Friday, 28 February 2014

David Yonggi Cho, founder of the world's largest church, is convicted and sentenced for embezzlement

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But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and per...
Friday, 21 February 2014

25 years ago: Violent Islamic protests over The Satanic Verses contrast with peaceful Christian protests over The Last Temptation of Christ

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On February 14, 1989, Iran's Supreme Ruler, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa --a legal judgment--encouraging Muslims to kill ...
Wednesday, 12 February 2014

February 12: Date of infamy

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In looking at other sites and old almanacs for today's entry in one of my other blogs , it struck me that February 12 is associated wit...
Tuesday, 4 February 2014

And now for something completely different: "Ace Pride"

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If there haven't been enough sexual minority groups coming out of the closet, here comes another one: the asexuals, or "aces,...
Monday, 3 February 2014

20th Century Irish nationalism and Zionism

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The connections and similarities between 20th Century Irish nationalism and Zionism seem far from obvious, but University of Chicago Ph.D. s...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

Mormons participate in food bank drive

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Related to my comments in the post below , here's an example of a group that worships a false god and preaches a false gospel performing...

An example of a dead church morphing into a community centre

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In evangelical churches in recent years, there has been an increasing emphasis on the church serving the world, with the result that churche...
Monday, 13 January 2014

30 years ago: U.S.A. and Vatican reopen full diplomatic relations

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Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delive...
Friday, 10 January 2014

Pharaoh in recently-discovered Egyptian tomb identified as Sobekhotep I

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As reported by Voice of Russia , January 7, 2014 : The tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh King Sobekhotep I, believed to be first king of the 13...
Thursday, 9 January 2014

Royal Canadian Air Force doesn't need permission to fly drones in Canada

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RCAF drones are absolutely necessary, of course, for national security--and what could possibly go wrong? Another backlog item, as reported...

Drones to fly over pipelines in Alberta

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Pipelines today, the entire province tomorrow--all for our good, of course. Another backlog item, as reported by Sarah O'Donnell of the...

"Free speech for me, but not for thee" at Carleton University

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As the old saying goes, a liberal is someone who says, "Everyone has the right to my own opinion." I've never seen anyone mor...

"Rev." Fred Phelps sends hate tweets to a Canadian university

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Perhaps the greatest hustler in the history of the movie business was Kroger Babb , who spent more than 30 years from the late 1930s to the ...