From the BBC news: Bans on smoking in public places have had a bigger impact on preventing heart attacks than ever expected, data shows. Smoking bans cut the number of heart attacks in Europe and North America by up to a third, two studies report. This “heart gain” is far greater than both originally anticipated and the […]
Archives for September 2009
Orthodoxy and physical spousal abuse
Two days ago I blogged two posts on spousal abuse and yesterday on people with certain physical conditions. Let me deal first with spousal abuse. In order to set up this post and the next one, let me give you a rather long quote. I ask that you read it carefully. Unfortunately, the original article […]
How does the Church treat the Caster Semenyas of the world?
I suspect that most of you are not aware of the controversy over Caster Semenya of South Africa. She is an 18 year old runner from South Africa who recently won the women’s 800 meters at the World Championships in Berlin. What brought her to world attention is that she broke the world’s record. And, […]
American Bar Association on spousal abuse
Father Orthoduck wishes to support Father Ernesto’s slightly muddled post on physical spousal abuse with some statistics that come from the website of the American Bar Association so that those reading may have accurate statistics to ponder. Follow the link if you wish the full set of statistics. Prevalence of Domestic Violence In a 1995-1996 study […]
Self-delusion
Every pastor has to deal with the person who comes to him and tries to excuse himself when he is committing a very serious sin and violating his marriage. Why did I use the masculine pronoun? Well, despite the changes in society and the growth of feminism, it is still my experience that the male […]
Orthodox Anglican Trivia Tidbit
OK, for all of you trivia fans I have a question. When did Anglicans and Orthodox first meet in the continental United States? Now in order to answer that question, you have to know something of the missionary expansion of the Russian Orthodox Church. Most people vaguely realize that the Russians were in what is […]
How to be a father, correctly!
OK, for all you dads out there, this is the right way to be a loving father. In passing, as you will note in the interview, the Phillies did reward him for what he did. Listen, pay attention, and imitate this guy.
There they go yet again, and again, and again
Father Orthoduck saw this comic this morning and his bill dropped. Now as best Father Orthoduck can see it, the comic is trying to claim that there will be a massive change under the new healthcare bill. The comic appears to be trying to say that under the new healthcare bill hospital emergency rooms will […]
On Darwin and Deism
Much blood has been spilled over Darwin. Debates rage about whether he was a Christian or not. By that I do not mean judgments about his theology or philosophy, but rather whether Darwin thought of himself as a Christian. Quotes are cited back and forth as to whether he “repented” or not of his stance […]
Que será, será
Father Orthoduck does not agree with the optimism of the Catholic Archbishop of Moscow. But, one never knows. And, our prayer ought to be for unity. All too often, our prayers for unity are that God will show those near-heathen near-pagan others that they should believe just like we do. Father Orthoduck thinks that when […]
