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Apr. 24th, 2012
Had to Stomp Another Bird
Apr. 24th, 2012 10:00 amA bit of drama this morning. I had to stomp another bird, my second, to a gruesome, bone-crunching death.
All three cats were waiting for me on the patio. I filled the paper plate on the table with some food, so that the cats could start eating right away, instead of waiting for me to clean the yellow plate that is still outside with them.
After I filled the plate, when I went to open the door for them, I am surprised to see that the cats are gone, and then I see that Sammy caught a bird. Even worse, he had only crippled it, so that it could not fly, and Sammy did not seem much inclined to give a quick kill, being content to nibble away at it.
What timing!
.
All three cats were waiting for me on the patio. I filled the paper plate on the table with some food, so that the cats could start eating right away, instead of waiting for me to clean the yellow plate that is still outside with them.
After I filled the plate, when I went to open the door for them, I am surprised to see that the cats are gone, and then I see that Sammy caught a bird. Even worse, he had only crippled it, so that it could not fly, and Sammy did not seem much inclined to give a quick kill, being content to nibble away at it.
What timing!
.
Had to Stomp Another Bird
Apr. 24th, 2012 10:00 amA bit of drama this morning. I had to stomp another bird, my second, to a gruesome, bone-crunching death.
All three cats were waiting for me on the patio. I filled the paper plate on the table with some food, so that the cats could start eating right away, instead of waiting for me to clean the yellow plate that is still outside with them.
After I filled the plate, when I went to open the door for them, I am surprised to see that the cats are gone, and then I see that Sammy caught a bird. Even worse, he had only crippled it, so that it could not fly, and Sammy did not seem much inclined to give a quick kill, being content to nibble away at it.
What timing!
.
All three cats were waiting for me on the patio. I filled the paper plate on the table with some food, so that the cats could start eating right away, instead of waiting for me to clean the yellow plate that is still outside with them.
After I filled the plate, when I went to open the door for them, I am surprised to see that the cats are gone, and then I see that Sammy caught a bird. Even worse, he had only crippled it, so that it could not fly, and Sammy did not seem much inclined to give a quick kill, being content to nibble away at it.
What timing!
.
A New Blast in the Abortion Debate?
Apr. 24th, 2012 12:00 pmWe have a smashing account that the Christian site, Patheos, on what a recent innovation it is for the fundamentalist community to believe that life begins at conception. Is it too good to be true? I hope we hear more on the issue.
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In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on where, exactly, the Bible says this, but they’ll insist that it does.
That’s new. If you had asked American evangelicals that same question the year I was born you would not have gotten the same answer.
That year, Christianity Today — edited by Harold Lindsell, champion of “inerrancy” and author of The Battle for the Bible — published a special issue devoted to the topics of contraception and abortion. That issue included many articles that today would get their authors, editors — probably even their readers — fired from almost any evangelical institution. For example, one article by a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary criticized the Roman Catholic position on abortion as unbiblical. Jonathan Dudley quotes from the article in his book Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics. Keep in mind that this is from a conservative evangelical seminary professor, writing in Billy Graham’s magazine for editor Harold Lindsell:
God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: “If a man kills any human life he will be put to death” (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.
Christianity Today would not publish that article in 2012. They might not even let you write that in comments on their website. If you applied for a job in 2012 with Christianity Today or Dallas Theological Seminary and they found out that you had written something like that, ever, you would not be hired.
At some point between 1968 and 2012, the Bible began to say something different. That’s interesting.
Even more interesting is how thoroughly the record has been rewritten. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
-- Fred Clark at Patheos and LJ
_ _ _
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on where, exactly, the Bible says this, but they’ll insist that it does.
That’s new. If you had asked American evangelicals that same question the year I was born you would not have gotten the same answer.
That year, Christianity Today — edited by Harold Lindsell, champion of “inerrancy” and author of The Battle for the Bible — published a special issue devoted to the topics of contraception and abortion. That issue included many articles that today would get their authors, editors — probably even their readers — fired from almost any evangelical institution. For example, one article by a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary criticized the Roman Catholic position on abortion as unbiblical. Jonathan Dudley quotes from the article in his book Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics. Keep in mind that this is from a conservative evangelical seminary professor, writing in Billy Graham’s magazine for editor Harold Lindsell:
God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: “If a man kills any human life he will be put to death” (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.
Christianity Today would not publish that article in 2012. They might not even let you write that in comments on their website. If you applied for a job in 2012 with Christianity Today or Dallas Theological Seminary and they found out that you had written something like that, ever, you would not be hired.
At some point between 1968 and 2012, the Bible began to say something different. That’s interesting.
Even more interesting is how thoroughly the record has been rewritten. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
-- Fred Clark at Patheos and LJ
A New Blast in the Abortion Debate?
Apr. 24th, 2012 12:00 pmWe have a smashing account that the Christian site, Patheos, on what a recent innovation it is for the fundamentalist community to believe that life begins at conception. Is it too good to be true? I hope we hear more on the issue.
_ _ _
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on where, exactly, the Bible says this, but they’ll insist that it does.
That’s new. If you had asked American evangelicals that same question the year I was born you would not have gotten the same answer.
That year, Christianity Today — edited by Harold Lindsell, champion of “inerrancy” and author of The Battle for the Bible — published a special issue devoted to the topics of contraception and abortion. That issue included many articles that today would get their authors, editors — probably even their readers — fired from almost any evangelical institution. For example, one article by a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary criticized the Roman Catholic position on abortion as unbiblical. Jonathan Dudley quotes from the article in his book Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics. Keep in mind that this is from a conservative evangelical seminary professor, writing in Billy Graham’s magazine for editor Harold Lindsell:
God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: “If a man kills any human life he will be put to death” (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.
Christianity Today would not publish that article in 2012. They might not even let you write that in comments on their website. If you applied for a job in 2012 with Christianity Today or Dallas Theological Seminary and they found out that you had written something like that, ever, you would not be hired.
At some point between 1968 and 2012, the Bible began to say something different. That’s interesting.
Even more interesting is how thoroughly the record has been rewritten. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
-- Fred Clark at Patheos and LJ
_ _ _
In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal.
Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
Ask any American evangelical, today, what the Bible says about abortion and they will insist that this is what it says. (Many don’t actually believe this, but they know it is the only answer that won’t get them in trouble.) They’ll be a little fuzzy on where, exactly, the Bible says this, but they’ll insist that it does.
That’s new. If you had asked American evangelicals that same question the year I was born you would not have gotten the same answer.
That year, Christianity Today — edited by Harold Lindsell, champion of “inerrancy” and author of The Battle for the Bible — published a special issue devoted to the topics of contraception and abortion. That issue included many articles that today would get their authors, editors — probably even their readers — fired from almost any evangelical institution. For example, one article by a professor from Dallas Theological Seminary criticized the Roman Catholic position on abortion as unbiblical. Jonathan Dudley quotes from the article in his book Broken Words: The Abuse of Science and Faith in American Politics. Keep in mind that this is from a conservative evangelical seminary professor, writing in Billy Graham’s magazine for editor Harold Lindsell:
God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: “If a man kills any human life he will be put to death” (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.
Christianity Today would not publish that article in 2012. They might not even let you write that in comments on their website. If you applied for a job in 2012 with Christianity Today or Dallas Theological Seminary and they found out that you had written something like that, ever, you would not be hired.
At some point between 1968 and 2012, the Bible began to say something different. That’s interesting.
Even more interesting is how thoroughly the record has been rewritten. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
-- Fred Clark at Patheos and LJ
Casanova (Preface) Happier Than Other Men
Apr. 24th, 2012 02:00 pmCasanova speaks of his rich tastes, and hence reveals himself as more of a modern Christian than a medieval one. The world is meant to be enjoyed rather than eschewed in favor of the Kingdom to come. There may well be something to that, but, oh, what a slippery slope that can be!
_ _ _
I have always been fond of highly-seasoned, rich dishes, such as macaroni prepared by a skilful Neapolitan cook, the olla-podrida of the Spaniards, the glutinous codfish from Newfoundland, game with a strong flavour, and cheese the perfect state of which is attained when the tiny animalculae from its very essence begin to shew signs of life. As for women, I have always found the odour of my beloved ones exceeding pleasant.
What depraved tastes! some people will exclaim. Are you not ashamed to confess such inclinations without blushing! Dear critics, you make me laugh heartily. Thanks to my coarse tastes, I believe myself happier than other men, because I am convinced that they enhance my enjoyment. Happy are those who know how to obtain pleasures without injury to anyone; insane are those who fancy that the Almighty can enjoy the sufferings, the pains, the fasts and abstinences which they offer to Him as a sacrifice, and that His love is granted only to those who tax themselves so foolishly.
-- Casanova, The Memoirs
_ _ _
I have always been fond of highly-seasoned, rich dishes, such as macaroni prepared by a skilful Neapolitan cook, the olla-podrida of the Spaniards, the glutinous codfish from Newfoundland, game with a strong flavour, and cheese the perfect state of which is attained when the tiny animalculae from its very essence begin to shew signs of life. As for women, I have always found the odour of my beloved ones exceeding pleasant.
What depraved tastes! some people will exclaim. Are you not ashamed to confess such inclinations without blushing! Dear critics, you make me laugh heartily. Thanks to my coarse tastes, I believe myself happier than other men, because I am convinced that they enhance my enjoyment. Happy are those who know how to obtain pleasures without injury to anyone; insane are those who fancy that the Almighty can enjoy the sufferings, the pains, the fasts and abstinences which they offer to Him as a sacrifice, and that His love is granted only to those who tax themselves so foolishly.
-- Casanova, The Memoirs
Casanova (Preface) Happier Than Other Men
Apr. 24th, 2012 02:00 pmCasanova speaks of his rich tastes, and hence reveals himself as more of a modern Christian than a medieval one. The world is meant to be enjoyed rather than eschewed in favor of the Kingdom to come. There may well be something to that, but, oh, what a slippery slope that can be!
_ _ _
I have always been fond of highly-seasoned, rich dishes, such as macaroni prepared by a skilful Neapolitan cook, the olla-podrida of the Spaniards, the glutinous codfish from Newfoundland, game with a strong flavour, and cheese the perfect state of which is attained when the tiny animalculae from its very essence begin to shew signs of life. As for women, I have always found the odour of my beloved ones exceeding pleasant.
What depraved tastes! some people will exclaim. Are you not ashamed to confess such inclinations without blushing! Dear critics, you make me laugh heartily. Thanks to my coarse tastes, I believe myself happier than other men, because I am convinced that they enhance my enjoyment. Happy are those who know how to obtain pleasures without injury to anyone; insane are those who fancy that the Almighty can enjoy the sufferings, the pains, the fasts and abstinences which they offer to Him as a sacrifice, and that His love is granted only to those who tax themselves so foolishly.
-- Casanova, The Memoirs
_ _ _
I have always been fond of highly-seasoned, rich dishes, such as macaroni prepared by a skilful Neapolitan cook, the olla-podrida of the Spaniards, the glutinous codfish from Newfoundland, game with a strong flavour, and cheese the perfect state of which is attained when the tiny animalculae from its very essence begin to shew signs of life. As for women, I have always found the odour of my beloved ones exceeding pleasant.
What depraved tastes! some people will exclaim. Are you not ashamed to confess such inclinations without blushing! Dear critics, you make me laugh heartily. Thanks to my coarse tastes, I believe myself happier than other men, because I am convinced that they enhance my enjoyment. Happy are those who know how to obtain pleasures without injury to anyone; insane are those who fancy that the Almighty can enjoy the sufferings, the pains, the fasts and abstinences which they offer to Him as a sacrifice, and that His love is granted only to those who tax themselves so foolishly.
-- Casanova, The Memoirs
Stephen King
Apr. 24th, 2012 08:27 pmI never managed to become a Stephen King fan. I read only a couple of his offerings back in college days, and I enjoyed them enough, but I was not moved to continue exploring the oeuvre. Nevertheless, the name and the man somehow found a place in my mindscape. Whenever he comes up in the news or in articles, I snap to attention as though I were a great fan. I have even dreamed of him.
The point: I see on ONTD that someone ranked all 62 of his works, and I think the link is worth keeping:
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68469852.html
The point: I see on ONTD that someone ranked all 62 of his works, and I think the link is worth keeping:
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68469852.html
Stephen King
Apr. 24th, 2012 08:27 pmI never managed to become a Stephen King fan. I read only a couple of his offerings back in college days, and I enjoyed them enough, but I was not moved to continue exploring the oeuvre. Nevertheless, the name and the man somehow found a place in my mindscape. Whenever he comes up in the news or in articles, I snap to attention as though I were a great fan. I have even dreamed of him.
The point: I see on ONTD that someone ranked all 62 of his works, and I think the link is worth keeping:
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68469852.html
The point: I see on ONTD that someone ranked all 62 of his works, and I think the link is worth keeping:
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68469852.html