alexander the Great’s conquest of the land in and around Mesopotamia in the 4th century BCE. Surely the conquest of the Persian Empire redefined the politics and the religious practices of the surrounding regions.

    Open, Closed, or Slightly Ajar?

    What is it about skeptics and their unrelenting urge to call me close minded? They say I’m not open minded enough. They say I’m too fixed on one position and unwilling to listen to their arguments. However, I believe it is they who are close minded. And I’ll prove it too.
    What is open minded anyway? […]

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