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Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Ireland. In Trouble. Again.

All of us have tendencies to classify by nationalities and ethnic origin. We’re endlessly told by hectoring nannies...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Layers

Dante explained that Hell is in nine layers, with the pain increasing as one descends. Heaven, he believed,...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

When the Not Bright Meet the Not Right

Obviously, narcissistic personalities have a lot of drive. Their overwhelming vanity, especially when accompanied by family connections, elevates...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Democracies Not Doing Well

The real weakness with democracies is that legislators are susceptible to bribes. Usually disguising bribes as “campaign contributions”,...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Dragon in The Book of Revelation

After a thousand years in Hell, the Dragon, Satan, is released. If the Catholic Fundamentalism theory that the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Thank you, Dan Engler.

Last Saturday’s column included the posting of a painting portraying an older officer leading a rag-tag army of...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Personal Note:

Noticed something odd. I was re-reading a book that I’d first read six or eight months ago, when...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Most Christians Believe in Free Will. Some…

Christians generally believe that each of us has the freedom to choose or reject God and His Operating...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Bigger Countries Coming, for Awhile.

One result of the present upheavals in the Middle East will be larger countries. It’s likely that Libya...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Leftists Running Out of Gas, Wheels Coming Off.…

A few months ago, the Castro government announced that it was going to discharge five hundred thousand of...