This Frappr map thing is really making the rounds. I originally heard about it from Fr. Jim Tucker (Dappled Things). My map can be found here. Catholic Rage Monkey has one too. If you know of any other St. Blog’s Frappr maps, please let me know. 🙂
Powerball presents further evidence that terrestrial radio is dying.
"Classic rock fans who tuned in WRRK-FM (96.9) [Tuesday] morning got a rude awakening when…the Steel City Media station, licensed to Braddock, flipped to ‘Bob FM‘…"
I really hope 96.9 follows Sacramento’s 92.1 and ditches Bob in favor of an all-80’s format.
"As of Saturday, October 29th, I was given official notice by express mail that I am expelled from Loretto High School. This was given completely without forewarning, without a meeting, and without a chance to say goodbye. My family is now seeking legal advice, and more details will follow."
Please leave her an encouraging comment. (Fedora TIp: Jimmy Akin)
Before someone else says it: Yes, I am aware of the irony here. Ms. Bain was presumably fired "without forewarning, without a meeting, and without a chance to say goodbye". I’m sure the Sills’ detractors will say that Katelyn’s expulsion is poetic justice. I wonder, though, if the irony might be lost on some of them. I wonder how many people are filled with glee as a result of this, ignorant of the hypocrisy of saying that a teacher shouldn’t be fired from a Catholic school for her manifest participation in grave sin, but a student should be expelled for publicly supporting her mother’s exposure of that teacher’s deeds. Then again, maybe nobody will think or say such things.
Yeah, and maybe I’m a Chinese jet pilot.
Update 11/02/05: Rick Lugari at De Civitate Dei has posted part of a letter that was sent to members of the Loretto community. It alleges "malicious language, taunts, threats, abuse towards members of our school community, gossip, rumors, unkind language and behavior". Meanwhile, the Sills have given a statement to the Sacramento Bee, saying that the "charges are categorically false and defamatory".
I keep a folder of potential blogging material. I recently pulled out the following post I found in a Usenet newsgroup I used to read. It was also cross-posted here.
Suppose a group of people walk up to you on the street and one of them introduces himself as John, the son of God? Those surrounding him say they believe in John and have witnessed miracles he has performed. One of his disciples announces from the crowd that John has healed the lame and cured the sick. He says "our book teaches that the authorities will cause John great suffering and kill him but he will not die! "Do you believe that John is the Son of God? Why? Why not?
Suppose John proceeds to produce a glass filled with a clear liquid seemingly from nowhere. "I shall turn this glass of water into wine" he says and with a gesture the water turns into what appears to be wine. He then says to you "will you believe me now that I am the son of God, worship and serve me as your savior"?.
Would you?
Would you say that this man is a probably a fraud when you have direct evidence that he has apparently performed miracles?
Trickery you say.
If it is so easy not to believe this man and his supporters how is it possible for you to believe in a 2000 year old story based on hearsay evidence. Beware of false Gods? John has warned his people of them too.
None of the events which point to Jesus as the Son of God is current like the evidence for John? Why is the bible, a book, written by humans such a long time ago taken as the gospel truth? It is even quoted by people as the word of God. Why is John’s evidence that you can see with your eyes not believed? Evidence which is stronger than the evidence from a 2000 year old book?
Do you think people that lived in ancient times were more or less gullible than you? What kind of experiences did the average man have 2000 years ago? How long did he live? What did he read? Did he know what caused disease? What a comet was? What planets were? How old the earth really was? Did he know about germs, penguins and dinosaurs? Good nutrition and health care? Did he know a miracle when he heard about it?
Just wondering.
D. Haas
I’ve always found that to be an interesting argument against Christianity. What do you fine folks think?
Wesley J.Smith, author of several books including Consumer’s Guide to a Brave New World
The post itself is little more than a link to an article, but the comments are quite interesting. A raving and drooling commenter (who reminds me of someone…) "debates" with Smith. It’s quite amusing.