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LCARS LCARS was a resource on Macintosh Games and Utilites I started back in 1997. I no longer maintain it, but I keep an archive online for those who might still need the information contain in the pages thereof.
 
Papers and Presentations Archive of technical papers and presentations I've done for work and on my own.
 
Projects Miscellaneous computer projects I've participated in that are not covered here, on their own.
 
Vortex4 A few details about Vortex4, a cooperative of network computers, people and services which also hosts Weinstein.org.
 
Waubonsie Consulting Waubonsie Consulting (which used to be known as Weinstein Programs) is the name I use for the consulting services I provide.
 
Webzine An introduction about Webzines, the Webzine Group, Webzine events, and how I fit into the group.
 
Work The bits about my current and past daytime jobs.


 
     
 
It is properly said that the Devil can "quote Scripture to his purpose." The Bible is full of so many stories of contradictory moral purpose that every generation can find scriptural justification for nearly any action it proposes - from incest, slavery, and mass murder to the most refined love, courage, and self-sacrifice. And this moral multiple personality disorder is hardly restricted to Judaism and Christianity. You can find it deep within Islam, the Hindu tradition, indeed nearly all the world's religions. Perhaps then it is ... people who are morally ambiguous.

Scripture is said to be divinely inspired - a phrase with many meanings. But what if it's simply made up by fallible humans? Miracles are attested, but what if they're instead some mix of charlatanry, unfamiliar states of consciousness, misapprehensions of natural phenomena, and mental illness? The fact that so little of the finds of modern science is prefigured in Scripture to my mind casts further doubt on its divine inspiration.

But of course I might be wrong.

-Carl Sagan

 
     
 
 
 


 
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