In the comments of a previous post , frequent commenter Geoman wrote the following: Which brings me to this: the involvement of god or supernatural forces, in any way shape or form, automatically negates your argument as science. This is true, as far as it goes: Of course discussion of the nature of God is not “science.” But not being science is not synonymous with not being worth discussing or not rational or not serious … or even not real .
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The Membrane Connecting Science, Morality, and Aesthetics – More Thoughts
Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak to Iran, according to declassified accounts of the interviews released yesterday. The former Iraqi president also denounc…
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Saddam Hussein Said WMD Talk Helped Him Look Strong to Iran (Washington Post)
Taser, pepper spray used as Texas pastor arrested WEBSTER, Texas ? Police in Texas say they used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray on his congregants after the man interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Police say the traffic stop Wednesday morning involved a member of the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church
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Police use Taser on pastor, pepper spray on congregants after traffic stop at Texas church
Now that things have settled down (a little 
), I am going to finish out this next few days lookingback on Deb’s and my 25th Anniversary trip that was now over 2 months ago!!!!Crazy….but for our own sake, I am determined to post some rememberances here…The 2 pictures above are from the Colloseum in Rome. No other word can describe it besides “Unforgettable”. We took the tour and learned so much that made it so, so worthwhile. First, the Colloseum was the very first of its design. The wo
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The Coloseum in Rome
The booklet for ‘Dangerous’ begins with a short prose poem by Michael Jackson describing the release the singer feels while dancing: “Creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy” until “there is only … the dance.” It is Jackson’s version of William Butler Yeats’s “How can you tell the dancer from the dance?” and a revealing introduction to the first album in four years from this generation’s best-known and bestselling superstar. Dangerous might seem to be a chance to separate this dan
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Michael Jackson Dangerous
Ken Salazar’s solar array and cowboy hat combo should be more common under the plan announced yesterday for the Southwest Yesterday’s big announcement by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar heralded what may be a new era for solar power, as thousands of acres of federal land in six Southwestern states were set aside to become a special federal solar energy zone designed to facilitate siting, construction and deployment of as much as 70,000 MW of new solar capacity. Today, it is wind’s turn i
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Obama Flexing Executive Muscle for Renewable Energy
Michael Jackson’s Death: Does Fame Trump Faith? – Belief.NetThe recent announcement that Michael Jackson’s body will be put on display for public viewing is not surprising. Regardless of his private beliefs at the time of his death, Jackson is embedded in a larger religious culture that requires fans have one Liquor Group Files Breach Of Contract Claims Against Drinks Americas – StreetInsider.comJACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Liquor Group Wholesale, Inc
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Michael Jackson’s Death: Does Fame Trump Faith? – Belief.Net
Shalom Friends and Fellow Warriors, Blessings to you from the Promised Land! The purpose of today’s update letter is to alert you to the wonderful foundation that is being built out here for spiritual adventures. These adventures are on the scale of the Book of Acts and are so revolutionary that it only takes a few seconds being here with us to realize that what God is building out here is epic in apocalyptic proportions. Let me briefly outline what has transpired so far the last 24 months
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OPERATION IMMINENT TRUMPET UPADTE: The 2 Year Anniversary!
In Lanciano, Italy a Catholic priest was having doubts about the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. When he consecrated the host it turned into real flesh and the wine turned into real blood. This was in the year 700 A.D. Since that time the host has been preserved and has not decayed. It has been scientifically examined and contains real heart tissue and is real flesh, confirming what Catholics have believed for 2,000 year. Namely that the substance of the host and wine is really cha
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Confirmed Miracle: Consecrated host turned into heart tissue
Christine and Mark got married on a gorgous Saturday last week! I’ve gotta say that the most memorable moment of day was when I walked into Christine’s home – and saw that she and the girls are all ready, waiting for me! I was like, what?! It was my first time walking into a bridal party where they are not only on time, but actually ahead of the schedule! Many thanks to the awesome award winning wedding coordinator Brenda who made sure that everything runs smoothly and on schedule! She’s just
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Christine & Mark * San Diego Wedding Photography
Vogue editor slams designers for tiny sizes! Vogue editor promotes paedophilia! Vogue editor wears same skirt almost twice! Honestly, sometimes you can’t open a paper or check your tweets without discovering what Anna Wintour really thinks of Michelle Obama, or whether French Vogue approves of, say, breathing. For God’s sake, a colleague inquired, genuinely flummoxed by the recent kerfuffle over sample sizes, does it still matter what the editors of Vogue say?
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Why Vogue still wields such power
Two of the most familiar aphorisms in progressive politics are Nye Bevan’s famous comment that “socialism is the language of priorities” and the age-old cliché that “to govern is to choose”. Now Gordon Brown has brought these hoary old slogans up to date for the age of post-Blairite new Labour
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Brown is in denial. The public expect cuts
Yesterday National Express told the Department for Transport (DfT) that its Inter-City East Coast franchise would run out of money this year. Lord Adonis, the Transport Secretary, promptly took the line into public hands and threatened to take away another two National Express franchises.
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National Express did not make a reckless bid
Do you wonder at the attitude of people who put “no turning” signs by the roadside at their gateways? Dogs in mangers, or what? A sad variant is emerging in the Peak District this summer as small herds of exhausted, exhilarated or lost Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants straggle across the hills in rain and shine
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Beware: dogs in mangers. Probably barking
We got this email from a family who suffered a big loss in a car break in earlier this week: My family and I have lived in Magnolia for the past 5 years, behind the the Our Lady of Fatima Church parking lot. Between Sunday morning 3AM and Tuesday morning 8AM someone stole my husband’s DJ equipment. Normally, I would never complain, but this is his business and he is unable to work if he does not get this equipment back. Can you post something on your website to see if there is anybody tha
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Equipment stolen from car
When I graduated college with my undergraduate in philosophy, the youth minister at my church gave me a copy of Philosophers Who Believe: The Spiritual Journeys of 11 Leading Thinkers as a graduation gift. Here is the note that he wrote on the inside cover. I’ve come a long way since those days. There is very little chance of anyone reading about me in a book, but even less chance of reading about me in a book like that one
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Probably Not Going to Read About Me In A Book Like This
By MADELEINE AREK in The National , Papua New Guinea’s leading daily newspaper A previous member of the Lands Board may have conducted himself improperly in the sale of the land known as Unagi Park, now the subject of controversy and potential legal action. The reclassification of the Unagi Park (allotment 4 to 16 section 122 Hohola) from reserve/recreational to commercial had shocked Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare when it first surfaced. In November 2005,
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Prime Minister shocked at reclassification of Unagi Park
Wish I either was as cute or had a pup as cute! However, the expression pretty much sums up how I emotionally feel right about now. Hubby: did too much again with a tender back and is paying the price for it. As in – went to the chiro and then helped our friend move furniture. Now some of this furniture was graciously given to us, (think a dismantling of three rooms of office furniture including leather looking sitting chairs and beautiful computer desks) and Hubby truly needed a computer d
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Like the Tango (only not Tango)
Here is a comment (the second one I have posted) in a LinkedIn forum on the global economic crisis, in which various serious and fanciful proposals for replacing the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency have been discussed. http://www.linkedin.com/newsArticle?viewDiscussion=&articleID=45458876&gid=1192357&split_page=1#comment_6 Carbon emissions credits or kilowatt hours are a poor medium of exchange for the same reason that cigarettes or rare wines or tulip bulbs or even ba
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Kilowatt-hours, cigarettes, gold, and fine wine: new currencies to replace the U.S. dollar
Thomas Friedman is not displeased with the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade legislation that just passed the House of Representatives, but he notes it faces forbidding political obstacles: We need Republicans who believe in fiscal conservatism and conservation joining this legislation in the Senate. We want a bill that transforms the whole country not one that just threads a political needle. I also hope we will hear more from President Obama.
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The Fierce Urgency of Waiting Around for 100% Consensus
The great Wall Street Crash just previous to the Great Depression of the 1930s has become a part of North American legend. People speak of the crash, its causes and its consequences, with great authority, although few people actually understand the fundamentals that led to the crash, and fewer still the intricacies involved in it. This article will detail a short review of the crash, analyze some of the myths evolving out of this period in American history, and also answer some questions such
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A Review Of The Stock Market Crash Of 1929
Author : Brad Lebo If your heart is breaking because of lost love, if you’ve been betrayed, abandoned, “dumped”, or you know you must leave a relationship because of abuse, you certainly are not alone Relationships coming to an end is common Even if we look only at divorce rates, “50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 74% of third marriages end in divorce” Countless other romantic relationships end every moment of every day and in most cases, someone feels despair and heart br
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How to Start Recovering from a Broken Heart
According to the “objective” media “religion in Europe is dead.” This “fact” has been gleefully touted, widely and frequently and occasionally is backed up by carefully selected statistics. This is also claimed to be a relatively new phenomena and is supposed to be heralding the eventual triumph of the “new atheism.” The general line of argument is that – Enlightenment Rationality, driven by secular education is finally displacing Christianity as the dominant philosophical view in Europe.
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The Growing Failure of European Atheism
Nicolas Sarkozy must have expected his comments last week about outlawing the burqa in France to ignite national debate — but, oh, how fast news travels in our digital age. Before long, the North African arm of al-Qaida issued a response on various Islamic Web sites, vowing “vengeance,” and calling for followers to “respond to this hate” and defend “the honor of our daughters and our sisters.” Now, says Foreign Ministry spokesperson Eric Chevallier, the country is exercising “very great vigi
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Burqa battle: France vs. al-Qaida
At a time when legal gay marriage is spreading across the country and when “American Idol’s” Adam Lambert’s coming out on the cover of Rolling Stone elicits not a gasp but a shrug, it’s easy to forget just how shameful and bewildering being gay in America can be. Just last week, a reminder of that came in the form of a jaw-dropping video from a Connecticut church that showed an apparent “gay exorcism” — a preacher grabbing hold of a teenage boy and trying with every ounce of his fearsome
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From Salon: Gay Men Go to Hell
With the ever growing number of atheists in the world, it’s fair to presume that the dilemma over what to do when an atheist and a Christian (or any other faiths) cross paths will also become more prevalent in society. You see, when atheists aren’t “serving the devil” they tend to go about living otherwise normal lives. Sometimes they’ll even partake in a common ritual known as “mating.” Quite often, two people may find themselves extremely attracted to each other, get to talking, perhaps even d
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Vibe Magazine Folds After 16 Years Vibe magazine, the urban glossy founded in 1992 by legendary producer Quincy Jones, announced on Tuesday (June 30) that the publication is folding and will no longer produce print issues or publish its Web site, Vibe.com. With the closing of the title, effective immediately, there now remains no large circulation print publication dedicated to covering hip-hop, R&B and fashion on a mainstream level. During the magazine’s memorable 16-year-run, a number
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