Archives for 2014

I like the photograph above. It both expresses the love that a father has for his child, and the way his child will see him when s/he becomes a teenager. The good news is that then they become adults and you go back to being plain old father. In fact, in some ways Luke Skywalker’s […]

From Quora Atheism: If Jesus’s existence is claimed to be a fact and so are his supposed miracles, why do you, as an atheist, still choose not to believe in him? XXXXXX still struck speechless by a starlit sky Votes by [names edited out] If Mohammed’s existence is a fact and so are his teachings, […]

This will be real short tonight. The photo above comes from a website that shows just how much changing one can do on a human face, or a human body, simply by using Photoshop. My favorite one was the one above, in which a person who looks like he has seen the hard side of […]

By now, all of us are aware that you can find many false claims on the Internet. Yet, at one time or another, we have all been taken in by an Internet myth, by both print stories and by video stories. Why is this so? Well, there are several reasons: Let’s face it. Incredible things […]

No, I have no explanation for the photograph above. The only place that I have seen it is on Hyperdox Herman. However, see the photograph below from a post of mine from nearly four years ago. Look at the chalice. I believe that it is the same one. As to whether this is the same […]

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel. This past Sunday was the Feast of the […]

One of the Superbowl commercials had to do with a coming movie, called simply, Noah. It has some impressive star power behind it. From Emma Watson through Russell Crowe through Jennifer Connelly through Anthony Hopkins, etc., there is a lot of star power behind this movie. It looks like it will be a very typical Hollywood […]

This is a post for those who watch vampire movies and/or read vampire books. Have you ever wondered why it is that, in the old tales, vampires (vrykolakas) react to Christian symbols? In the original Dracula, by Bram Stoker, Dracula reacted not only to the cross/crucifix, but also to Holy Water, the Rosary, garlic, and […]

It is not my intent to offend with the picture above, but it most certainly does give a good visual example of what happens when there is syncretism. Syncretism is not merely the use of practices or clothing or even similar sounding names from another culture. Syncretism is the transfer not simply of a practice […]