Manufacturing Biblical Prophecy, Part 1: For Want of a Virgin Birth

Thu Aug 6, 2009 7:53 PM EDT

Just as the rock may be split into many splinters, so also may one Biblical verse convey many teachings. -- Ishmael ben Elishah (90-135 CE), Jewish rabbi of the Tannaim era

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religion, christianity, jesus-christ, virgin-birth, cognitive-dissonance, mythology, miracles

Federal court documents allege Blackwater founder Prince was intent on inciting Christian crusade against Muslims in Iraq

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 8:54 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)

Two former Blackwater employees are now alleging in sworn statements filed in federal court Monday that Blackwater founder Erik Prince "views himself a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe."

religion, blackwater, christianity, crusade, erik-prince, iraq-war

Possible mammoth tusk found on Calif. island

Seeded on Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:41 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A complete tusk believed to belong to a prehistoric mammoth was uncovered on Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast, researchers reported Tuesday.

msnbci, technology-science

Rare pink iguana evaded Darwin

Seeded on Mon Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM EST (msnbc.com)

When English naturalist Charles Darwin explored the Galapagos Islands in the early 1800s, he, and countless scientists since, overlooked a hefty pink iguana.

msnbci, science, technology-science

For scholars, a combustible question: Was Christ real?

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:45 PM EST (Toronto Star)

An article discussing the Jesus Project, a scholarly collaboration and examination of the evidence, or lack thereof, for the existence of a historical Jesus.

religion, christianity, archeology, jesus, higher-criticism

Monkeys like to both give and receive

Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:35 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive.

msnbci, science, technology-science

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Atheism Not Proof Of Either Greater Intelligence or A Lack of It
Why I believe God Exists Where ever I look I can find great amount of examples of design. This is true when I look whether I'm looking at the land, the rivers, the oceans, the stars, the galaxies or at a new born infant or a spider weaving a web.
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Why the Son of Man?
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Jesus Christ is called "the Son of Man" more than 80 times in the Bible. It was the term he most commonly used in referring to Himself. Whether in Aramaic (which Jesus spoke), Greek or Hebrew, the expression means an ordinary man.
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Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is 'Mark of the Beast'
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A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them.
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Balloon boy's family obsessed with science
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The family of a 6-year-old boy who took off in an experimental balloon has a deep interest in science and twice appeared on the reality TV show "Wife Swap."
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What did Jesus really say?
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Most Americans claim to be Christians, but many know little about what Jesus actually said. How much do you know?
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I gotta say, great job in responding to the comments left by Truly Amazed and that John fellow to my original comment in the Great White Shark article. I'm still going through it, but what I've seen so far just boggles the mind. When I hear them say "I did the research" I just think of them speeding over to Discovery Institute, uncommondescent.com, or answers in genesis, and have never looked at or even heard of sites like the panda's thumb, talk origins, or antievolution.org. Anyways, just wanted to let you know what I thought, and also, to never take them too seriously. You'll never change their minds, I just look at this when I get too into an argument.

— 0ddity

Hi Terra, thank you for letting me join your Friend's list. :-)

— Arizona1950

Terra:

Tell me more about yourself. Your bio doesn't tell me enough. How does one go about safeguarding reason? What is reasonable? You crack me up.

TANATA

— TANATA