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    The Laptop Oracles
    The Laptop Oracles
    The Laptop Oracles
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    The Laptop Oracles

    By Ed Hurst

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    Religion is the human expression of a spiritual apprehension. Christian religion over the past two millennia of Church History has not been a good history, having bowed completely to the secular ways of the West. Now that the West is dying, we as followers of Christ have a golden opportunity to purify our religion so that our practice more accurately reflects the faith for which Christ died. It requires we understand how biblical morality fits into the Networked Civilization rising to replace the West.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEd Hurst
    Release dateSep 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301324071
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    Ed Hurst

    Born 18 September 1956 in Seminole, OK. Traveled a great deal in Europe with the US Army, worked a series of odd jobs, and finally in public education. Ordained to the ministry as a Baptist, then with a non-denominational endorsement. Currently semi-retired.

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      The Laptop Oracles - Ed Hurst

      The Laptop Oracles: Christian Religion in the Networking Age

      By Ed Hurst

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 by Ed Hurst

      Copyright notice: People of honor need no copyright laws; they are only too happy to give credit where credit is due. Others will ignore copyright laws whenever they please. If you are of the latter, please note what Moses said about dishonorable behavior – be sure your sin will find you out (Numbers 32:23)

      Permission is granted to copy, reproduce and distribute for non-commercial reasons, provided the book remains in its original form.

      Cover Art:.Original image by the author; copies available upon request for non-commercial use.

      Other books by this author include The Mind of Christ, A Course in Biblical Mysticism and Biblical Morality. Get your free copies at Smashwords.

      Table of Contents

      Part 1: Background

      Part 2: Biblical Morality of the Network

      00 Boot Sector

      01 Startup Pangs

      02 Trust

      03 Copyright Is Dead

      04 Secrecy Is Evil

      05 Sheeple

      06 Stand Your Ground

      07 Thick Skinned

      08 Reboot

      Part 3: A New Christian Religion

      Part 1: Background

      Good religion won’t provide fire insurance for eternity; it simply keeps you sane until your eternal destiny arrives.

      Christian religion has languished under the hateful oppression of Western Civilization almost since Christ ascended into Heaven. That means Western Christianity is about as useless as Western Civilization itself. Both are dying and don’t realize it. Faith in Christ isn’t going anywhere; it comes from Christ Himself sitting on the throne beside His Father in Heaven. Christian religion as a human response to that faith is another matter entirely.

      Religion is a human response to spiritual apprehension. It is rightly the effort of the flesh to answer the calling of something far higher. We call it religion when it becomes organized enough to form a regular effort, something which at least seems consistent on the human level. It includes things like symbolic rituals and some form of instruction (as a means to advancement from where you are to where you want to be). If it becomes something shared between two or more folks, we could call it organized religion – the qualifier indicates it’s not just one person working on their own. What most people mean when they talk about religion is institutional religion, which is a distinct political entity with a power structure that reflects

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