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Source: Uploaded by user via C. S. on Pinterest C.S. Lewis was always good at making pithy statements. This is most certainly one of the better ones. Proponents of “black theology” back in the 1960’s and 1970’s were most certainly correct when they stated that Christianity had been reduced to a religion that was meant […]

The following is from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics report issued just earlier today. Quoting from the abstract will give you the gist of it:  Results—In 2008, an estimated 6,578,000 pregnancies resulted in 4,248,000 live births, 1,212,000 induced abortions, and 1,118,000 fetal losses. The 2008 pregnancy rate of 105.5 pregnancies per 1,000 women aged 15–44 […]

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Today President Obama correctly used his Executive authority to carry out those parts of the Dream Act which he could implement without the approval of Congress. Is it election year politics? Absolutely! After all, Senator Marco Rubio (R) of Florida proposed an almost […]

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Purge Overkill – John Oliver & Florida’s Voter Registration Law www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook Fortunately, the Federal courts have struck down parts of the Florida laws that have to do with purging […]

From the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Church: The gift of God’s forgiveness is received through private prayer, corporate worship, the disciplines of prayer and fasting, penitential services and above all through the sacrament of Holy Confession. We are a people who believe in Holy Confession. We encourage people to go to […]

Beginning in 2008, there was a change in the distribution of hate crimes. Two types of hate crimes increased, religious and sexual orientation hate crimes. By 2010 (the last year that has fully analyzed statistics, 2011 should be out soon), religious hate crimes were 20.0% of the hate crimes reported to the FBI while sexual […]

I grew up reading Ray Bradbury. He was one of my early introductions to science fiction. It was from writers like him and Isaac Asimov that I grew to love the genre. But, more than that, it was from them that I also developed a love for science and consequent thinking. Why consequent thinking? Well, […]

From the picketing schedule of Westboro Baptist Church: St. Demetrios Church in Seattle, WA June 7, 2012 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Westboro Baptist Church will picket the funeral of Gloria Koch Leonidas. God sent the shooter to the coffee shop and executed HIS judgment. God hates fags. God hates fag enablers. God hates fag […]

The post below is a post that I placed on the Orthodox Christian Network for this month. It has not been accepted yet, but you can read it here: ================= The theme for the Orthodox Christian Network in June is marriage. This is not surprising, June is a favorite time for weddings in the USA. […]

Though short, above is a good discussion of the need of translating Greek into English for use in the Divine Liturgy of English-speaking countries. Note that, unlike the USA, this points out that there are still parishes in various other parts of the English-speaking world in which Greek is the only language used in the […]