Don't mess with my Ketchup! The Smithsonian Magazine has an interesting article. Read a little history of the now all present condiment. Pass the burgers...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Anticipation!
What Ever Happened to Homemade Ketchup? | Food & Think: " In addition to being cheap to manufacture—with factories using tomato scraps—the commercial product ended up setting the standard for Americans’ expectation of what ketchup should be: It was thicker, smoother and had had more sugar and vinegar than the homemade varieties."
Mass is changing soon!
Survey: Most Catholics unaware of Mass revisions
"Most respondents took the survey in English (82 percent), and among these Catholics, awareness was just slightly higher at 26 percent."
Friday, August 12, 2011
Can We Stop Telling God What To Do?
Can We Stop Telling God What To Do?: "Notice that such “prayers” rarely involve direct address: “Help us, O Lord, to see your truth and walk in your ways.” Rather, they involve talking about God in the third person as though He weren’t really present. Then there are intercessions that leave out God altogether: “That we may make a greater use of alternative fuels and lessen our dependence on fossil fuels.” Is that a prayer, or a plank in a political platform?"
UK riots 2011 "You are so special!" Liberal Dogma and the Welfare State.
UK riots 2011: Liberal dogma has spawned a generation of brutalised youths | Mail Online: "They are essentially wild beasts. I use that phrase advisedly, because it seems appropriate to young people bereft of the discipline that might make them employable; of the conscience that distinguishes between right and wrong."
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4084073497/
Decades of the Welfare State, of relativistic indoctrination, of stupid immigration policies, of liberal agendas implemented are coming now to produce their fruit. I believe that the U.K. riots if 2011 are only a beginning of a new era. The barbarians are now inside, they are ourselves. Read the excellent article by Max Hastings here, and if you can watch the film with Michael Caine 'Harry Brown' it gives an excellent view of the barbarity that now grips not only England, but the Western World.
Decades of the Welfare State, of relativistic indoctrination, of stupid immigration policies, of liberal agendas implemented are coming now to produce their fruit. I believe that the U.K. riots if 2011 are only a beginning of a new era. The barbarians are now inside, they are ourselves. Read the excellent article by Max Hastings here, and if you can watch the film with Michael Caine 'Harry Brown' it gives an excellent view of the barbarity that now grips not only England, but the Western World.
The Blood of a Pope
Pope John Paul II’s Blood to be Displayed in Mexico, Christian News: "“In the perception of a Mexico plunged into terror, pain, hopelessness, anguish, vengeance and rancor as a result of insecurity and violence… the veneration of the relics will be an opportunity for the baptized and people of good will to turn their eyes to God,” said Rev. Manuel Corral, the council’s public relations secretary to reporters."
We pray to Blessed John Paul that trough his intersession with our Lord Jesus Christ, this blood may atone for all the blood shed in terror in Mexico, that peace may return and that the Mexican people return to the light of the Gospel.
Read the story here.
We pray to Blessed John Paul that trough his intersession with our Lord Jesus Christ, this blood may atone for all the blood shed in terror in Mexico, that peace may return and that the Mexican people return to the light of the Gospel.
Read the story here.
For God is with us!
CNEWA Connections
"When families lost someone to violence or kidnapping, the sisters stayed with them, accompanied them, let them know we were there for them."
True Christian witness from a group of nuns in Iraq. They preach the Gospel; and when necessary they speak.
Read the interview of the CNEWA magazine here.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Hoodwinked!
A Pyrrhic 'Victory' - Thomas Sowell - Townhall Conservative: "the Republicans have now been maneuvered into being held responsible for the spending orgy that Democrats alone had the votes to create. Republicans have been had -- and so has the country. The recent, short-lived budget deal turns out to be not even a Pyrrhic victory for the Republicans. It has the earmarks of a Pyrrhic defeat."
Read more from Thomas Sowell here
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
NATO Crash: Team Seal Six Members Killed in Afghanistan
NATO Crash: Team Seal Six Members Killed in Afghanistan - ABC News
The Navy Seal Team 6 who found and killed Osama Bin Ladin suffered a devastating loss two days ago when a helicopter carrying 30 Americans including 22 Navy Seals members of Team 6, crashed in Afghanistan.
Taliban forces claim they shot down the Chinoonk helicopter, but Department of Defense says it crashed in an accident.
Rather tragic coincidence, read the whole story here
The World According to Newsweek: Bias? What bias?
The World According to Newsweek | CatholicVote.org
Bias, what bias? There is no bias, we just despise conservatism and conservatives, that's all.
See the rest of the pics and read the blog here.
See the rest of the pics and read the blog here.
Barack Obama's 2012 plan: 'Kill Romney'
Barack Obama's 2012 plan: 'Kill Romney' - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com
From the presidency of "hope" to the politics of personal destruction. Obama's political advisers plan to "kill" Romney. And we thought that using violent metaphors was out of the question after the Gabrielle Giffords shooting. Read more here
Friday, August 5, 2011
Eat, drink and be merry?
Living to see 100 is just luck, not lifestyle - Telegraph
"They found those who lived extremely long lives ate just as badly, drank and smoked just as much, took just as little exercise and were just as likely to be overweight as their long-gone friends."
Not good news for our health fascist establishment. Read the whole thing here.
Is the US a nation of liars?
Is US a nation of liars? Casey Anthony isn't the only one. - CSMonitor.com: "But as the news fills with one example after another of people – both humble and mighty – telling lies, it's easy to wonder: Can America even see the truth anymore, let alone tell it?"
RIP John Sott
John Stott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Stott remained celibate his entire life. He said, "The gift of singleness is more a vocation than an empowerment, although to be sure God is faithful in supporting those He calls."
John Stott one of the great evangelical theologians of our time passed away last week. I read his book Christian Counter-Culture: The Message of the Sermon on the Mount; which showed me that being a Christian in this day and age is being counter-cultural.
Read the Wikipedia article linked above.
Read the Wikipedia article linked above.
The Oldest Book in Europe
£9m campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel | Past Horizons:
"The British Library has announced an ambitious fund-raising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of Britain’s foremost saints, the Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book and one of the world’s most significant books."
"The British Library has announced an ambitious fund-raising campaign to acquire the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation. Created in the 7th century and intimately associated with one of Britain’s foremost saints, the Gospel is the earliest surviving intact European book and one of the world’s most significant books."
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| The Gospel of St. John, amazingly preserved |
I am book enthusiast, a "Bibliophile". Books to me are an extension of our brain, a depository of knowledge, a dialogue with our ancestors. No question, I love books. So this news is very interesting to me, more so because I have to confess I did not know of the St Cuthbert Gospel. This is the oldest book in Europe, having been produced by the monks of Lindisfarne in the late 600's and placed in St Cuthbert's casket, where it lay for four hundred years. In the year 1004 it was rediscovered when the casket was opened on relocating the Saint's remains. The book was probably plundered from its resting place by the barbarians of Henry VIII and went into private possession. It made its way to the Jesuits who are now selling it to the British Library for a cool nine million pounds. The book is in an astonishing state of preservation, its leather cover looks almost new. Read the rest in the link above.
A Dialogue about Abortion
Little Catholic Bubble: Answering Michelle: I don't think you want all babies aborted
From a favorite blog by Leila Miller a dialogue with a young atheist woman on abortion.:
To those saying that the Obama administration views pregnancy as a disease:
Before you go on, let me just say that it's hard not to conclude this. If fertility/pregnancy is not a disease, disorder, illness or pathology, then why are health insurance companies now forced to provide free contraception and morning-after pills to all? What "disease" is being "cured" or "prevented" if not pregnancy? This should elicit a short medical answer, not a long philosophical one like the one you are about to give….
consider this rough analogy. Most of you have probably seen the show Extreme Home Makeover, where families in need are given a fancy new house (and I think sometimes a car as well), one that even the richest families would probably be lucky to have.
Yes, I used to love that show! "Bus driver, move that bus!" (Screams, excitement, tears!!) Good times watching with the family. :)
It's a feel-good sort of show, and you're always left with the impression that despite all of their problems, their lives are finally looking up and everything is going to be fine.
Yes, that's the illusion that "feel good" TV shows leave us with. We Americans like to "feel good", and it sells. Definitely an hour of escapism (and envy!).
But think about the taxes and the maintenance the house will require that they probably can't afford, and how the money spent on the house could probably have better gone towards addressing whatever problem (medical, financial, whatever) was originally plaguing them.
Yes, exactly! Building folks a big house and and providing lots of material things cannot solve the underlying problems that families in crisis face. Thank goodness there are real people in real life who do provide real help, every single day: Catholic Charities, the Societies of St. Vincent de Paul, crisis pregnancy centers, Catholic hospitals and shelters, etc. Real help, real solutions.
Saying that Obama's insistence on contraception means he necessarily considers pregnancy to always be a disease (and babies to always be a punishment)
Did I say "always"? I don't think I did. There are plenty of babies that Obama does not see as "punishments". And then there are the others. For example:
Obama thinks these baby girls were worthy of love and life.
Obama thinks that this this baby girl was not.
So, for Obama, I'm guessing that pregnancy is not a disease when it's wanted, and babies are not a punishment when they are wanted.
Wanted = Good
Wanted = Valuable
is the same as saying that I'm heartless for recognizing that getting a big new house is not always the best thing for a family.
Not the same thing at all. Look...
These are not heartless:
"It is not good for this family to get a big new house."
"It is not good for children to be conceived out of wedlock."
"It is not the best thing for this drug-addicted battered woman to raise a child."
But this *just might* be considered heartless:
"Because this is not a good time for this woman to have a child, the child must die."
See, the "not heartless" statements don't imply or necessitate that someone has to die as a solution to the unfortunate situation. But the "heartless" statement does. Big distinction.
Just as big new houses are, under the right circumstances, a wonderful thing, so are babies.
Michelle, are you really comparing houses to babies?
Say a teenage mother's conservative parents would disown her if she gave birth out of wedlock,
Whoa, wait. Why do you make "conservative" parents the heavy? I know plenty of conservative parents, and I have seen how they react when children come to them with news of an unplanned pregnancy: Many tears, but also love and support for child and grandchild. I also know several liberal mothers who coerced or forced abortion on their pregnant daughters. So, why not just say "parents"? Sorry, but that is a pet peeve, as if conservative parents are heartless meanies while liberal parents are kind and loving.
ruining all her chances of a healthy, normal life thereafter
Seriously? Ruining all her chances of a healthy, normallife, thereafter? Utterly, totally hopeless? How on earth can one possibly know or predict such an outcome? We can't predict that outcome anymore than we can predict someone being hit by a car tomorrow and being paralyzed for life. And even that scenario wouldn't equate to a "ruined" life. But, okay, let's go with your impossible hypothetical:
- is the baby still a wonderful blessing?
Yes.
If the baby's born to a drug addicted mother who can't and won't even provide for the baby's most basic needs?
Yes. Please get the mother help, and if she truly can't care for the child (who already exists!), then it's time to help her with an adoption plan.
If the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother?
Yes. (Ask Becky how she feels about that one, since she's going through it right now.)
I know, it's not a black-and-white moral standpoint, and what constitutes good circumstances for a baby will change from person to person.
Right, but you're not talking about good circumstances for conception, you're talking about killing a baby. I think Nicole C. got right to the heart of it:
I get it, Catholics don't like that sort of moral ambiguity.
Actually, it's more that Catholics "don't like" the willful killing of innocent human beings. What you call "moral ambiguity", I would call "attempting to justifying an immoral act".
Sometimes, "moral ambiguity" = "moral relativism"
But saying that pregnancy is either always a blessing or always a curse, or a baby is always a gift or always a punishment, is silly at best.
I never once put it in those terms, that liberals think pregnancy is "always a curse" or babies "always a punishment". So, I am not sure where you are getting that?
However, it's not "silly" to believe that all babies are a blessing. They are. They are all equally valuable, and they areall worthy of love and life. To hold any other position is dangerous -- to say the least.
Please, give us some credit and don't ascribe such simplistic ideas to liberals/pro-choicers/whoever.
I never did ascribe those ideas to you or other pro-"choicers". Like I said, I have no idea where you are getting that. Of course you love and cherish some babies.
If I were to get pregnant at this point in my life, it would undoubtedly be an enormous punishment.
Who would be punishing you? The baby? And what would the punishment be for? I truly don't even understand this statement.
At the same time, though, my cousin recently had a baby and I was excited about the baby the moment I heard my cousin was pregnant.
Because in your mind, the baby had that elusive quality that made him valuable and worthy of love: "Wantedness"
Or was it something else that made the baby worthy of your love? I'm interested.
It's not an "either you love babies or you want them all dead" sort of thing,
Right, and I never said that, so we are good.
and I'm offended every time someone suggests that liberals think babies are worthless drooling monsters that all should have been aborted.
I'm glad that's never been said to you here, then. Has someone elsewhere said these things to you? That you thinkall babies should be aborted? That's outrageous if so.
I'm on vacation and won't be commenting after this (blame icky Internet Explorer that won't let me post, plus the fact that abortion debates always, always, always turn ugly whenever I get involved).
It's not exclusive to your involvement, Michelle. Abortion debates necessarily include discussion of the actual act of abortion, which by its very nature is horrifically ugly. The stuff of nightmares, really. So yes, abortion debates are never pretty. We are discussing the willful killing of innocent children, some of whom are shredded in the womb, some of whom are dismembered, and some of whom are burned alive with saline, and some of whom are stabbed in the neck and have their brains sucked out while still living. Most of whom are thrown out as garbage, labeled "medical waste". Ugly, indeed.
But did you think the reality of abortion could be sugarcoated? I realize that's what the "choice" and "women's rights" euphemisms are aiming for: Pleasantness. Our own atheist commenter MaiZeke has said with confidence, "Abortion involves only one person: the woman." How it eases the mind to believe this, when it's the "non-person" being extracted and eviscerated. It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and we can sleep well at night, because there is no "person" being killed in an abortion. Just a pregnancy being "terminated".
I hope my points made sense, even if you don't agree.
Some of them didn't make sense, which is why I wanted to flesh them all out here and give you a chance to respond. Thanks for you willingness to dialogue honestly, and I hope to hear from you after your vacation!
Blessings to you, Michelle! I've always enjoyed our discussions.
Answering Michelle: I don't think you want all babies aborted
After my last post, Michelle (a friendly young atheist) left a comment which deserves a whole post in response. Her words are in red, and my comments are in black.
To those saying that the Obama administration views pregnancy as a disease:
Before you go on, let me just say that it's hard not to conclude this. If fertility/pregnancy is not a disease, disorder, illness or pathology, then why are health insurance companies now forced to provide free contraception and morning-after pills to all? What "disease" is being "cured" or "prevented" if not pregnancy? This should elicit a short medical answer, not a long philosophical one like the one you are about to give….
consider this rough analogy. Most of you have probably seen the show Extreme Home Makeover, where families in need are given a fancy new house (and I think sometimes a car as well), one that even the richest families would probably be lucky to have.
Yes, I used to love that show! "Bus driver, move that bus!" (Screams, excitement, tears!!) Good times watching with the family. :)
It's a feel-good sort of show, and you're always left with the impression that despite all of their problems, their lives are finally looking up and everything is going to be fine.
Yes, that's the illusion that "feel good" TV shows leave us with. We Americans like to "feel good", and it sells. Definitely an hour of escapism (and envy!).
But think about the taxes and the maintenance the house will require that they probably can't afford, and how the money spent on the house could probably have better gone towards addressing whatever problem (medical, financial, whatever) was originally plaguing them.
Yes, exactly! Building folks a big house and and providing lots of material things cannot solve the underlying problems that families in crisis face. Thank goodness there are real people in real life who do provide real help, every single day: Catholic Charities, the Societies of St. Vincent de Paul, crisis pregnancy centers, Catholic hospitals and shelters, etc. Real help, real solutions.
Saying that Obama's insistence on contraception means he necessarily considers pregnancy to always be a disease (and babies to always be a punishment)
Did I say "always"? I don't think I did. There are plenty of babies that Obama does not see as "punishments". And then there are the others. For example:
Obama thinks these baby girls were worthy of love and life.
Obama thinks that this this baby girl was not.
He celebrates the "wanted" babies while ardently supporting the legal killing of 53 million other "unwanted" babies. Heck,he even notoriously voted more than once to let born babies die alone and without care should they survive a late-term abortion. (This was no mere academic exercise for him, as he knew from first-hand testimony what was occurring in his own state.)
In the pro-"choice" world, there are plenty of valuable children, worthy of love and life. But there are plenty of children with no value, who are worthy of neither love nor life.
So, for Obama, I'm guessing that pregnancy is not a disease when it's wanted, and babies are not a punishment when they are wanted.
Wanted = Good
Wanted = Valuable
is the same as saying that I'm heartless for recognizing that getting a big new house is not always the best thing for a family.
Not the same thing at all. Look...
These are not heartless:
"It is not good for this family to get a big new house."
"It is not good for children to be conceived out of wedlock."
"It is not the best thing for this drug-addicted battered woman to raise a child."
But this *just might* be considered heartless:
"Because this is not a good time for this woman to have a child, the child must die."
See, the "not heartless" statements don't imply or necessitate that someone has to die as a solution to the unfortunate situation. But the "heartless" statement does. Big distinction.
Just as big new houses are, under the right circumstances, a wonderful thing, so are babies.
Michelle, are you really comparing houses to babies?
Catholics don't believe that houses have the same moral standing, rights and dignity as human beings. I hope you can see that distinction.
Say a teenage mother's conservative parents would disown her if she gave birth out of wedlock,
Whoa, wait. Why do you make "conservative" parents the heavy? I know plenty of conservative parents, and I have seen how they react when children come to them with news of an unplanned pregnancy: Many tears, but also love and support for child and grandchild. I also know several liberal mothers who coerced or forced abortion on their pregnant daughters. So, why not just say "parents"? Sorry, but that is a pet peeve, as if conservative parents are heartless meanies while liberal parents are kind and loving.
ruining all her chances of a healthy, normal life thereafter
Seriously? Ruining all her chances of a healthy, normallife, thereafter? Utterly, totally hopeless? How on earth can one possibly know or predict such an outcome? We can't predict that outcome anymore than we can predict someone being hit by a car tomorrow and being paralyzed for life. And even that scenario wouldn't equate to a "ruined" life. But, okay, let's go with your impossible hypothetical:
- is the baby still a wonderful blessing?
Yes.
If the baby's born to a drug addicted mother who can't and won't even provide for the baby's most basic needs?
Yes. Please get the mother help, and if she truly can't care for the child (who already exists!), then it's time to help her with an adoption plan.
If the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother?
Yes. (Ask Becky how she feels about that one, since she's going through it right now.)
I know, it's not a black-and-white moral standpoint, and what constitutes good circumstances for a baby will change from person to person.
Right, but you're not talking about good circumstances for conception, you're talking about killing a baby. I think Nicole C. got right to the heart of it:
I get so tired of hearing the argument surrounding good and bad circumstances to "have a baby", when what we're really arguing is acceptable circumstances to have an abortion. Please remember, when a woman is pregnant, she already HAS A BABY. As Mark Crutcher would say, "The question is, will she have a live baby or a dead one?"So, you see, I think you are confusing two different things.
I get it, Catholics don't like that sort of moral ambiguity.
Actually, it's more that Catholics "don't like" the willful killing of innocent human beings. What you call "moral ambiguity", I would call "attempting to justifying an immoral act".
Sometimes, "moral ambiguity" = "moral relativism"
But saying that pregnancy is either always a blessing or always a curse, or a baby is always a gift or always a punishment, is silly at best.
I never once put it in those terms, that liberals think pregnancy is "always a curse" or babies "always a punishment". So, I am not sure where you are getting that?
However, it's not "silly" to believe that all babies are a blessing. They are. They are all equally valuable, and they areall worthy of love and life. To hold any other position is dangerous -- to say the least.
Please, give us some credit and don't ascribe such simplistic ideas to liberals/pro-choicers/whoever.
I never did ascribe those ideas to you or other pro-"choicers". Like I said, I have no idea where you are getting that. Of course you love and cherish some babies.
If I were to get pregnant at this point in my life, it would undoubtedly be an enormous punishment.
Who would be punishing you? The baby? And what would the punishment be for? I truly don't even understand this statement.
At the same time, though, my cousin recently had a baby and I was excited about the baby the moment I heard my cousin was pregnant.
Because in your mind, the baby had that elusive quality that made him valuable and worthy of love: "Wantedness"
Or was it something else that made the baby worthy of your love? I'm interested.
It's not an "either you love babies or you want them all dead" sort of thing,
Right, and I never said that, so we are good.
and I'm offended every time someone suggests that liberals think babies are worthless drooling monsters that all should have been aborted.
I'm glad that's never been said to you here, then. Has someone elsewhere said these things to you? That you thinkall babies should be aborted? That's outrageous if so.
I'm on vacation and won't be commenting after this (blame icky Internet Explorer that won't let me post, plus the fact that abortion debates always, always, always turn ugly whenever I get involved).
It's not exclusive to your involvement, Michelle. Abortion debates necessarily include discussion of the actual act of abortion, which by its very nature is horrifically ugly. The stuff of nightmares, really. So yes, abortion debates are never pretty. We are discussing the willful killing of innocent children, some of whom are shredded in the womb, some of whom are dismembered, and some of whom are burned alive with saline, and some of whom are stabbed in the neck and have their brains sucked out while still living. Most of whom are thrown out as garbage, labeled "medical waste". Ugly, indeed.
But did you think the reality of abortion could be sugarcoated? I realize that's what the "choice" and "women's rights" euphemisms are aiming for: Pleasantness. Our own atheist commenter MaiZeke has said with confidence, "Abortion involves only one person: the woman." How it eases the mind to believe this, when it's the "non-person" being extracted and eviscerated. It makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and we can sleep well at night, because there is no "person" being killed in an abortion. Just a pregnancy being "terminated".
I hope my points made sense, even if you don't agree.
Some of them didn't make sense, which is why I wanted to flesh them all out here and give you a chance to respond. Thanks for you willingness to dialogue honestly, and I hope to hear from you after your vacation!
Blessings to you, Michelle! I've always enjoyed our discussions.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Gay candidate in trouble for justifying his lover's pedophilia
David Norris's Irish presidency chances marred by mercy letter | World news | The Guardian
"His campaign has been badly damaged by his links to Yizhak. When the Israeli was accused, and later convicted, of the statutory rape of a Palestinian boy in 1992, Norris wrote a letter claiming his former partner was a "good and moral person".
Wait a second, I thought Irish politicians were furiously indignant because Catholic priests that abused kids were protected by the bishops; are they indignant in this case?
Wait a second, I thought Irish politicians were furiously indignant because Catholic priests that abused kids were protected by the bishops; are they indignant in this case?
Budget Reform: Opportunity Knocks
Catholic Culture : On the Culture : Budgetary Reform: Opportunity Knocks
"Catholic leaders, who ought to have charity (which is in most ways the opposite of government-mandated programs) as their first concern, have in my lifetime been characterized by an almost wholesale inability to think outside the Statist box when it comes solving human problems."
Read it all in the link above.
US debt problem visualized: Debt stacked in 100 dollar bills
US debt problem visualized: Debt stacked in 100 dollar bills
You have to see the link above, it is a graphic representation of the U.S. debt and how politicians have taken us to the brink.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Beckhams a 'bad example' for families because he has too many kids!
Beckhams a 'bad example' for families | Life and style | The Observer
Fundamentalist environmentalists criticized football star Beckham for having four children (three in the picture and one on the way) and say he is a "bad role model" because his large family (large? My grandma's family was large at 15). These fundamentalist environmentalists who pander "tolerance" are not very tolerant of Beckham and others with large families because "their carbon footprint". Oblivious to their own racial suicide and the fact that they are committing to oblivion their own "genetic footprint" we can at least rest assured that in a few years these rabid environmentalists will have no heirs to carry their "carbon footprint" jihad.
Read the article from the Guardian U.K. on the link above.
Extra, extra! Religion reduces crime
Catholic Culture : On the Culture : Give me that Old Time Religion…to reduce crime
"Professor Byron began his article by noting that if the studies generally showed the opposite—that religion or church-going contributed to crime and delinquency—the press would be all over the story, and a Federal commission would doubtless be established to make sure Americans were officially notified that religious practice is deleterious to your social health.
Funny how it doesn’t work the other way."
A propose of the mad man killing rampage in Norway the above article is an interesting reminder of something we all knew; religion actually decreases criminal tendencies in people. Now of course secularists, pagans, atheists will be touting the Norway horror as an example of "Christian" terrorism. Never mind the mad man is also a Mason (does this mean that Masons and masonic ideas are a breeding ground for terrorists?, no of course). What do you think?
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