Tuesday, October 30. 2012
This is an excerpt, the sad part. taken from the full article linked in the post below-
"Why then is the United States so deeply and persistently divided and why does this division rarely lead to unrest, let alone regime change? Let us consider this seeming paradox in light of another fact, namely, that a substantial portion of the electorate doesn't vote at all. This fact frequently is noted, usually as a sign of a decline in civic virtue. But let's consider it another way."
Continue reading "WHY MANY DO NOT VOTE"
Tuesday, October 30. 2012
"The U.S. presidential election will be held a week from today, and if the polls are correct, the outcome will be extraordinarily close. Many say that the country has never been as deeply divided. In discussing the debates last week, I noted how this year's campaign is far from the most bitter and vitriolic. It might therefore be useful also to consider that while the electorate at the moment appears evenly and deeply divided, unlike what many say, that does not reveal deep divisions in our society -- unless our society has always been deeply divided.
"The United States has elected presidents with the narrowest of margins and presidents who had far less than a majority. In many countries, this might reveal deep divisions leading to social unrest. It doesn't mean this in the United States because while the division can be measured, it isn't very deep and by most, it will hardly be remembered.
"The polls say the election will be very close. If that is true, someone will be selected late at night after Ohio makes up its mind. The passionate on the losing side will charge fraud and election stealing. The rest of the country will get up the next day and go back to work just as they did four years ago, and the republic will go on."
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/us-presidential-elections-perspective?
Wednesday, October 24. 2012
Here is a film library of "stealth" movies that are not overtly Christian in nature, but open up opportunities to dialogue with people about spiritual issues. It is a good List from Church & Culture Blog and James White-
The Omen (1976), directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck.
Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford.
The Wall (1982), directed by Alan Parker, starring Bob Geldof (and largely written by Roger Waters).
Minority Report (2002), directed by Stephen Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise.
Devil (2010), directed by John Erick Dowdle, starring Chris Messina.
And here is the list of all movie titles suggested (in alphabetical order) by blog readers-
Continue reading "MOVIE SUGGESTIONS"
Wednesday, October 24. 2012
Wednesday, October 24. 2012
Interesting testimony of this Blogger about why he has become a Theist instead of the Agnostic he has been for many years. The comments that follow the post make good points, too, as well as give two good links to follow. It should be obvious that the man is on a spiritual journey- the missing part is the person of Christ. What a difference He will make in the journey when he Blogger comes to Him!
http://polipundit.com/?p=43209#more-43209
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Wednesday, October 24. 2012
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2012/10/campaign-2012-what-kind-of-country-do-you-want
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Wednesday, October 24. 2012
Is this what the Constitution means by ART I Sec 8 by the words, "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes ...to provide for general Welfare of the United States"
America's Entitlement Epidemic
"In "A Nation of Takers," author Nicholas Eberstadt draws on an impressive array of data to detail the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government’s total outlays. Today, entitlement spending — everything from Medicare to disability payments — accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. While these economic developments are indeed astonishing, the cultural costs of this epidemic are equally troubling, and Eberstadt shows in unflinching detail how this run-away spending is making a very real, long-lasting, negative impact on the character of our citizens."
http://www.aei.org/book/society-and-culture/a-nation-of-takers-americas-entitlement-epidemic/
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Wednesday, October 24. 2012
"Monday night's presidential foreign policy debate probably won't change the opinion of many voters. Proponents of President Barack Obama are still convinced that Mitt Romney is a fool and a liar. Proponents of former Gov. Romney have the same view of the president.
"Of course, this is normal in any American presidential race. Along with the eternal conviction that the party in power is destroying the country, we have regarded Abraham Lincoln, during the 1860 election, as a simple-minded country bumpkin with a touch of larceny; Franklin Roosevelt as a rich dilettante and socialist; and Dwight Eisenhower as a bumbling fool who is lazy and incapable of understanding the complexity of the world -- this about the man who, during World War II, led the most complex military coalition on the planet to victory.
"We like to think that our politics have never been less civil than they are today. Given that Andrew Jackson's wife was accused of being a prostitute, Grover Cleveland was said to have illegitimate children and Lyndon Johnson faced the chant "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" I will assert that the Obama-Romney campaign doesn't even register on the vilification scale".
Sunday, October 14. 2012
It is mind boggling that Muslims are killing Muslims in countries around the world. What kind of Religion is Islam that its adherents are so violent with each other?
But then, weren't the soldiers and civilians involved on both sides in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, WWI and the European Theater of WWII mostly all professed Christians? What kind of Religion is Christianity that its adherents are so violent with each other?
Sunday, October 14. 2012
New Survey: The Majority of nominal Christians in America are no longer Protestants and the number of people with no religious affiliation at all [those who check "None"] is increasing dramatically each year
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/dramatic-increase-in-religiously-unaffiliated-
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