Eric Scheske

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Didn't Appear on a Pork Chop

Hey, I thought Catholics had a trademark on this! > Muslim worshippers are flocking to see a pair of fish in the British city of Liverpool which appear to bear the words "Allah" and "Mohammed", their owner said [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/27032006/323/muslim-holy-fish-draw-faithful-british-city.

Atheist Countries

A list of the Top 50 atheistic countries in the world [http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html]. Is it any coincidence that one of the most liberal countries in the world (Sweden) and a communist country (Vietnam) are number one and two?

The "Learn Something New Every Day" Department

A fellow blogger wished me a "happy Laetare Sunday" today. I didn't know what it meant, so I looked it up. Mildly interesting: > The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass, "Laetare Jerusalem"

Something for Sunday Morning

> [Prayer's] only art is to call back the souls of the dead from the very journey into death, to give strength to the weak, to heal the sick, to exorcise the possessed, to open prison cells, to free the innocent from their chains. Prayer cleanses from sin,

Virtual Lent

The heck if I know what to make of this: > Brighton, UK. Britain will witness its first crucifixion for almost two millennia later this week, when Cynewulf is nailed to a cross as punishment for ganking other players as they first appear. Cynewulf, (in real life a 27 year-old

Stabbing Scientologist

Interesting, though I'm sure the Hubbardites would either call it a fluke or point to similarities with the Exorcism of Emilie Rose: > On March 13, 2003, Jeremy Perkins, a 28 year old untreated schizophrenic, stabbed his mother Elli 77 times. She bled to death on her bedroom

Something for Sunday Morning

Living in the now: > We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if we found it too slow in coming and were trying to hurry it up, or we recall the past as if to stay its too rapid flight. We are

Something for Sunday Morning

> To transform our saying prayers into a real education in prayer, they must be said in such a way that both heart and mind absorb their content. So that you may achieve this I will give you three simple instructions: > First, do not start praying without at least

Poor Garry

The formidable Edward T. Oakes takes apart Garry Wills [http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0603/reviews/oakes.html], though he praises much of his most-recent book. The entire article is worth reading, though I particularly enjoyed this passage from the conclusion: > One finishes this occasionally illuminating book wondering whether

A Lack of Tithers

Married homosexuals raised my ire earlier this morning, and now there's another story that gets me going: Catholics that don't tithe or come anywhere near it. LA Times Link [http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/14055363.htm]. Excerpt: > Researchers have found that although