revel, revile, reveal, revelation

revel verb gerund or present participle: revelling enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.“they spent the evening reveling with their guests” Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the …

The sacred-profane dichotomy

Here I will explore a variety of examples, both small and large, that illustrate my ongoing theme that we live in two different worlds at the same time. Perhaps it is part of Satan’s plan to give a dual meaning to every good and true concept and each of us at every moment has the …

Conan the Barbarian, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and The Mark of Athena

Spoiler Alert: I discuss these plots extensively below and reveal their key points and endings. Isaiah 22:13 King James Version (KJV) 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+22%3A13%2C1+Corinthians+15%3A32%2CLuke+12%3A19&version=KJV In the 1982 movie Conan the Barbarian, …