Initially, I had planned on offering one article per month from the Patreon site, on this site as well. I’ve fallen short on that, but this week’s first tier article is open to the public. Go check it out, and see what you’re missing (it’s close to the tail end of a series of articles).
Month: October 2019
Z Blog: The Sham Of Democracy
Captain Capitalism: The Shipyards Of Men
On Marksmanship And Choosing The Right AR
They Got Sabo Today
New Woodpile’s Here!
William Lane Craig explains how Christianity explains evil and suffering
A long journey through the night
A lot of people in the West complain too much about any little suffering they have to experience. But sometimes, when a very harsh suffering is felt by someone who has tried to follow Jesus, an explanation is necessary. I found something very good on the Reasonable Faith web site, written by Dr. William Lane Craig.
He makes the following points:
- We are not in a good position to assess the probability of whether God has morally sufficient reasons for the evils that occur.
- The Christian faith entails doctrines that increase the probability of the co-existence of God and evil.
- Relative to the full scope of the evidence, God’s existence is probable.
I’ve written before about point #1, in which Dr. Craig’s describes the limitations of human knowledge that make it hard for us to know for certain that a specific evil or suffering…
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Antenna: Portable Dual Band (70cm & 2m) Radio Antenna
note: article first appeared in February 2015
One of the reasons I got into the Ham radio scene was to increase the effectiveness of handheld radios. In my day job I use handheld radios a lot and they are critical to our wildland firefighting mission. At work I can talk on a handheld for hundreds of miles across six counties. I wanted similar capabilities in private life during emergencies, disasters or especially during “grid-down” when it comes.
So I built a repeater using a Yaesu FT-8800r dual band mobile radio. Along with a great repeater is a need for a great antenna. And that antenna has to be proven reliable, sturdy, portable and something you can depend your life on. So that was my next challenge, build an antenna to meet the repeater need but go beyond that as well. This article covers that quest. So let’s get going…
Mission…
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