The Sum is Never Zero

I’m not certain whether zero sum thinking in business has been around forever or if it is a relatively new product of the Modern Nietzschean philosophy of power. This is the philosophy that there are only limited resources in the world so that every bit of gain for one person represents an equal amount of loss for other people. This might be true to some extent when it comes to material resources, if material resources weren’t constantly destroyed in the production of other resources which may have greater or lesser value. But it should be obvious when it comes to information resources that giving something away doesn’t necessarily mean that you don’t have it anymore. And the gains due to good will and public opinion may be vastly greater than the potential profit lost. And even the potential profit is only potential.

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OpenSourceFaith.net

If you like to type in a domain rather than use links and bookmarks, we finally have a domain name. We are opensourcefaith.net. opensourcefaith.com and opensourcefaith.org are in use, but I’m not sure why. But there is really no money behind this website, so acquiring them isn’t really an option. But, there it is, the domain is up and we’re still posting. I plan to go to Texas in a couple of weeks, and hopefully Liz and I can record 3 more podcast episodes. The topics currently on the table are: morality; the image of God vs. the anthropomorphization of the infinite; and how can you know a follower of Jesus when you see one. -Nathan

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Disproof of One Theory Does Not Validate Another

I have posted a response to a very good article by my friend Liz. My response is here, but you’ll have to go to her site to read the original content.

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100%

A personal meditation on what it means to follow Jesus as a part of the Kingdom of God.

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Open Minded Christians

I am somewhat reluctant to talk about this for a couple of reasons. The first is that this is a bit like admitting to the technique one uses to pass gas a party without anyone noticing. It’s a fun topic when you bring it up at first, but afterward everyone is going to notice when it happens. The second reason is that I want this site to be for people of any faith, and this topic is most pertinent for Christians. The reason that I feel it is worth saying openly is that I think nothing should be hidden in the community of faith, even if it could be. That’s what makes this “open source.”

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