Pseudorandom testaments
- About this book
- Having it in sight – Nothing alters our finite existence.
- Is this fatalism? – It’s cheap to say you knew it all along.
- The problem with mortals – Having choice means that nobody’s trustworthy.
- Perp walk – The law is the law.
- Kindness and grace – Grace might cause kindness or kindness grace.
- Holy city – It wasn’t a promise; it was a vision.
- The process – It’s time to begin rebuilding.
- Tribulations – Babylonians tore down the walls and burned the temple
- Angry – It’s OK to be angry.
- Unmarked grave – We remember Moses for what he accomplished.
- Celebration – Focus on the positive.
- The land – The land belongs to no one.
- As we receive – As you give, so shall you receive.
- Punishment – Everybody would be punished.
- It’s only fair – We have a rule about this.
- Virtue – Has anyone ever been this good?
- Commitment – We like to behave.
- Hindsight – Expectations aren’t guarantees.
- Merchants – It’s not against the law for a man to make a buck.
- Love of wisdom – Loving wisdom is like any other love.
- Generation to generation – We’d love to belong someplace forever.
- Sundays – The seven-day week is the basis.
- Blessings – It does us well to hope for blessings.
- Sinners – Wishing justice on others is to sin.
- Proof of sincerity – It’s good to say you’re sorry.
- Aren’t we special? – Fish have brains but no souls.
- Going to and fro – Satan walks among us.
- Guilt – Each of us deserves some blame.
- Shackles – It’s better when there’s no one else to blame.
- Barbarians – We scoff at kings and princes.
- Ignorance – The beginnings of infinities are all around you.
- Impermanence – Our lifetime is a blip.
- Grandeur – Grandeur surrounds us.
- The band – Everyone wanted to join the band.
- In this place – Don’t assume you’ve figured it out.
- Categorically – They say it takes all kinds.
- Looking back – Some things you don’t forget.
- As strangers – It doesn’t help to suffer or to cause suffering.
- Goats – We don’t worship goats.
- Not edifices – Building edifices won’t save you from yourself.
- Waiting for Elijah – It helps to be ready.
- Being judged – It’s not unnatural to fail.
- Benevolence – The problem starts with the bondage.
- Free will – Atheists should believe in free will.
- Sensing the insensible – No one will be able to tell the difference.
- Together – We all were needed to build the wall.
- Human nature – They devoured cattle like wild animals.
- Circumstances – We are blessed in our circumstances.
- Narcissism – The narcissist can’t see himself in others eyes.
- To each – You can gain virtue by receiving as well as by giving.
- Repentance – Outer shows of sorrow don’t cut it.