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When can a citizen take up arms?

19 January 2010 · by  Leave a Comment

When can a citizen take up arms and form a militia? A lot of the fight over the Second Amendment involves two sets of arguments. Argument One has to do with individual gun ownership. May the government place restrictions on gun ownership? The court answer has been that it can. It may require the licensing […]

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Presidents Clinton and Bush (W) together for Haiti

18 January 2010 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

I saw a wonderful sight on CNN last night. Two ex-Presidents from different parties joining together to speak about Haiti and to raise support for the emergency and rebuilding efforts. One was President William Jefferson Clinton the other was President George W. Bush. One of the questions to them was even about the polarized politics […]

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A book on the militia movement

16 January 2010 · by  4 Comments

Few people would accuse the University of Michigan Press as being radically conservative. Quite the opposite, the University of Michigan is known to be at the other end of the spectrum. For instance, the entire university is due to go smoke-free by 2011, anywhere on campus, even outside. They are also known for the annual […]

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Vampires and power in the blood

12 January 2010 · by  3 Comments

Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants, but now I give you everything for food. But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life. — Genesis 9:3-4 I will be against any citizen of Israel or foreigner […]

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The furry universe and vampire chick-lit

23 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 20 Comments

Well, I did not think yesterday that my vampire chick-lit post would lead to another one, but it does give me the opportunity to promote a Christian writer who is working in the area of Furry Science Fiction or the Furry Universe. His name is Ken Pick and he has been published in a Christian […]

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Vampire teen chick-lit

22 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 9 Comments

Do you know what chick-lit is? Chick lit is genre fiction within women’s fiction which addresses issues of modern women often humorously and lightheartedly. The genre sells well, with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit. Although sometimes it includes romantic elements, women’s fiction (including chick […]

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Sunday of the Geneology 2009

20 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

Today is what is called the “Sunday of the Genealogy” in Eastern Orthodoxy. Today is the Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday in which we read the genealogy of Christ from the Gospel according to Matthew. We are not the only ones who read one of the genealogies before Christmas. More than one Christian group does. […]

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Remember the poor

19 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 3 Comments

“. . . remember the poor . . .” from Galatians 2: Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem . . . when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter . . . and when James, Cephas, […]

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The Virgin Mary and the definition of an adult

13 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 5 Comments

So, how old was Mary, Our Lady, when she became pregnant with Our Lord Jesus Christ? Well, the answer commonly held by the Early Church Fathers was the same as what the totally apocryphal gospel, the Protoevangelium of James says. What does that apocryphal writing say? And when she was twelve years old there was […]

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My, how our thinking has changed!

8 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 5 Comments

The article below is a reprint from a post by David Frum, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Though the post is on the current climate debate crisis, read it carefully. The point he is making is actually significantly more important than just the climate debate. They key phrase is, “It used to […]

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