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Something for Sunday Morning

> The Father of Mysticism, Gregory of Nyssa, illustrated the problem of weakness with a story about a trained monkey who danced for money. The monkey's owner put a mask on the monkey, so the spectators thought he was a boy dancing with remarkable agility and would throw

Eric Scheske Can Barely Handle One

Interesting piece about the impact of polygamy on Islam's terrorism. Link [http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleID.18649/article_detail.asp]. Excerpt: > What differentiates Islam from the world's other great religions–Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism–is that it sanctions and practices polygamy. How did

Those Crazy Jesuits!

Santa Clara University (link [http://www.scu.edu/]) continues to sponsor its drag show as part of Queer Awareness Week. Link [http://www-acc.scu.edu/clubs/GALA/DRAGEDUCATES2.htm]. Excerpt from promo (rhymes with . . . nevermind): > Primarily, the Drag Show/Lip Sync is an event that serves to advertise events

Crazy Amos

> Callers complaining about loud music coming from a buggy led deputies to charge a 19-year-old Amish man with stealing house numbers and flower pots. David Byler was charged with theft and underage consumption of alcohol, both misdemeanors. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUGGY_ARREST?SITE=NYNYD&

Promiscuity Problems, Episode 3,209,443

If ten-year-olds are getting pregnant, the problem ain't a lack of condoms: > Two recent publications circulating at the United Nations demonstrate a growing focus on young people as a way of advancing the abortion agenda. The reports, one by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and another

Hugs for Atheists

The one admirable thing about atheists is, they were always individualists, the rugged type with the tough and callous attitude of someone who wouldn't succumb to any sort of weakness, who refused to give a damn what others thought or did. That's the caricature we mentally

Dracula's Sex Drive

Funny, sad, and just downright weird. We're sure the secularists who can't distinguish religion from superstition will have great time with this one. Link [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3355560a4560,00.html]. > An Italian couple stole 50,000 euros ($NZ88,000) from

Woods Interview

Lew Rockwell's weekend edition has an interview with Thomas Woods. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/chapin4.html]. Excerpt: > Chapin: It's ironic that so often religion and science are thought to be polar opposites, yet, in your latest book, How the Catholic Church Built Western

Something for Sunday Morning

> The Christian will try to acquire each of the virtues that are ideally situated to battle the seven cardinal sins. He will cultivate temperance to squelch gluttony. He will solicit an attitude of chastity to fight lust; generosity to fight avarice; meekness to fight anger; charity to fight envy;

Priests Being Real Men . . .

. . . you gotta admire it: > Father Giuseppe Mazzotta, parish priest at Marcellinara, near Catanzaro in Calabria, said that he had denied a Christian funeral to Maria Francesca Tallarico, who died of breast cancer at the age of 45, because she had lived with her partner but never married him. Her