Friday, December 24, 2004
It is Indeed a Wonderful Life
Dear George,
No man is a failure who has friends.
Love Clarence
Dear George,
No man is a failure who has friends.
Love Clarence
Monday, December 20, 2004
The Catholic Hall of Fame
The Vatican appears ready to "ditch the miracle clause" in order to put more "saints" on the fastrack. The Pope, already under fire for overseeing a saint-making factory, has sent 482 folks to the Catholic Hall of Fame, more than all other popes combined. The church wants to create more role models for the living but by watering down sainthood I think it could have the opposite affect. It's kinda like watching the Oscars, who cares who won for sound editing? You'll recall they sent Gretzky to the Hockey Hall of Fame in record time. I think the Pope is also trying to fit Mother Teresa with a 99 Jersey and gett'er in before his term is up as director. It's also probably getting harder to quantify those miracles in the enslaught of science too. Opus, patron saint of pointless blogs, has a nice ring to it.
The Vatican appears ready to "ditch the miracle clause" in order to put more "saints" on the fastrack. The Pope, already under fire for overseeing a saint-making factory, has sent 482 folks to the Catholic Hall of Fame, more than all other popes combined. The church wants to create more role models for the living but by watering down sainthood I think it could have the opposite affect. It's kinda like watching the Oscars, who cares who won for sound editing? You'll recall they sent Gretzky to the Hockey Hall of Fame in record time. I think the Pope is also trying to fit Mother Teresa with a 99 Jersey and gett'er in before his term is up as director. It's also probably getting harder to quantify those miracles in the enslaught of science too. Opus, patron saint of pointless blogs, has a nice ring to it.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Tis the Season for a Miracle
Some major U.S. magazines such as TIME and NEWSWEEK are covering breaking news on a 2000+ year old story. It's a miracle I tell ya so pay attention 'cause it all happened as described in the historically fact based book called the bible. You may have heard of it?
Tongue in cheek aside there's a little poll story included in that Newsweek which I find well, alarming isn't the word but perhaps you can imagine seeing a car crash and looking back in a double-take going "HUH"? The survey on The Christmas Miracle had some what can only be called incredulous findings:
- 67% of Americans believe the entire Chistmas Story as told in the bible is historic fact
- 79% believe in the virgin birth of Jesus without a human father
- 55% indicate the bible as literally true
- 62% favor teaching creation in the science classroom, 43% favor teaching it instead of evolution entirely
I have serious reservations about that last one ever happening. Perhaps they should include The Physics of Santa Claus as a valid theory as well?
Some major U.S. magazines such as TIME and NEWSWEEK are covering breaking news on a 2000+ year old story. It's a miracle I tell ya so pay attention 'cause it all happened as described in the historically fact based book called the bible. You may have heard of it?
Tongue in cheek aside there's a little poll story included in that Newsweek which I find well, alarming isn't the word but perhaps you can imagine seeing a car crash and looking back in a double-take going "HUH"? The survey on The Christmas Miracle had some what can only be called incredulous findings:
- 67% of Americans believe the entire Chistmas Story as told in the bible is historic fact
- 79% believe in the virgin birth of Jesus without a human father
- 55% indicate the bible as literally true
- 62% favor teaching creation in the science classroom, 43% favor teaching it instead of evolution entirely
I have serious reservations about that last one ever happening. Perhaps they should include The Physics of Santa Claus as a valid theory as well?
