ByRonald C. RosbottomApril 9, 2019 7:05 p.m. ET ‘In some countries, the French have the reputation of being anti-Semitic,” Jacques Semelin writes in “The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44.” It is the goal of his careful study to show that France as a nation deserves more credit for helping save the majority of … Continue reading The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44’Living Under Occupation
Why humans find it hard to do away with religion By John Gray An American scientist visiting the home of Niels Bohr, the Nobel Prize-winning Danish physicist and refugee from Nazism who was a leading figure in the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb, was surprised to discover a horseshoe hanging over Bohr’s desk: … Continue reading Books: How God makes us Better
Steps to successHow to succeed: Follow these 12 steps (adapted from Napoleon Hill)1. Write down exactly what you want to accomplish and why. Figure out what you have right now to make that happen.2. Figure out what you need and then go back to #2 and see which of your talents you are not fully … Continue reading Napoleon Hill’s 12 steps to success
Ex nihilo, nihil fit, that nothing can come out of nothing. This is a popular line...that nothing can come out of nothing and so how does one explain creation?The skeptics argue that since the Law of Conservation of Matter, that nothing can come out of nothing but can only be transformed into another, that God … Continue reading ex nihil, nihil fit
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter facts and evidence.”—JOHN ADAMS, U.S. presidentPerhaps Hillary should have taken heed.
from alphadictionary: SINPronunciation: sinPart of Speech: NounMeaning: 1. A violation of religious principle. 2. Something regarded as utterly wrong, shameful, deplorable.Notes: Today's word may be used as a mass noun (no plural), as in, "Sin pervades the planet." It may also be used as a count noun, "God will forgive us all our sins."Don't confuse … Continue reading Alphadictionary: Sin
Take Him Up, Gather HimAugustine was a man obsessed with sex. It was the cause of his conversion crisis, which ended when he heard a child’s voice saying ‘tolle, lege.’By Patrick J. Geary Dec. 22, 2015 6:56 p.m. ET 20 COMMENTS In a graduate seminar at Yale many years ago, two of my classmates balked … Continue reading Robin Lane Fox does St Augie, a book review
Abaddon — or destruction in Hebrew. This is regarded as the personification of the idea of destruction, or as sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead.11 The king who ruled them was the angel from the bottomless pit. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, in Greek he is called Apollyon." Revelations 9:11, Names of God Bible
Books about Cults and Cultic MovementsAs this is from another blog, and an old one that is now just found via the WayBack Archives, so I cannot personally vouch for these books, but it seems like a good blog, and I think if you are snowbound and want to read somethings, this may be a … Continue reading Books on Cults from Realms of Faith
The 4th century AD Temple of Saturn is situated in the north west corner of the Forum. It has just has eight majestic columns of Egyptian granite, still standing. The temple was built in honour of the Roman God Saturn, whose role was that of being a major agricultural god, of seed sowing.. His Greek … Continue reading Rome, Temple of Saturn
In my anguish... 