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"Are the Gospels Myth?"

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:12:05 GMT

January 11, 49 B.C. is one of the most famous dates in the history of ancient Rome, even of the ancient world. On that date Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, committing himself and his followers to civil war. Few, if any, historians doubt that the event happened. On the other hand, numerous skeptics claim that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are myth and have no basis in historical fact. Yet, as historian Paul Merkley pointed out two decades ago in his article, "The Gospels as Historical Testimony," far less historical evidence exists for the crossing of the Rubicon than does for the events depicted in the Gospels:

Merkley observed that those skeptics who either scoff at the historical reliability of the Gospels or reject them outright as "myth" do so without much, if any, regard for the nature of history in general and the contents of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in particular.

Read the entire article...

Tags: gospel, bible, scriptures, catholic, christianity

Freedom under attack- rest of the story

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:01 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: Aceslucky and anyone who wanted more info on this case- hopefully this is it.

Clip Source: www.aclj.org

Gina maintains a 3.9 overall GPA and did very well on the first few philosophy class assignments, her grades in the philosophy course dropped significantly after the question of God’s existence and attributes became the focus of class discussion. Gina read the assigned materials and participated in class discussions, presenting traditional philosophical arguments on whether God exists and whether He possesses certain characteristics such as being all-knowing or all-good. However, Gina was unwilling to state that she would reconsider her personal religious beliefs on God’s nature and existence, and her grades suffered as a result.

Gina was posed with the difficult choice of either violating her religious beliefs by publicly declaring, “I am Gina. I am not free because I am determined” or being penalized by failing to receive extra points like her classmates.

Gina chose to adhere to her faith because she could not, in good conscience, make that statement.

may not grade

religious faith

Tags: church, state, law, religion, reedom, christian, god, education

Freedom under attack

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:15:06 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b

Clip Source: www.aclj.org

You may read our Demand Letter by clicking here.

Gina D.’s stated unwillingness to reconsider or abandon her personal beliefs in favor of her Introduction to Philosophy Professor’s preferred viewpoints has led to her receiving poor grades on class assignments. She has also been singled out and derided in online discussions.

While a college professor may encourage students to be informed about viewpoints and arguments that differ from their own, it is inappropriate — and unconstitutional — for a public college professor to make passing a required course (and thus graduation) contingent upon a student’s willingness to express agreement with philosophical viewpoints conflicting with her religious beliefs.

It is unconstitutional for a public college professor to make passing a required course contingent upon a student’s willingness to express agreement with philosophical viewpoints that conflict with his or her religious beliefs.

Tags: church, state, college, student, law, religion, god, atheism

Oil/gas not FOSSIL FUEL!!!!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:55:08 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: Fossil Fuel is a misnomer

Clip Source: shop.wnd.com

In "Black Gold Stranglehold," Jerome Corsi and Craig Smith expose the fraudulent science that has made America so vulnerable: the belief that oil is a fossil fuel and that it is a finite resource. This book reveals the conclusions reached by Dr. Thomas Gold, a professor at Cornell University, in his seminal book "The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels" (Copernicus Books, 1998) and accepted by many in the scientific community that oil is not a product of fossils and prehistoric forests but rather the bio-product of a continuing biochemical reaction below the earth's surface that is brought to attainable depths by the centrifugal forces of the earth's rotation.

America's dangerous dissociation of the dollar with precious—and truly scarce—metals such as gold and the devastation that would be inflicted on the U.S. economy if Middle Eastern countries are able to follow through with current plans to make the euro the standard currency for oil instead of U.S. dollars

Tags: oil, gas, geology, money, government, middle easr, war

Questions Requiring Anwers of Evolutionists

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:55:19 GMT

clipped by: Eaglewings
clipper's remarks: Thoughtful scientists ponder questions such as these and arrive at their hypotheses and then experiment to prove or disprove those hypotheses. Therefore I am calling on all evolutionists to ponder these points of fact and offer us some answers.

Care to tackle this experiment?

Clip Source: www.christiancourier.com

Here is a most interesting problem. How does something come from nothing?

Something cannot come from nothing. But something is. Thus, something always has been. That “Something” that always has been is not “matter” (as demonstrated by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which implies that matter is not eternal).

How can something non-living produce a living creature? Centuries ago scientists demonstrated that the theory of “spontaneous generation,” i.e., life bursting into existence on its own, is without supporting evidence. Francesco Redi (1626-97) and Louis Pasteur (1822-95), through careful experimentation debunked the notion that life can generate itself.

How did a highly organized, fully integrated body with cooperating parts (and all cells are highly organized; see Jackson, 2000, 6-14) develop from a mass of mere matter?

Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), a German pathologist, popularized the “cell theory,” namely that “every cell originates from another cell like it.”

Tags: evolution, creation, hypothesis, science, experiment

CRAZY people- send your dogs!

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:36:00 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: this is WACKED!
I think this is for real.. they must be grinding the dogs up into meat or something....

Clip Source: thedogisland.com

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Tags: dog, insanity, pets, money, economy, nature, vacation

Religious Books

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:49:01 GMT

clipped by: arifsali
clipper's remarks: Not sure how they're doing it, but there are bunch of religious books, all available for pdf download.

The site is clean, but you'll get the Ads when you try to download.

Clip Source: revelation-online.blogspot.com

Agnosticism (1)

Archaeology (3)

Art and Architecture (4)

Bible Study (9)

Bible Translation (4)

Biblical Study (41)

Biography (17)

Buddhism (6)

Calvinism (3)

Catholicism (18)

Christian Living (35)

Christianity (87)

Hinduism (3)

History (105)

Islam (66)

New Testament (19)

Old Testament (9)

Other Religions / Practices (3)

Tags: religion, books, ebooks

Anchorage DIgs Out after Record Snowfall

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:27:15 GMT

clipped by: reddogiedog
clipper's remarks: This type of reporting should not be allowed because it could upset the global warming nut cases.

Clip Source: www.adn.com

Anchorage digs out after record snowfall

Anchorage continues to dig out from a snowfall that set a record for the day and the month.The National Weather Service says 17.2 inches fell at its office just south of Anchorage's international airport and 22 inches fell in northeast Anchorage on Friday and Saturday.

The monthly total at the weather service office is now 29.7 inches, breaking a record from 1963 when 27.6 inches fell during April.

The 15.5 inches that fell Friday is the third-most for any one day in Anchorage. The record is the 25.7 inches that fell six years ago on March 17, 2002.

Tags: global warming, al gore, alaska, snow, cold, politics

You might want to start stockpiling food, says WSJ

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:00:17 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: Food prices are going up faster than any of your investments are gaining value... so you might want to invest in, say, rice, or dried pasta. "Wheat prices have roughly tripled in the last three years."

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

R.O.I.

By BRETT ARENDS

Load Up the Pantry
April 21, 2008 6:47 p.m.

I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.

You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.

Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.

The reason? The prices of many underlying raw materials have risen much more quickly still. Wheat prices, for example, have roughly tripled in the past three years.

Tags: economics, food, bad_news, news, opinion, money, international

Food Riots Erupt Worldwide

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:55:45 GMT

clipped by: JICWyllie
clipper's remarks: The real culprits are the economic ideologies of free trade and interest driven growth which, masquerading as science, drive disastrous policy decisions.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Over the last few decades, the United States, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have used their leverage to impose devastating policies on developing countries. By requiring countries to open up their agriculture market to giant multinational companies, by insisting that countries dismantle their marketing boards and by persuading them to specialize in exportable cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, cotton and even flowers, they have driven the poorest countries into a downward spiral.

In the last thirty years, developing countries that used to be self-sufficient in food have turned into large food importers.

Dismantling of marketing boards that kept commodities in a rolling stock to be released in event of a bad harvest, thus protecting both producers and consumers against sharp rises or drops in prices, has further worsened the situation.

support a country's effort to manage stocks and pricing

promote production and consumption of local crops raised by small,

farms

Tags: economy, trade, i-policy, i-consequences, i-starvation

a telemarketer counter-script

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:54:09 GMT

clipped by: boozich
clipper's remarks: just to have a bit of fun with a cheaply paid, poor schmuck from India

Clip Source: www.xs4all.nl

The Direct Marketing sector regards the telephone as one of its most successful tools. Consumers experience telemarketing from a completely different point of view: more than 92% perceive commercial telephone calls as a violation of privacy.
Telemarketers make use of a telescript - a guideline for a telephone conversation. This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer. It is this imbalance, most of all, that makes telemarketing successful. The EGBG Counterscript attempts to redress that balance.

Tags: optional. separate by commas.

Gore busted using fictional footage.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:22:22 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: I guess it is appropriate since his work is fiction.

Clip Source: newsbusters.org

On Friday, it was revealed by ABC News that one of the famous shots of supposed Antarctic ice shelves in the film was actually a computer-generated image from the 2004 science fiction blockbuster "The Day After Tomorrow." [audio available here]

Adding delicious insult to injury, this was presented by one of ABC's foremost global warming alarmists Sam Champion during Friday's "20/20":

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)

(Voiceover) Wait a minute, that shot looks just like the one in the opening credits of "The Day After Tomorrow."

KAREN GOULEKAS (VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR)

Yeah, that's, that's our shot. That's a fully computer generated shot. There's nothing real in there.

SAM CHAMPION (ABC NEWS)

(Voiceover) Audiences expect Hollywood to twist fact into fiction. But Gore's documentary does the opposite, using a fake shot to make a real point, that ice shelves are disappearing, and vanishing ice means global warming.

wanna be sniffed?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:18:50 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: Big Brother's watching....

Clip Source: technology.timesonline.co.uk

Useful Networks, the American company behind Sniff, promised that only consumers who gave their permission could be electronically tracked by the service, which operates across all mobile carriers. Users can specify who can and can not sniff them, or whether they are open to be sniffed by anyone on the network. The company plans to charge users about 75p for each location “sniff”, with the results for mobile customers sent by return text. It will be the first Facebook application to apply premium charges to customers’ mobile bills. The heaviest users in Sweden are wireless-connected members of the social networking site, who have integrated the application into their personal profile page.

“Sniffing” works through similar technology used by the police to track down suspected terrorists or missing children via their mobile phones.

Useful Networks, owned by the American giant Liberty Media, hopes to introduce “sniffing” in Britain this month.

Tags: sex, husband, mobile, cell phone, phone, call

here comes one world religion

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:25:21 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: anyone think about Revelation lately?

Clip Source: 209.85.135.104

The leader of the Italian Democratic Party, Walter Veltroni, today proposed the creation of an 'Organization of Religions Nations' Rome-based, and said that the idea' liked 'by both the secretary of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, as Pope Benedict XVI.

Veltroni explained that his idea is the creation of a 'palace of religions' in Rome, like the United Nations in New York, where representatives of all faiths of the world can' meet and talk among themselves.

Veltroni announced today that proposal during an appearance before reporters in Rome as a farewell, after it yesterday submit his resignation as mayor of the city to begin his campaign as a candidate for president of the Government in the upcoming April elections.

n the city of Rome have their headquarters three of the United Nations agencies that deal with food: the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) and the Global Agenda Food (WFP)

Global FAMINE???

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:30:37 GMT

clipped by: rvnurse2b
clipper's remarks: He's coming back , folks!

Clip Source: worldnetdaily.com

'Silent' famine sweeps globe

From India to Africa to North Korea to Pakistan and even in New York City, higher grain prices, fertilizer shortages and rising energy costs are combining to spell hunger for millions in what is being characterized as a global "silent famine."

The crisis is widespread and the result of numerous causes – a kind of "perfect storm" leading to panic in many places:

In Thailand, farmers are sleeping in their fields because thieves are stealing rice, now worth $600 a ton, right out of the paddies.

Four people were killed in Egypt in riots over subsidized flour that was being sold for profit on the black market.

Violent food protests hit Burkina Faso in February.

Millions of people in India face starvation after a plague of rats overruns a region, as they do cyclically every 50 years.

According to some experts, the worst damage is being done by government mandates and subsidies for "biofuels" that supposedly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and fight climate change.