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ObsolescenceYouth is wasted on the young,
and wisdom squandered on the wise.
Walk a mile in a man's shoes
and you steal a piece of his soul.
Picture the young philosopher
with a closet full of shoes.
He's walked for ages,
all his young life.
Has he nothing to say,
or have you turned away
for want of his lacking wrinkles?
No lines crease his brow,
neither have crow's feet touched his eyes,
nor gravity pulled at the lobes of his ears,
yet he has a mind to ponder,
keen eyes to see,
yes, and sharp ears to hear.
Youth is wasted on the wise,
and so is wisdom on the youth,
for the unwashed masses hear them not,
until those few grow old,
and

The Gods of American ExceptionalismI bow before your altar,
and I kiss the soles of your laden feet,
press my lips against the sole of your boot
that has pressed for so long against the flesh of my throat.
Built upon the backs of slaves,
settled on a foundation of deceit,
filled in with propaganda,
fuelled by tepid ignorance.
An acreage of flesh,
stretched for miles over untapped bone,
a protuberance of meat lying flat on the sofa.
Arise, great mistress of men,
thou who judgest between nations,
tear the cobwebs from recent memory,
arise from your pools of nostalgia,
bathed in past glory.
Shake off the dust of the conquered
and march,
no need to look forward,

Wasting TimeTimes pass like an aching breath,
day in
day out,
and night comes again.
The seconds pass,
hands spinning from the wall,
waving desperately,
held captive by the rhythm.
So predictable,
it's maddening,
a waste.
The worst of it is:
when the Reaper bangs His drum,
when Brother Death comes to dinner,
for all our complaints,
for all our whining,
we'll have but one question,
just one little niggling request:
"just give me one more day!"

Tea LeavesTea leaves floating in a broth,
steam rises,
a mellifluent odour dances,
senses stimulated,
I watch the leaves.
My irises spin,
watching,
waiting
as they dance around the drain.
I hear tell that savages know their secrets,
that they read the leaves
as a Monk reads the Book.
There are no secrets to find,
savages have always been good liars,
and a liar knows a liar.
How many leaves have we read for one another,
called down the moon and scried in the mirror?
Everyday we lie out our teeth,
optimism,
pessimism,
call it what you will.
Tea leaves floating in a broth,
savour the scent while it lingers,
a sweet oblation to the

Theology AssignmentPaul John Morse
September, 08, 2012

My Cranky, Terminally Unimpressed Review of "Peter and Paul and the Christian Revolution"

On the eighth day God said: "hey kids, let's get together and watch another clichéd religious documentary! Free air time for skeptics and washed up pseudo-Catholic exegetes!" Call me cynical, but I've seen it all before. A bunch of narcissistic airheads get together over brunch, hire a brooding male voiceover and a droning harpy, then caw about the Jesus Seminar. The film follows the Book of Acts, detailing the history of the early Church and refrains from exploring to length any extra-canonical literature. Honestly

Guatemala Journal (Part 2)Sunday we attended Mass at the local Church. Before that, we had breakfast. There was a big-to-do because I chose not to eat anything. I explained to Julio, the saintly innkeeper, that it was for religious purposes and through no perceived insult of his that I refrained from eating. Dr. Bridge had to make a fuss. He leaned over at one point and said to me "you know, Paul, as a Catholic Theologian, I gotta tell you, you only have to fast one hour before Mass." He proceeded to explain that if I ate quickly I would be pulling exactly one hour to Mass. I told him, nicely enough, that that was a cop-out. He was jovial enough, but did not pursue th

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Yahweh and Hochmahby *Oswulf

Traditional Art / Drawings / Illustration / Conceptual

One of the most fascinating characters in the Bible, to me, is the person of Hochmah, or Hagia Sophia if you prefer; Holy Wisdom. Wisdom, in Scripture, is personified as a woman. The NAB rather clumsily translates this fact as 'Woman Wisdom.' I realise, of course, that Yahweh does *not* have a beard, or a robe. But it would have been difficult for me to attempt to convey my imagination of the naissance of Wisdom without the presence of God, lest the thought lose all meaning... if that makes any sense. I get that, for the orthodox minded Catholic or other, this might seem like a new-agey sort of image. But take care to read the Books of the Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach in light of the Proverbs of Solomon and the other places in the Old Testament where Hagia Sophia is mentioned.

~loreshaper-kethal Jun 5, 2012

oohh.... awesome. i luv it.

*Oswulf Jun 5, 2012 Student General Artist

Thank you.

~Burnzs May 27, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

That's pretty cool

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Thank you.

~Burnzs May 27, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Sure thing!

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