Apparently Americans are far from alone in being an overwhelmingly Christian country where most people know shockingly little about what scriptures actually say. A recent survey of Italians found that although 88% of them claim to be Roman Catholic, most of them are unable to answer basic questions about the bible correctly. Questions [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Italians ask, “who was this Jesus fellow?”
Posted in religion, tagged bible, italians, life, religion on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
What’s in your closet?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged current events, life, weird on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know how sometimes you go rooting through your closet and come across an item of clothing you forgot you had? Well, one Japanese man had something much more interesting than an ill-fitting suit hiding in the unused corners of his closet. After being called to check on a suspected burglar, police found a 58 [...]
What Women Write
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Funny thing; today Deborah Howell at the Washington Post, Nicholas Kristof at the NYT and Rod Dreher over at Crunchy Cons all have stuff up about the lack of diversity among pundits. For good measure, Rod Dreher adds bloggers to the mix and links to an older Heather MacDonald column about blogging saying that [...]
You are a beautiful woman . . .
Posted in being mom, life, tagged beauty, life, women on May 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ok Gentlemen, if you could leave us alone for a moment, I have something I’d like to share with the ladies real quick. Well, I guess if you want to pass this along to your wife or daughter, you can stay and eavesdrop.
Now, ladies I don’t know about you, but it seems to me [...]
Book of Revelation
Posted in religion, tagged book of revelation, christianity, religion, theology on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I came across a post just now on the first chapter of the Book of Revelation that was so wonderful, I wanted to share it with y’all. It’s on a blog called Into The Subversion. The whole thing is worth reading, but here’s the part that hooked me:
It was the year A.D. 96 in the [...]
The American Race and Race
Posted in race matters, tagged American Dream, culture, life, race matters on May 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gather ’round, folks. Auntie Becky is going to tell you a story. A metaphor really, about race in America. And about the American Dream.
Imagine for a moment, a long relay race where for generations it has been considered acceptable and in some cases even required to break the limbs of a one [...]
Cool Personality Test
Posted in life, tagged cool stuff, life, personality test on May 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday I came across a personality test which I haven’t seen before. It’s called the Enneagram Personality Test and it’s been around in one form or another for over a hundred years. I’ve taken a number of personality tests in the past, but this one actually freaked me out. It gets into [...]
Gay Marriage in California
Posted in culture, tagged culture, current events, family, gay marriage, life, politics, religion on May 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Well, California has gone the way of Massachusetts in having courts rule a right to gay marriage. There is a reasonable chance that the voters in California will amend their constitution to reverse the court. However, in the long term, it is hard to see how gay marriage will not eventually become accepted. [...]
