It will be helpful to look at the ten northern tribes of Israel, nicknamed the “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.” As with most nicknames there is some truth and some exaggeration to it. For those of you who may not have heard that nickname before, let me give you a very short summary of a […]
No Western Orthodox Patriarch and tight shoes
There is a most interesting fact that points to a very interesting idea. Do you realize that the Orthodox have never appointed a replacement Patriarch of the West? There are many Eastern Orthodox Churches in the West. There are many Metropolitans in the West. There are various jurisdictions in the West. But, there is no […]
Tight fitting shoes and truth
Yesterday I said: But, this does not answer the deeper question. How do we know what is truth if our perception of truth is influenced by our culture? And, what mechanisms did God put in place to ensure that the truth would indeed be passed on? Right up front, I need to tell you that […]
Tight fitting shoes and Ecumenical Councils
Three days ago, I posted a note on women wearing shoes, for the sake of fashion, that are so badly designed that the women end up with deformed feet. I commented on that post that: Rather, I am making the point of how powerful is the formative power of culture. Most of us do not […]
Quantum mechanics and weird snake oil salesmen
I was very busy yesterday so have yet to be able to continue the comments that I made on shoes and cultures the day before yesterday. Instead, I will leave you with the beginning of an article that many of you might enjoy reading. Alan Boyle writes: Can the weirdness of quantum mechanics make you […]
Some good posters
GenX Christians have all too often come in for negative comments from far too many people. So, let me point you to a website, with an old post from 2007 where you can see some posters that express another side of GenX Christians, Emerging Grace. I think you will enjoy looking at the posters. But, […]
A good day for Turkey
Turkey, the seat of the old Ottoman Empire is undergoing some changes. By vote of the people, 26 amendments to the Constitution of Turkey were approved yesterday. Below are some quotes from one of the reports: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the passage of a wide-ranging package of constitutional amendments as a “milestone […]
Bad logic on Ground Zero Islamic Cultural Center
Today I received a mass e-mail that contained a sad argument against the proposed Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero. In part it said: Should there be a mosque near Ground Zero? In fact, what is proposed is not a mosque—nor even an “Islamic cultural center.” In Islam, every structure linked to the faith and […]
An alternate Christian stance on Israel
The following document comes courtesy of a fellow blogger who downloaded it from the source. It is from 2009, but is a document signed by the non-fundamentalist Christians who are actually having to suffer in the Middle East from the result of our policies and folks such as the pastor in Florida who has just […]
The truth about bloggers
I can always count on Pithless Thoughts to post a drawing that either makes me think or keeps me on an even keel. The cartoon above is one of those “on an even keel” type. When I started this blog, I had no pretensions of vast influence. Rather, I thought of the blog as something […]
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