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Amoeba’s Lorica: Diabolical Lexicographer (Sin and its Fellow Travelers)
SIN, n: an action (thought, speech, or deed) that promotes the self against the welfare of that self’s community. Many lives of living things have been sacrificed over millennia, promoting human selves over the welfare of the biotic communities in … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, Devil's Dictionary, forgiveness, grace, justice, pardon, penalty
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Amoeba’s Lorica: Diabolical Lexicographer (Self-Esteem)
SELF-ESTEEM, n. Self-idolization, self-deification, self-worship. Exaltation of the ‘sacred I’ in disregard, nay defiance, of the fact that We are clay, from which We are created and to which We shall return, having contributed to it the stench of our … Continue reading
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, humor, language, satire, We the People
Tagged Devil's Dictionary, self-delusion, self-worth, service to society
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Amoeba’s Lorica: We Have All Been Here Before
In case you tuned in late … Despite appearances from today’s media (social and otherwise), from which one might get the impression that the topics that everyone is yelling about are brand-new and pungently right now, the issues of tariffs … Continue reading
Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, history, language, politics, satire, We the People
Tagged 47th PoTUS, Ambrose Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, immigration, tariffs, Trump Christians
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