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Osama Bin Laden told his children to live peacefully in the West where they would get a good education, his brother-in-law has revealed. Zakaria al-Sadah, whose sister is the fifth wife of the Al-Qaeda leader, said Bin Laden did not want his children and grandchildren following in the same path of terrorism like him. [...] Still the standard short form bio of perhaps the greatest thinker since Augustine, by one of the greatest writers (and thinkers) since Augustine. The book is a shade over 100 pages… Pascal once apologized for the length of a letter because he had not the time to make it shorter… GK Chesterton’s biography is [...] Catholic school suspends 9-year-old for Michael Jackson dance move, http://fxn.ws/xrsHK8 Kids today… They always wanna be startin’ something. Share on Facebook The Gaia Cult is at it again… Suing the U.S. Navy to prevent sonar usage… for the whales. http://yhoo.it/zD0AYd Share on Facebook (Fortunately, Vimeo has stones). Craptastic YouTube is at it again, freezing Palestinian Media Watches account for daring to post a video in which the Palestinian Authority Mufti says that it is the destiny of Muslims to kill Jews, which two of the more relied-upon Hadith’s actually say. But – hell – you [...] From a blog called “Killing the Buddha” comes this interesting article on the making of, marketing of, and history of communion wafers. The melding of economics, religion, Vatican II, and the concerns of celiac disease suffering Catholics… and all while it’s bread and not Body: Nineteen clicks of the mouse, the electronic brandishing of [...] Amish Sect’s Buggies a Traffic Burden for Some Kentucky Residents, http://fxn.ws/w0po3R This will be an interesting case concerning an Amish sect out of Kentucky. While I’m strongly in favor of religious freedom, I side with the state here. Share on Facebook Here’s a great piece from John Fund over at NRO on what Islamist compromise looks like in Morocco. It looks encouraging — but they don’t have complete control. The palace’s first reaction to a street vendor’s suicide in Tunisia was to give every subject the right to place a piece of cardboard on the [...] Greek and Armenian Orthodox priests were duking it out with brooms at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem earlier… Here’s the story from the BBCL Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests and monks came to blows during preparations for Orthodox Christmas celebrations Scuffles have broken out between rival groups of Greek Orthodox and Armenian [...] I learn something new everyday. Jesus is buried in Japan dontchaknow…. from io9: In the 2,800-person village of Shing? in Japan’s Aomori prefecture, you can visit a tourist attraction that earns almost doodlysquat fanfare despite its world-shattering theological ramifications. I am, of course, talking about the grave of Jesus Christ. What, you didn’t know [...] Flannery O’ Connor made the above comment. We in the U.S. have turned that statement somewhat askew. It is easier, though becoming more difficult, to be a nominal Christian (espouse belief) than not to thanks in no small part to our Founding Fathers and their belief in “freedom of conscience”. If you don’t believe be [...] Just in time for Christmas comes the latest work from Christian and philosopher Alvin Plantinga. Here’s the book: And here’s a nice profile from The New York Times: For too long, Mr. Plantinga contends in a new book, theists have been on the defensive, merely rebutting the charge that their beliefs are irrational. It’s [...] Theodore Dalrymple… one of my favorite, if one of the more doleful, writers around has written a brilliant post-mortem of this past summer’s London riots for City Journal. Here’s a bit — go read the rest of “Barbarians on the Thames” here. Resentment is a powerful, long-lasting emotion that usually is self-serving and [...] Whither the Ark of the Covenant? I think Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably is true — the ark is in a government warehouse. It just smacks of truth. However, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church claims — and has claimed for years — that they have it. We may get to test [...] From Fox(y) News comes this important story. I know what a big draw Salma is around here so… By Nadia Mendoza, Dailymail.co.uk She defies the size zero ideal of beauty with her vivacious curves, but Salma Hayek claims she didn’t always have the womanly figure she is recognised for now. The Mexican actress, [...] As election results from Egypt pour in showing that Islamic extremists won over 60% of the vote (let that sink in for a moment) I am even more ardently convinced that the so-called “Democracy Project” emphasized by George W. Bush is a fool’s errand — no matter the soft-headed idealism (read naivete). One doesn’t allow [...] I love Christmas. It’s the linchpin of our civilization not to mention the beliefs of billions of us. And so that brings us to Advent. Salisbury Cathedral in the UK has an annual Advent service called From Darkness to Light. Here’s a story from the Daily Mail: The annual From Darkness to Light advent [...] While I’m sympathetic to the idea of not dabbling in the occult and celebrating the number of the beast (regardless of how one reads Revelation it is clear on the number — whatever its usage) — this is idiotic. Billy E. Hyatt claims he was fired from Pliant Corp., a plastics factory in northern [...] |
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