Some South Florida adherents of Jainism , a small Indian religion with perhaps 10 million believers throughout the world, have donated $600000 to Florida International University to facilitate study of the faith. …
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Study of Jainism gets a lift at Florida International University
Randall Stephens Allan Sears, president of the Alliance Defense Fund , worries that a US District Judge could be putting another nail in the Christian America coffin. In the face of legal threats to the National Day of Prayer, Sears calls for support . (Is there a Nationalists’ Day of Prayer?) “We must see victory on the appeal,” Sears writes, “and if necessary this case must go to the U.S.
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National Day of Prayer Supporters Fear Dark, Prayerless Days to Come
Everyday stresses can build up and hang around in the back of our minds so that even when we have free time to relax and unwind, we find ourselves stressed out about all the little things that are bugging us. So today I would like to invite everyone to let go of all their frustrations and, as part of the cleansing process, tell us about the stuff that’s been driving you crazy
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Frustration Friday: Vent And Be Free!
Before I delve into this rant that has a brother scalding under the ministerial collar, allow me to share a divine perspective: These six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are
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Make that eight things God hates
What is the meaning of life ? Why are we here? What is the answer to life, the universe , everything? Have you ever asked yourself these questions? Quite probably you have. Whether you were having some kind of crises in your life, or you just like exploring your own inner existentialism, the need to know, or at least feel better, about our existence is one that has plagued mankind since the beginning of time. At least, I assume it has. It sure as hell messes with my mind. You might be thinking that I am going through a crises, since I am obviously thinking about my existence. Well, I actually do enjoy thinking about my existence, and how it fits in with the big scheme of things. Do I have any answers? Of course not. I don’t believe in definite answers, at least where existence and the meaning of life are concerned. First off I would like to say that, in the big scheme of things, we are nothing. We are next to nothing. We aren’t even dust in the wind. Think about it. Think about the immensity of the universe, of everything. Supposedly, in our galaxy, there are two hundred billion stars. Just in our galaxy. And speaking of our galaxy, scientists estimate it is about thirty kiloparsecs in diameter and about one kiloparsec thick. Now one parsec is about 3.262 light years , or 19 trillion miles. So that would make our galaxy approximately ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and sixty light years across. Ok, now, supposedly there are one hundred and twenty-five billion galaxies in the universe. These numbers are, to me, almost completely unimaginable. These are expanses that I can scarcely even conceive. And here we are. On one little planet in one little, microscopic solar system . To believe that we are all along in the universe, as far as sentient life goes, seems kind of ridiculous when imagining the awesome size of existence. But unlike other believers in aliens and what not, I don’t really think it has any bearing on us whether there is life out there or not. If there were aliens and they had the ability to cross vast reaches of space, then they would most likely have technology far in advance of ours that it might as well be magic. So why would they be interested in the strange, primitive, and mostly harmless creatures that rule over one little tiny speck in a vast vast ocean? The answer is: they wouldn’t. They wouldn’t care. They wouldn’t even slow down to dump their alien trash, assuming they were traveling in a manner where speed is actually relative. So for all intents and purposes, we are alone. Left to our own devices. When we reach a technological level where we have achieved faster-than-light travel , well, then maybe the aliens will stop by, but only to vaporize humanity and leave the earth a lifeless rock
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Existential Nonsense
For some unexplainable reason, surfing keeps finding its way into my life lately. I dreamt of surfing the other night. The following day, I sat down on the couch after straightening up our kitchen and the show Parenthood was ending by showing one of the show’s fathers sitting on a surfboard and smiling contently as he looked out to sea.
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Dropping In On A Killer Surf Art Blog
What mother doesn’t want to become kinder, gentler, and more loving? Remember how Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz was searching for a way home and finally found out she had the magic slippers that he had on the whole time? You have the answer inside you now.
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How to Become a Kinder, Gentler Mother
Revelation 12 (The woman is not the church) I want to make it clear that the order of events written in the book of Revelation provides no reason to lump every tribulation (thlipsis) into a single ‘Great Tribulation’ that’s coming. Revelation 12 demonstrates the non-chronologic nature of the book as chapter 11 has already reached the apex of events in that (Rev 11:15) “ the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ ” is the end of the story. Revelation 12:1 goes back in time and symbolically describes Judah as a woman who is pregnant, v5 with one who will rule all nations, clearly Jesus (It should be noted that Judah gives birth to Jesus).
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Understanding End time Prophecy (How the accepted scenario went off the track) Part 5 of 5
Karl Jo Seilern and Anton Waldburg, managing partners of theblogpaper.co.uk , seem to be swimming against the currents in the ever turbulent waters that are the publishing industry. While most print publications are moving more and more content online in order to reach an increasingly tech-savvy, internet-based and mobile readership, Seilern and Waldburg are taking blog content offline in the blogpaper–the UK’s first completely user-generated, free newspaper
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The Blogpaper, Moving Blogs Into Print
by Ed Blum The West coast will miss Jonathan Walton. In the same week that we cheered the tremendous new resources for the study of religion in the American West, we now boo the fact that Professor Walton will trek from Riverside, California, to Cambridge, Massachusetts. There, he’ll be a new professor at Harvard Divinity School .
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Watch This! Jonathan Walton’s Trek to Harvard Divinity School