The claims of Jesus Christ force us to choose. As Lewis stated, we cannot put Jesus in the category of being just a great religious leader or good moral teacher. This former skeptic challenges us to make up our own minds about Jesus, stating,
"You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
Thursday, September 23, 2010
JESUS COMPLEX: Is Jesus God?
JESUS COMPLEX: Is Jesus God?: "Many, like Gandhi, have tried to separate Jesus’ teaching on ethics from his claims about himself, believing that he was simply a great man who taught lofty moral principles. This was the approach of one of America’s Founding Fathers, President Thomas Jefferson, who cut and pasted a copy of the New Testament, removing sections he thought referred to Jesus’ deity, while leaving in other passages regarding Jesus’ ethical and moral teaching4. Jefferson carried around his cut and pasted New Testament with him, revering Jesus as perhaps the greatest moral teacher of all time."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Alien Minors Act could boost U.S. military ranks - USATODAY.com
Alien Minors Act could boost U.S. military ranks - USATODAY.com: "Felipe Matos would be glad to join the military under the DREAM Act.
Born to a single mother in the slums of Brazil, he came to live with relatives in the U.S. at 14. He graduated from high school, got an associate's degree at Miami Dade College and hopes to get a four-year degree and become a high school teacher. He says he wants to repay the country that gave him the opportunity to succeed.
'I have friends who would have loved to join the military,' says Matos, 24. 'I feel that all of us are just trying to serve and contribute to the only country we know and
love.'"
Compare this young man, who's parents were illegal immigrants, to your average kid with hard working, relatively wealthy, american-born (as well as christian), pro-life, against univeral health insurance, environmental regualtions,anti-tax, gun rights, against gays in military, proposition 8 proponents, against signature to nuclear non-proliferaion agreements, global warming skeptic parents...............
How likely are these kids participating in community services, putting lucrative careers on hold, joining the military to serve their country; grateful instead of hateful.
Born to a single mother in the slums of Brazil, he came to live with relatives in the U.S. at 14. He graduated from high school, got an associate's degree at Miami Dade College and hopes to get a four-year degree and become a high school teacher. He says he wants to repay the country that gave him the opportunity to succeed.
'I have friends who would have loved to join the military,' says Matos, 24. 'I feel that all of us are just trying to serve and contribute to the only country we know and
love.'"
Compare this young man, who's parents were illegal immigrants, to your average kid with hard working, relatively wealthy, american-born (as well as christian), pro-life, against univeral health insurance, environmental regualtions,anti-tax, gun rights, against gays in military, proposition 8 proponents, against signature to nuclear non-proliferaion agreements, global warming skeptic parents...............
How likely are these kids participating in community services, putting lucrative careers on hold, joining the military to serve their country; grateful instead of hateful.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
UnderwaterTimes | Should Females Trust Showy Males? 'Honesty In Males Mostly Depends On How Many Opportunities There Are To Breed'
UnderwaterTimes Should Females Trust Showy Males? 'Honesty In Males Mostly Depends On How Many Opportunities There Are To Breed': "A team of researchers led by Dr Jan Lindström at the University of Glasgow have found that the honesty of the signal can vary dramatically over time, depending on both the condition of the male and the likelihood of him obtaining future matings. The research suggests it may pay females to wait until ‘dishonest’ males have exhausted themselves in producing a flashy signal that they cannot sustain.
Evolutionary biologist, Dr Lindström said: “Honesty in males mostly depends on how many opportunities there are to breed. If males can breed now but the future promises little in terms of further matings, all males should immediately reveal their ‘true colours’ – so that the signals they produce are a reliable indication of their quality. But if males can potentially breed several times over the course of a breeding season, it pays those in best condition to keep some of their strength in reserve.
“In contrast, those males in poorer condition cannot afford to delay seeking a mate, so must signal as hard as they can – with the result that at the start of the breeding season a female cannot reliably judge a male’s quality from his signal. However, as time goes on, the poorer condition males must drop out of the competition, leaving only the better ones and making it easier for a female to pick a high quality mate.”"
Evolutionary biologist, Dr Lindström said: “Honesty in males mostly depends on how many opportunities there are to breed. If males can breed now but the future promises little in terms of further matings, all males should immediately reveal their ‘true colours’ – so that the signals they produce are a reliable indication of their quality. But if males can potentially breed several times over the course of a breeding season, it pays those in best condition to keep some of their strength in reserve.
“In contrast, those males in poorer condition cannot afford to delay seeking a mate, so must signal as hard as they can – with the result that at the start of the breeding season a female cannot reliably judge a male’s quality from his signal. However, as time goes on, the poorer condition males must drop out of the competition, leaving only the better ones and making it easier for a female to pick a high quality mate.”"
Petite woman who bagged monster alligator defends trophy hunt
"I enjoy nature and animals a great deal and I understand why there is a reason for hunting," Mara-Christian told the Boston Herald. "I hunt because I want these creatures to be here forever."
Petite woman who bagged monster alligator defends trophy hunt
Petite woman who bagged monster alligator defends trophy hunt
On Polling - Voters’ Mood - Men Are Fuming, Women Are Despairing - An Analysis - NYTimes.com
On Polling - Voters’ Mood - Men Are Fuming, Women Are Despairing - An Analysis - NYTimes.com: "But 2006 and 2008 may prove to be anomalies. Kathleen Dolan, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, says that “while the story of the gender gap has often been told through the lens of the outsize support women have for Democrats, the flip side is the outsize support men have for Republicans.”"
Distracted Driving: One in Six Highway Deaths Tied to Phones, Texting - ABC News
So-called distracted driving crashes claimed 5,474 lives and led to 448,000injuries across the country last year, according to the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration. That's one in every six highway deaths.
"People[need to] take personal responsibility for the fact that they're driving a threeor four thousand pound car," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told ABC News."If you're looking down at a cell phone for four seconds or a texting device forfour seconds, you're driving the length of a football field without looking atthe road."
Distracted Driving: One in Six Highway Deaths Tied to Phones, Texting - ABC News: "'Surveys show that a large majority of drivers think they're better than average drivers so it, people may believe that they can text or talk on a phone safely while other people on the road can't,' she said. 'With any kind of unsafe driving -- drinking and driving, speeding, not wearing your seatbelt -- you may get away with that most of the time. You don't think you're going to be in a crash. So it's hard to keep the worry about being in a crash foremost in your mind.'"
Monday, September 20, 2010
Michael Vick's Dogs Find Homes
If there is a God.....?
And God made man in his image.....?
Then God must look an awful lot like.........?
MICHAEL VICK!
“The existence of a world without God seems to me less absurd than the presence of a God, existing in all his perfection, creating an imperfect man in order to make him run the risk of Hell.”
Couldn't help but see a parallel between Michael Vick's rehabilitation, public display of remorse, and the rehabilitation of his pitbulls used for fighting. As a veterinarian, well aware how friendly and playfull pitbulls are in general; how quickly without warning, destruction capable of as their demeanor make a 360 degree turn. Like a switch had been turned on/off before able to comprehend what was happening, rendering helpless to minimize the destruction.
Only time proves one right or wrong; never a fact till too late.
Couldn't help but see a parallel between Michael Vick's rehabilitation, public display of remorse, and the rehabilitation of his pitbulls used for fighting. As a veterinarian, well aware how friendly and playfull pitbulls are in general; how quickly without warning, destruction capable of as their demeanor make a 360 degree turn. Like a switch had been turned on/off before able to comprehend what was happening, rendering helpless to minimize the destruction.
Only time proves one right or wrong; never a fact till too late.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com
Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months - Science News Science & Technology Technology News - FOXNews.com
A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.
Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.
The prediction is based in part on a major solar storm in 1859 that caused telegraph wires to short out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires.
A new study from the National Academy of Sciences outlines grim possibilities on Earth for a worst-case scenario solar storm.
Damage to power grids and other communications systems could be catastrophic, the scientists conclude, with effects leading to a potential loss of governmental control of the situation.
The prediction is based in part on a major solar storm in 1859 that caused telegraph wires to short out in the United States and Europe, igniting widespread fires.
Exclusive: Eric Massa on 'Glenn Beck' - Glenn Beck - FOXNews.com
BECK: America, I've got to shoot straight with you: I think I've wasted your
time. I think this is the first time I have wasted an hour of your time. And I
apologize for that. Because I think we could have spent a lot less time with you
backtracking a lot. You're lot —
MASSA: I'm not backtracking. I'm
telling you what happened.
Eric Massa.......definitely, a man with faults appearing as having a rough edge; imperfect human being.
Eric Mass...... superficially, a man many would rather not associate with; not one of us.
Eric Massa.....optimistically, a man with a vision believed making a difference; elected congressman.
Eric Massa......opportunistically, a man easily disassociated from rather than defending when no longer helpful; ex-congressman.
Eric Massa........condescendingly, a man not only admitting to accusations but accepting full responsibility, althought not quite the guilt; dishonorable.
Eric Massa.........shockingly, a man beaten; honest.
Believe honesty is what people can't accept; makes so many uncomfortable.
It changes the rules
when someone having nothing to gain
actually
tells the truth.
Rules building foundation forming support for our very character .
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Top 50 Dumbest Conservative Quotes | The Stir
Top 50 Dumbest Conservative Quotes The Stir: "Top 50 Dumbest Conservative Quotes"
"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president.'' ~ Ann Coulter
''We need to execute people like (John Walker Lindh) in order to physically intimidate liberals.'' ~ Ann Coulter
''Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.'' ~ Rush Limbaugh
"The only way to reduce the number of nuclear weapons is to use them." ~ Rush Limbaugh
"Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.'' ~ Rep
"If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president.'' ~ Ann Coulter
''We need to execute people like (John Walker Lindh) in order to physically intimidate liberals.'' ~ Ann Coulter
''Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.'' ~ Rush Limbaugh
"The only way to reduce the number of nuclear weapons is to use them." ~ Rush Limbaugh
"Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.'' ~ Rep
Friday, September 17, 2010
Sarah Palin's PAC Launches 'Mama Grizzlies' Ad on YouTube - ABC News
"It seems like it's kind of a mom awakening in the last year and a half, where women are rising up and saying, 'No, we've had enough already,' because moms kind of just know when something's wrong," Palin says in the 1-minute, 50-second video.
There in Alaska I always think of the mama grizzly bears that rise up on their hind legs when somebody's coming to attack their cubs, to do something adverse toward their cubs," she adds. "You thought pitbulls were tough, you don't want to mess with the mama grizzlies."
The ad has reignited whispers of a potential 2012 presidential bid for Palin, who has stayed in the spotlight even though she holds no political office.
Sarah Palin's PAC Launches 'Mama Grizzlies' Ad on YouTube - ABC News: "Washington Watch Out: Palin Riles Up 'Mama Grizzlies'
SarahPAC Unveils Campaign-Style Ad Featuring the Former Alaska Governor"
As She Was To Those Who Voted Her
Governer Of Alaska,
Believe She Would Be Same Kind Of Mother To Her Kids.
More Proof Sarah
Thinks
Only Of HerSelf.
Love to see a video of Sarah Palin being chased by mama polar bear;
except for
a pair of red high heel shoes,
Sarah be wearing nothing at all!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
HICKS: Parental outrage can protect our kids from 'progressive' sex-ed - Washington Times
HICKS: Parental outrage can protect our kids from 'progressive' sex-ed - Washington Times: "Parents in Montana — and across the country, for that matter — need to be equally outraged that the innocence of our nation's children is gradually being sacrificed in the name of 'comprehensive' (read: progressive) sexuality education."
What a fucking joke!
What a fucking joke!
Op-Ed Contributor - A Forgotten Fight for Suffrage - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - A Forgotten Fight for Suffrage - NYTimes.com:
"“Antis” still managed to defeat suffrage measures in four Northern states that year. “Woman suffrage wants the wife to be as much the ruler as the husband, if not the chief ruler,” warned one antagonist. But such views were waning — everywhere but the South."
"“Antis” still managed to defeat suffrage measures in four Northern states that year. “Woman suffrage wants the wife to be as much the ruler as the husband, if not the chief ruler,” warned one antagonist. But such views were waning — everywhere but the South."
Dr. Laura's N-Word Rant: Radio Host Apologizes For Offensive Language (AUDIO)
Dr. Laura's N-Word Rant: Radio Host Apologizes For Offensive Language (AUDIO): "'If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry outside of your race,' Schlessinger said after hanging up with the caller."
Op-Ed Columnist - Who’s the Con Man? - NYTimes.com
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