“Do not call God just, for His justice is not manifest in the things concerning you. And if David calls Him just and upright (cf. Ps. 24:8, 144:17), His Son revealed to us that He is good and kind. ‘He is good,’ He says, ‘to the evil and to the impious,’ (cf. Luke 6:35) How […]
Archives for October 2014
Modern idolatry
“Idolatry is committed not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohols, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.” – G.K. Chesterton Over one hundred years ago, G.K. Chesterton warned us about the danger of believers […]
Old slave laws
Alabama, 1833, section 31 – “Any person or persons who attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.” Alabama, 1833, section 32 – […]
Real journalism tells the truth about Ebola
See the video above from Fox News. It is a shining example of how to tell the truth about the Ebola virus. Fox News’ own Shepard Smith finally takes to task his own fellow employees and commentators. Many of them have begun talking like truthers or birthers in their commentary on Ebola. The Director of […]
Ebola madness
Right after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita hit Houston. Because of the experiences after Katrina, Houston went into temporary insanity. The whole city tried to evacuate even though Houston is not below ground level, even though Houston has withstood many hurricanes, even though there is no history to say that Houston is in any such danger. […]
It happened in the USA in a conservative state
From the Houston Chronicle: “Houston’s embattled equal rights ordinance took another legal turn this week when it surfaced that city attorneys, in an unusual step, subpoenaed sermons given by local pastors who oppose the law and are tied to the conservative Christian activists who have sued the city. Opponents of the equal rights ordinance are […]
An Orthodox peace organization
“While they (the pontificating teachers and politicos) continued to write and talk, we saw the wounded and dying. While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing, we already knew that death-throes are stronger.” (1.49) – All Quiet on the Western Front Our veterans fighting PTSD would most certainly agree with the […]
Are healthcare workers ready?
Today more than one news outlet is asking whether the USA health community is ready for Ebola. What has triggered this, of course, is the second case of Ebola in the Dallas area, the case of the nurse who was caring for the patient. The CDC said that there was a protocol error, and they […]
Why I like Priests for Life
I like the organization Priests for Life. I has a good, sound, and balanced pro-life approach. Let me start you off with a couple of quotes. The first one is from Scriptures; the second one is from the Church Fathers (courtesy of the website of Priests for Life). “Come now, you rich, weep and howl […]
Jihadist or Jingoist, what a choice!
Back in 2003, the USA invaded Iraq after a campaign of lies and misdirection (at worst) or after a campaign of misinterpretations (at best) to find and neutralize the weapons of mass destruction that were certainly present (WMD). This was justified on the grounds that it was inevitable that some of those weapons would either […]
