There are other dangers besides libel that you must guard against. One is slurring a particular race or religion. Of course no intelligent person would intentionally defame a whole group because the color of their skins, the country of their origin, or their reilgious beliefs were different from his own. But certain groups are perhaps overly ( Read more... )

"The reason that I think this game [Left Behind: Eternal Forces] has a chance is that it's not particularly preachy," said Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "I will say some of the dialogue is pretty lame - people saying, 'Praise the Lord' after they blow away the bad guys. I think they're overdoing it a bit. But the message ( Read more... )

sometimes comes from unlikely sources. Following the announcement that Michael L. Brown planned to apologize to the gay and lesbian community on behalf of Christian leaders, a heated discussion ensued on a certain Christian blog. The following is excerpted from the most striking post of all:

WWJD?Well,I think He wouldtell these people their ( Read more... )

I was waiting for WorldNetDaily to pick this story up, but they are apparently too busy posting creepy ads for Ephedra, such as

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and comparing University campus diversity training to the techniques of Mao Tse Dong. So I guess the task falls to ( Read more... )

No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, "And they shall all be taught of God." Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. John 6:44-45

Ok, I don't actually want to talk about that. But one of the posts on a ministry website that I ( Read more... )

WorldNetDaily's current headlines page features a long list of articles about the Cheney hunting accident. These are followed immediately by:
WND.COMMENTARY ( Read more... )

For those not in "the know," Laodicea is the last of the churches John addresses in the letters to the seven churches that begin the book of Revelation. Laodicea is the "lukewarm" church, the one which Christ threatens to spew out of his mouth, and consequently it has become a favorite symbol among modern-day evangelicals for the current Christian ( Read more... )

You know, I was never that into FoxTrot, despite its heavy leanings in the mathematical direction. (For one of many examples, see the MathWorld page on Fibonnaci numbers.) Perhaps this stems from a bad experience I had during childhood with a FoxTrot strip (where "childhood" should be read liberally as "at a certain mathematics summer camp before I ( Read more... )

I finally understand Dickson's proof that for each fixed K, there are only finitely many odd perfect numbers with K distinct prime factors. And in it I see the origin of Pomerance's later *effective* bound on all such numbers. I feel like my eyes have been opened, and that I see, truly see, for the first time.

Following the lead of belmanoir, here are the Top Five things I would do if I Ruled the World1. Scarlett Johansson. Enough Said ( Read more... )