Right before the Babylonian occupation of Israel, the prophet Jeremiah, had a talk with God (in which God did most of the talking), and God said ( Read more... )

Following Jesus:

( ...ur doin' it rong )

Two neighbors agree to meet at their neighborhood park the next day. "When should we meet?" one asks. "At noon," says the other, and they agree. The next day, neither of them showed up until 2pm. However, neither of them was late.

How can this be?

Now for a follow-up to this poll:

Previously, I asked you to consider whether any of the following statements were TRUE for you. Then to count up the number of true statements.

* I am NOT currently registered to vote at my present address.
* I did NOT vote in 2004 (presidential election year).
* I did NOT vote in 2002.
* I have NEVER ( Read more... )

Given yesterday's California's Supreme Court ruling, I was asked to comment and clarify a previous post of mine, in which I discussed civil unions. Here is the main point:

The language in the California law sated: “Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman...” (the "between a man and a woman" phrase ( Read more... )

15 Then the bigots went out and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. 16 They sent their Bible Study mavins to him along with the 700 Club members:

"Teacher," they said, "you have some rock hard cajones, and we respect that. Moreover, you aren't swayed by humans, because social status doesn't seem to matter to you, just God's Honest Truth. 17 ( Read more... )

NPR was getting tongue lashings from their listeners yesterday over an "oversight" in their reporting. It seems that they negelcted to mention that the allegedly two-timing double-standard-having sex-scandalous Governer Spitzer of New York was a DemocratBut it was easy for me to tell that without their expressly mentioning it. The thought ( Read more... )

Consider whether any of the following statements are TRUE for you. Then please count up the number of true statements, and answer the poll question below ( Read more... )

Inspired by this blog post from Edison Media Research, I looked at which presidential candidates Pennsylvanians searched for in February.

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Two years ago, I adopted a new strategy for playing Spider Solitaire. I lose my games much more frequently than I used to, but when I win, I get higher scores. This graphic illustrates that rather well.

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