"... a world that so urgently needs the witness of courageous, self-sacrificing men and women of God."
In an article published Tuesday in L’Osservatore Romano under the headline “Aristotle’s Virtues and Homer’s Doughnut,” “The Simpsons” was praised for its “realistic and intelligent writing”
As a starting point, George had drafted a 4,700-word manifesto that promised resistance to the point of civil disobedience...
Galileo told his friend Kepler that he was censoring himself for "fear not of ecclesiastical but of scientific-scholarly opinion." As Galileo's views became known, the first public protests arose from "jealous and apprehensive university professors," not from clerical quarters. When Galileo's friend Pope Urban VIII reluctantly allowed a trial by the Inquisition (headed by another Galileo supporter), the great man's nemesis was no churchman but a fellow scientist.
Obama epitomizes incompetence, foolishness, deceipt, and corruption and it's become all too obvious to all but the most intransigent ostriches, paid-for shills, and behind-the-scenes handlers and stakeholders.
In an extraordinary development, a herd of elephants has travelled some 300Km to attack villages that were the worst persecutors of the Christians, leaving Christian homes untouched.
http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2009/12/crusading-elephants.html
“We think that it might have something to do with the avenging the blood of martyrs. In fact the fear of God has fallen on the local people, who have labeled these elephants “Christian elephants.”
http://www.archdioceseofcolombo.com/news.php?id=851
Will tigers upset Vasant Panchami in Madhya Pradesh?
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/12/21/christmas-fair-attacked
...and I'm glad I don't live in MN.
http://heyitsjustablogman.blogspot.com/2008/11/minnesota-f-o-state.html
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/index.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080421174221AAccPLC
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord."
Related?
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/455386.aspx
http://www.ptinews.com/news/432263_Five-injured-in-wild-elephant--jackal-attack
"...this is out-in-the-open bribery,"It's OK because everone is doing it (Bandwagon fallacy)...
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/a_nation_of_thieves.html
"Democrats had no intention of ending the "culture of corruption" in DC - they just wanted to be in charge of it."
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/the_moral_meltdown_on_capitol.html
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For the most part, the assault on this beloved holiday has largely been led by devotees of the left, who have sought to shear away it's historical, religious or even cultural content, and transform it into a vehicle for promoting entirely unrelated issues.
http://www.willisms.com/archives/2009/12/trivia_tidbit_o_717.html