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Gen X Revert: "My brother lives in Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) and whenever I visit I realize how out of shape I am. Just walking the neighborhood with the large hills…"
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- Engaged Encounter Part I: House of God? (8)
whizkidforte: ""Sing of the Lord's Goodness" actually kinda reminds me of "Take Five" by the late, great jazz saxophonist Dave Brubeck. . . Not that that's a good…"
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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse, of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be concealed or disclosed, or disclosed in such parts & at such times as will best suit particular views; and because the body of the people are less capable of judging & are more under the influence of prejudices, on that branch of their affairs, than of any other. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions agst. danger real or pretended from abroad.
— , Letter to Thomas Jefferson [1798]
Christianity
“An Atheist In Our Country Is An Enemy”
Jeremy Hall, a soldier with no religious beliefs is suing the Department of Defense for discrimination based on his irreligion. He said "there is a pattern of discrimination against non-Christians in the military."
Two years ago on Thanksgiving Day, after refusing to pray at his table, Hall said he was told to go sit somewhere else. […]
How to De-Convert Yourself from Christianity
Over on Pharyngula, PZ Myers posted a link to "How to Persuade an Atheist to Become Christian." I read the article and was surprised to find so much good advice that anyone who actually follows it will likely never succeed. For example, the very first piece of advice:
Most Atheists are highly intelligent. Probably better educated than […]
Perpetual Adoration at the Pittsburgh Oratory
The Fathers of the Pittsburgh Oratory are pleased to announce that the enormous graces of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration will be made available to all who live, worship, work, and study within our university communities beginning June 29, 2008. This is in unity with the whole Church in celebration of the "Year of Saint Paul" proclaimed […]
"The New Faithful"
Tonight I am glad I live in Baltimore. I went to a lecture at the Baltimore (Roman Catholic) Basilica of the Assumption where many people, old and young attended including Cardinal Keeler, the former Archbishop, Archbishop O’Brien, my current Archbis…
A Concrete Way to Help in Iraq
Aside from prayer—which I perhaps should do more often—I have felt great sadness and helplessness when hearing of the plight of Iraqi Christians.Fortunately, CNEWA has a way for us to help more directly: they has a list of projects to support Christians in threatened parishes and also to help relocate a Baghdad seminary to a […]
