Did God do these things?

I stumbled onto this unusual and visually disturbing site. Yes, I gawked.  But it made me wonder what the God-is-omnipotent-and-omniscient crowd think of these sorts of occurrences.   Are they evidence of God's majesty and ability to intelligently design his creatures?  Or do they lead believers to think that human are…

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The Frackin’ Cracker Tempest

In case you've been out of touch, a student in Florida took Our Lord Jesus Christ hostage a few weeks ago. He walked out of church with a consecrated communion wafer to show to a friend, rather than promptly eating the true flesh of the 2000 year old man. Ignoring…

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George Carlin’s final national performance is available on YouTube

Tonight I watched “It’s Bad For Ya,” George Carlin’s final nationally televised performance. The entire show is available on YouTube (Below is Part I of VII). The show was broadcast live on March 1, 2008, only a few months prior to Carlin’s death (due to a heart attack, on June…

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My not-so-terrifying encounter with a syndactylist.

My family shared a vacation house with several other families this year.  One afternoon, one of my wife's friends (a philosophy professor in his 40's) was relaxing on the porch when I looked down and noticed his unusual right foot: I found myself blurting out, "So tell me about your…

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