"We have developed an allergy to poetry; like the allergy to peanuts, but
often worse. Take allegory, for instance. In the modern mind, it can
induce a stroke. Most of the Bible, to say nothing of other significant
literary works, has become unreadable or incomprehensible to us, because
we cannot take “play” seriously"
-- David Warren
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Hello family, friends and fans of Michael F. Flynn. It is with sorrow and regret that I inform you that my father passed away yesterday,...
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Hello family, friends and fans of Michael F. Flynn. It is with sorrow and regret that I inform you that my father passed away yesterday,...
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Previously: Part 8, Trial and Error From Plausible to Proven The great dishonesty of Galileo’s Dialogue was to present a contes...
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TOF once wrote an article entitled "The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown and Down 'n Dirty Mud-Wrassle" which described the century-l...
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