holy imagination
In his book The Johns, Victor Malarek reveals the motivations of men who buy the services of prostitutes. In most cases, pornography precedes the transaction. The men watch porn, fantasize about the experience they want, then find a woman who will act out what they desire. The deed follows the fantasy.
Many of us may start thinking how “sick” such…
five mysteries
In his book Why Us? James Le Fanu lists five mysteries that a naturalistic view of human origins fails to explain:
Subjective awareness. No scientific theory accounts for how the electrical activity of our brains results in our experiencing so richly and coherently the greenness of grass, the rustling of leaves, and the song of a bird.
Free will. How does our…
seeing it
Imagination sets the horizons of life, for it opens up what’s possible. People who lack imagination are unprepared to face their future. The United States was blindsided on 9/11 because we couldn’t imagine that terrorists would fly airplanes into buildings. The world economy became depressed because financial leaders couldn’t conceive that home values could go down or that legendary institutions…
