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March 2016 entries

Big Brave And Hissing

# 2 Son and his gal dropped a couple of tickets for the Sunn O))) show in Chicago this coming June on me. Was very surprised and appreciative. Pretty sure I can get #1 Son to tag along. I've heard their shows are quite visceral and intense. Horns up!!

Posted by Metal Dad on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in Family, Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

It's Easy To Die A Good Death

It's harder to live a good life.

A quote from Roberto Rossellini's Rome, Open City.

Posted by Metal Dad on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in Film, Inspirational Quotes | Permalink | Comments (0)

No Dog In This Fight

Regarding the upcoming presidential election, I don't think it will make much difference who gets elected. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." And since I refuse to participate in the farce and sham of elections I watch the dog and pony show for entertainment certainly not useful information.

But I would like to see Trump win merely to watch the exploding heads of the political and media elites the morning after.

Posted by Metal Dad on Thursday, March 03, 2016 in Current Events, Liars and Thieves, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)

Useful Quotes

The essence of Adam's rebellion was not intellectual; it was ethical. No one has argued this more forcefully than Van Til. The mere addition of knowledge to or by the unregenerate man does not alter the essence of his status before God. He is still a rebel, but he may possess knowledge. Knowledge can be applied to God's creation and produce beneficial results. Knowledge can also produce a holocaust. The issue is ethics, not knowledge. Thus, men can cooperate in terms of mutually shared knowledge; ultimately, they cannot cooperate in terms of a mutually shared ethics. What of the special curse? What is the ethical rebel's ethical relation to God? Common grace increases the unregenerate man's special curse. When common grace increases to its maximum, the special curse of God is revealed: total rebellion of man against the truth of God and in terms of the common grace-knowledge, power, wealth, prestige, etc. - of God, leading to final judgment. God does remove part of His restraint at the very end: the restraint on suicidal destruction. He allows them to achieve that death which they love (Prov. 8:36b). But they still have power and wealth, as in the Babylonian Empire the night it fell. Pagans can teach us about physics, mathematics, chemistry, and many other topics. How is this possible? Because common grace has increased. They had several centuries of leadership from Christians, as well as Enlightenment figures who adopted a philosophy of coherence that at least resembled the Christian doctrine of providence. They cannot hold the culture together in terms of their philosophy of chaos- Satan's official viewpoint - but they still can make important discoveries. They use stolen capital, in every sense.