Well, the first ten minutes were almost as complete a waste as the five minutes I saw of the first half hour. It was an unending set of attacks by Sen. McCain. He was smiling politely while insisting that the country needed to know why he associated with a terrorist. I note that he did […]
Archives for October 2008
McCain vs Obama, third debate, first half hour
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” As is usual, I missed much of the first half hour because the debate is on Bible Study night, and that is much more important to me. However, having caught the last five minutes of that half hour, I was so disgusted […]
Hellenists and Converts, oh my, part 02
Two men behaving badly have clearly exposed some of the arguments going on within the Orthodox Church in the USA, as I mentioned in part 01 of this post. At the same time, both of them have shown, almost crudely, the bad thinking and misunderstandings going on behind the arguments. So, let’s look at them […]
An interesting quote from the Greek Orthodox
I find the quote below to be both interesting and puzzling. Interesting in that it follows several previous statements that recognize that the Orthodox could accept the Bishop of Rome as “first among equals” and a symbol of unity. After all, I can quote you several pre-Schism Fathers from various parts of Christendom who clearly […]
Hellenists and Converts, oh my, part 01
I have seldom seen the Bible come to life as much as I have in the last month as I have read two articles, one by a priest and one by a layman, that exemplify the great disputes going on within Orthodoxy in the USA. The first article, “The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow†was published […]
Fireproof, a movie worth seeing
Reap what you sow
Yesterday Sen. John McCain was forced, for the second day in a row to try to calm his supporters at a town hall meeting. During this past week we have heard shouts at McCain rallies calling out to “kill” Sen. Obama, that he is a terrorist, a criminal, a traitor. Finally, there was the lady […]
Financial advice
Proverbs 3:13-14 (NIV) 13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, 14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. Romans 13:8 (KJV) 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Privatized profit, socialized risk
Normally I read a comic named Doonesbury (by Gary Trudeau) with a strong hold of my anger. He is so far to the left that his comic is placed on the editorial pages by many newspapers because, in their judgement, it is not truly comic content. Nevertheless, in today’s comic, he pithily summarized the current […]
Not just Orthodox argue over minutae
We Eastern Orthodox are known for the variety and minutae of our arguments. We can argue even over details of the decorations allowed on our vestments, the appropriate length of our beards (or whether they are required), the appropriate way to translate Greek declensions into unreadable King James English, etc. But, I have finally realized […]
