BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (American) (1706 - 1790)
Statesman, philosopher, physicist.
“B. Franklin, Printer’ as he still described himself after he had become an international figure, was an extraordinary combination of shrewdness, wit, curiosity, earthiness, formidable talents and ingenuity; -in brief a genius.
Youngest son of a poor tallow chandler, who could give him only two to three years of [...]
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Pen Portraits-40
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Calling Names
Posted in Christianity, nature, tagged a personal God, experience, faith, instinct, Oneness of Things, phosphorus cycle., Supreme Being on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God, Allah, Baal, Brahma, Supreme Being or Oneness of things?
For a Christian God is a Being. As we are taught we pray the Lord’s prayer, ‘Our Heavenly Father…’ If we do not know the person or his or her address is there a point in writing a letter? If we do not trust in the [...]
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