Foetus found in teenage girl’s bag after New York shop security search A Victoria’s Secret security guard discovered a foetus in the bag of a teenage girl after stopping two 17-year-old girls The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/18/foetus-found-teenage-girl-bag-[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
November 16th, 2014 - 11:38 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Nome May Be First Town In U.S. To Tax Its Churches
Taxing Churches Nome, Alaska, is a tiny town of less than 4000 people. Despite its size, its name is well-known, showing up in popular culture venues from “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” of the 1950’s, to “The X-Files,” to “The Simpsons Movie.” And Nome is the [...]
November 15th, 2014 - 12:52 am § in Jews
Who Lived in Jerusalem Before The Jews?
CLICK the image to read about the oldest text from Jerusalem. ,,, written 250 years BEFORE Hebrew![...]
November 13th, 2014 - 1:18 pm § in Misc.
RADICAL REPUBLICANS: Huckabee and God
Sitting watching TV, the phone rang. Comcast showed a number someplace in Florida. I answered the phone. A new friend from Florida wanted to know whether I believe that we should have national prayer day. This friend told me that national prayer day was being threatened by militant atheists. Whil[...]
November 10th, 2014 - 11:11 pm § in Uncategorized
THE Ave Challenge: What is wrong with this picture
COMMENTS WELCOME[...]
The Beginning of Winter Holidays Is Not a Happy Season for All
Muharram, a Muslim month devoted to mourning. Ashura, the tenth of the month, is a day of awe in Shi’a Islam, familiar in the west as scenes of self flagellation. In Shia Islam the month marks the schism from Sunni, when the Sunni caliph killed the last relative of the Prophet, Ali, and ended [...]
HALLOWEEN: The GOP’s Scientist Shortage
Republican candidates used to deny climate change, but as that meme becomes harder to sustain (all you have to do is look around you), they’ve shifted gears from drive to neutral and are trying to coast over the issue. When pressed, many now resort to the noncommittal expression, “I̵[...]
October 26th, 2014 - 12:11 pm § in Religion, The Ave Scene
Is Religion an Issue in Elections Here?
I do not know Mark Miloscia at all, but why shouldn’t a strong religious stand be an issue for any candidiate? Religions do take moral and political stands … as do certain companies (AKA Hobby Lobby or Koch). Does anyone seriously doubt that Mitt Romney ‘s religion was an appro[...]
SUNDAY REVELATION: Belief that God is essential to morality in INVERSELY proportional to national wealth.
The Pew Research Center published a survey. The results of the survey of people in 40 countries shows that belief that God is essential to morality in INVERSELY proportional to national wealth. [...]
Flying With Jesus By Our Airmen’s Sides
A member of the US Airforce was told that he could not reenlist unless he added phrase “so help me God” to his contract. The airman was “told by his superiors that he must swear to God or leave the Air Force,” according to a complaint filed by the American Humanist Assoc[...]