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The question on the origin of COVID-19 has an interesting parallel in the Spanish flu a century ago. It is called Spanish flu because it was a Spanish doctor who first identified and started studying it. However it as been traced back as far as Kansas and it was carried to Europe by soldiers...

I don't know of a specific site but my understanding is that the three gifts were symbolic in nature. Gold is symbolic of his earthly kingship. Frankincense is symbolic of his divine nature (it was used widely in Temple worship). Myrrh is symbolic of his human nature (it was used in burial...

It's not good news about the virus --- it is good news about Soeur Lucile and all those other hardy survivors.

That argument has been used by almost every conspiracy theorist ever. That , of course, does not make it an invalid argument. Just a very suspicious one.

This is not just misinformation picked up by misunderstanding. This more than that. This is a deliberate bald faced lie put together for political purposes. Ballot machines are not linked to the internet. Ballots are entirely counted in state under strict supervision. They can be counted either...

Yes I do. As the Bible comments, a prophet is unrecognized in his own village. Were it not for him, I likely would no longer be a Christian.

Holy Trinity is not a description of God, but a description of a human experience of God. The Holy Trinity is a doctrine, adopted by the Christian Church in the 4th century CE, as a way of processing and understanding their experience with God. It is a product of dualistic Greek thinking which...

For many years I have struggled to understand the doctrine of the trinity. To say it is a mystery that we are not expected to comprehend simply doesn't cut it for me. Some time ago I discovered that in the original formulation of the trinity, the word in Greek which we traditionally have...

Apparently she has not repented of her death threats to Nancy Pelosi.

There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. There was some evidence of individual attempts but those ironically enough mostly involved Republicans. The real frauds are Trump and his base. I was impressed with how strictly the judges adhered to the Constitution ---- even Trumps own appoitees.

Had a "tall boy" installed just yesterday. I can now sit and stand without having to lever myself up or down. Such a pleasure! The rest of family can go in the woods!

Considering the outrageous conspiracy theories that she espouses and the threats she has made, whatever she says about her Christian beliefs are also under a cloud.

I don't think that any of the four were eyewitnesses to the events they describe.

More needs to be said about the census. There is no record of a comprehensive census of the entire (Roman) world. In those days a census was much different than those of today. In Italy periodic censuses were ordered to enroll all men of military age but this happened only in Italy. Elsewhere in...

The problem with "unbelievable new revelations" is that they usually are.

Luke 12:57--- Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

I do not know if it is policy or not but I have heard of some priests giving an absolution conditional upon the penitent turning himself into the police.

The Hebrew/Jewish society as reflected in the Bible.

The issue of womens' role in the church is not as clear cut as some people would think. The letters of Paul, which date to the middle of the first century AD, provide some clues. For example, Paul greets Prisca, Junia, Julia, and Nereus' sister, who worked and traveled as missionaries in pairs...

Pilgrim --- I am convinced that the gender roles that we see embedded in scripture do not reflect the will of God but are simply the societal norms of a people who lived two to three thousand years ago in a far away land.