Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
I've about had enough of the blather (especially from my Christian colleagues) about the whole business of torture during the last administration. There are two reasons for this. The first is that the Obama Administration's reasons for shying away from prosecution are entirely practical. They are as follows: Prosecuting one's predecessors makes it easier to …
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One cannot be happy without knowing God, and one can only know him well by the divine Scriptures. The world is, in truth, like a great open book where one can see the brilliant handiwork of an infinite power and a wisdom worthy of worship. The heavens declare, said the Prophet King, the glory of …
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I’ve regularly lamented on this blog the failure of the “Religious Right” to “bring America back to God.” It seems that not only has our President proclaimed to the world that we are not a Christian nation, but also the likes of James Dobson has admitted that the whole effort has ended in failure. How …
In preparation for his "Palm Sunday entry" into Jerusalem, Our Lord did the following: “When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples. “Go to the village facing you,” he said; “and, as soon as you get there, you will …
Earlier I posted a quote from Charles Freeman on dollar hegemony. The source behind that is here, but he also touched on another interesting subject that no one is talking about: There's another issue that no one's paying any attention to, and that is the consequences of the erosion of the world order that we …
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I generally try not to take up too much space in this blog on strictly Church of God issues, but MissionalCOG's recent post on the impending reallocation of resources compels me to say something on this subject. (Before you start, read the Terms and Conditions of this site.) For those of you who are a) …
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As a follow-up to this, we have this: Here's what it means in real terms for the 5% of Americans whose household income exceeds $250,000 a year. Those families can currently save $350 in taxes for every $1,000 donated to charity; under Obama's plan, that amount would drop to $280 per $1,000 donation. "By doing …
Barack Obama's comparison of his bowling game with the Special Olympics (which is unfair; there are people in the Special Olympics who can handily beat him) has gotten a lot of press. There are those, however who view this as a passing gaffe. But, as the French would remind us, "what fills the heart will …
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One of those things that you run into in religious dialogue is the subject of reincarnation or, to use the fancy term, transmigration of souls. There were even those who thought that that John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated: “When the Jews sent some Priests and Levites to John from Jerusalem, to ask--“Who are you?”, …
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None other than the National Council of Churches, in their 2009 Yearbook: According to the 2009 Yearbook, among the 25 largest churches in the U.S., four are growing: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (up 1.63 percent to 5,873,408; the Assemblies of God (up 0.96 percent to 2,863,265); Jehovah's Witnesses (up 2.12 percent …
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Positive Infinity 