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3/21/14 6:55 AM

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Founder of Westboro Baptist Church, Rev. Fred Phelps...

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Interesting read about Phelps' early days:

http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/atohate.htm

2/21/14 6:44 AM

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Walmart Profit Drops 21 Percent

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No surprise. They have less stuff in their stores to buy. Of course their profit is down. People are buying low-margin groceries, but the days of Wal-Mart selling anything else are over. Just for example, I had to replace a radio that Wal-Mart carried for many years, but they don't any longer and I had to order it from the manufacturer. Repeat this thousands of times and you get today's Wal-Mart, which has less stuff to buy.

2/8/14 12:02 PM

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High cost of Common Core

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Common Core is as much a money grab from taxpayers by Pearson as the ACA is a money grab by insurance companies who got the government to require everyone to buy worthless high-deductible policies. This is a trend, where big corporations get the government involved in mandating things that funnel money to the corporations.

http://commoncore.pearsoned.com/

1/22/14 10:30 AM

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Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%

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Sounds shocking, until you realize he got his number by counting all Americans who are not working. That includes the 30% of the population who are retired and under age 18. When you subtract that from his 40%, you get about the same 10% which includes discouraged workers.

1/10/14 3:50 PM

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Could you survive a week with no internet?

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You no longer have to wonder, because it happened:

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/internet-tv-lost-in-tanana-as-new-year-s-revelers/article_72cc4f80-79ab-11e3-b9da-001a4bcf6878.html

1/10/14 10:30 AM

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Snake-Handling Pastor Wins Tennessee Legal Battle

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I feel sorry for the snakes.

12/26/13 6:03 AM

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The Christmas Truce of 1914

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I have read this book, and it's excellent. I recommend it. The author does a good job of sifting through the scanty evidence and explaining the complexity of this informal truce that sprung up at different places along the front for different reasons. He does a good job of explaining who participated, too, since the Germany army was an amalgam of regular Prussian troops, Bavarian reservists, and a lot of others.

12/18/13 6:03 AM

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Harold Camping, Serial Doomsday Predictor, Dies at 92

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On October 20, 2011, Camping's ministry put this statement on their web site: "Sadly, as we have earnestly studied the Bible over these five months
we have found verse after verse that supports and strengthens the
conclusion that the Lord is no longer saving sinners. He has finished
that glorious work."

This statement was silently removed from the web site later. The ministry was never held accountable for this statement in any way by anyone in Christianity, and were allowed to rewrite history. The ministry has never explained or even acknowledged this statement.

While Camping's false predictions are bad, I think this statement is infinitely worse, and anyone who donates to this ministry should be aware of it - Family Radio should not be allowed to rewrite history and scrub the record of this statement. They should come clean, admit to it, and explain it.

11/27/13 4:36 PM

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1.6 billion people on social networks

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How many are fake accounts? Those are cheap to buy.

11/20/13 8:31 AM

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1.6 billion people on social networks

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Unfortunately, I can't find the original study on eMarketer's web site. The methodology is of interest, since this article says "log in to social networking sites" and it isn't clear if the 1.6 counts unique people, or unique accounts, since the same person could have multiple accounts on different social networks. I'd also like to know what counts as "social media" since the boundary of what's called "social media" has a lot of gray areas like photo sharing sites. The article raises more questions than it answers.

This link is to an AFP wire article I have seen reprinted all over the web, but I can't find any other articles that talk about the study. (Or give links to it.)

11/13/13 7:50 AM

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Should Christians Read the Qur'an?

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Yes, Christians certainly should read the Qur'an and know what it teaches and be familiar with its worldview. Christians should be aware of what other beliefs teach, and be able to engage with them.

The best English translation currently is the Oxford World's Classic edition, which is readable and faithful to the original. (Some translations tend to sanitize the text.)

James White has a new book on the Qur'an which is helpful and well written. I recommend it as a guide to the complex world of Islam and the Qur'an.

10/20/13 6:25 AM

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John MacArthur vs. Mark Driscoll: Megachurch pastors...

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A conference held to promote John MacArthur's new book is crashed by a pastor promoting his new book. Without getting the official imprimatur of MacArthur's organization, the conference crasher is escorted out. The absurdity of this situation, and the idea of MacArthur requiring an official imprimatur to distribute literature at his conference, is making me reconsider buying his book. At least the Charismatic movement, as far as I know, has never required an imprimatur to distribute a book. (Creflo Dollar, for example, applauds the dedication of picketers at his church and encourages his congregation to learn from their example.)

10/19/13 1:30 PM

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John MacArthur Continues Case Against Charismatic...

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Joel Osteen is a Word of Faith believer. His father John was part of Kenneth Copeland's circle. Joel, as he has gained popularity, has done an amazing job of burying his past, with the cooperation of the media who refuse to ask him any real questions or examine his theology. Joel's beliefs are so vague it's hard to tell what he believes, but he is definitely from a Word of Faith background.

10/12/13 6:18 PM

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Self-Professed ‘Bible Scholar’ Makes Explosive...

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I found a bag today. Inside it was something that will totally revolutionize Christianity. The very foundations of belief will be shaken. The change will ripple like shockwaves across the world. I'll tell you what was in the bag ...

... later.

10/12/13 6:07 AM

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Self-Professed ‘Bible Scholar’ Makes Explosive...

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This isn't news until he reveals something and it is vetted by reputable scholars. He's just trying to get attention. This is just hype. Wait until there is substance.

10/4/13 9:28 AM

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Joel Osteen Tackles Why Christians Suffer

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Osteen is just selling his new book.

10/1/13 6:53 AM

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Congress misses deadline for averting shutdown

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If the government shuts down, do taxpayers get their money refunded?

9/10/13 11:57 AM

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The Common Core catastrophe in public schools

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Don't waste your time reading this lame article. Whoever wrote it needs to learn how to write a persuasive essay. He never gets around to explaining what is catastrophic about having common standards. (Does he want to abolish ANSI? Federal currency?)

8/28/13 6:26 AM

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21 measles cases linked to megachurch in Texas

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EMIC is Kenneth Copeland's home church on his property in Texas, and they teach divine healing.

8/20/13 10:51 AM

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Dear Pastor, Bring Your Bible to Church

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I enjoy using a codex. It is, in my opinon, one of the most impressive devices yet invented. ... And yet I am finding that cutting-edge technology is subtly but quickly changing important, even indispensable aspects of Christianity. Consider just one example: the ever-growing tendency to substitute a physical, visible scroll (remember, the one you unroll with one hand and roll up with the other) with a codex in the pulpit. ... When a member stands before the congregation, reading the sermon text from a codex, there is something missing, something lifeless at play. Again, John Bombaro observes, "Codex texts are ephemeral; they are ontologically diminished." There's no "there" there, Bombaro laments. ...when the codex replaces a scroll of Scripture, something is missing in our nonverbal communication to unbelieving onlookers. When you walk to church, sit down on a bus, or discipline one another at a coffee shop, a scroll of the Bible sends a loud and bold message to the nearest passersby about your identity as a Christ follower. ... No doubt, my warning touches an uncomfortable and irritable nerve. ... Technology infiltrates and saturates everything we do, and therefore defines everything we are, for better or worse. But is this subtle shift changing the way we read the Scriptures?

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