Announcing a New Book by Alamo-Girl and betty boop [Update at #329]

Alamo-Girl and betty boop | November 13, 2006 | betty boop

[Vicki]

Best of luck to both of you. A friend recently published a book on science which we did all the illustrations for and it hasn't gone as well as hoped.

Hope you have a good marketing plan.

[betty boop]

Whaddabout Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople, what are they, chopped liver?

Hardly, JerseyHighlander. The Eastern Rite came out of the same place that the Church of Rome did: The holy city of Jerusalem, with the coming of Jesus Christ. To me this makes them kin.

Christianity in any form did not hit the public notice of Rome until fairly well along in the post-republican (that is to say imperial) period. Until Constantine, most emperors at Rome were happy to supply Christians to the public games, or otherwise make their lives as miserable as possible in this life, well before the Church divided into "east" and "west."

Again, the Eastern Church and the Church at Rome are eternal bothers -- by shared experience, by common suffering, all according to the exigencies of a common human history, illuminated by a basic theology, which -- details of doctrinal difference on the "finer points" notwithstanding -- both East and West cherish in common, as brothers under our Father in heaven, by means of our kinship to His Son, Jesus Christ, the Logos.

May God bless us all. Thank you so much for writing, JerseyHighlander.

[blowfish]

I've bailed out on these threads as well. Jim Robinson's posts have made it clear that people who adhere to the theory of biological are probably Marxists and God-destroyers and will be at best tolerated on FR. There are also a core group of posters on these threads who are happy to ignore any physical evidence that's theologically ionconvenient.
Congratulations on getting your words printed.

[betty boop]

Thank you so much Jim. Truly you've been an inspiration to both of us.

[Rocky]

Can't wait to get a copy of this book. Please make note of all of us who have expressed an interest, and Freepmail us when it is available.

[wyattearp]

Yes - science is the child of philosophy.

It's been over 2,000 years since that child was born. Science grew up.

[Valin]

So, when does the book tour start?

[.30Carbine]

Hip, hip, HOORAY! I'm so glad! I'm so enormously proud of you! I can't wait to read the whole book, to hold it in my hands! Thank you for applying your gifts to the writing of this book! This particular point has been uppermost in my thinking lately, and seems especially appropriate to the Free Republic forum:

For the Framers, human reason itself was understood as a gift of God. Such men as Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Jay, Hamilton et al. believed that God is the Creator of the universe, and of man; and that God made man imago Dei, “in his image”; that is, possessing reason and free will as his natural birthright. On this understanding the Framers believed that the human person is innately endowed with certain inalienable rights — preeminently life, liberty, and the “pursuit of happiness” … — that may not be violated, abridged, nor tampered with by any other man or temporal authority with impunity. The heritage of Jerusalem and Athens — Judeo-Christian theology, together with its appropriation and synthesis of classical metaphysics — is the philosophical rock on which the Constitution was built.

The Framers and their generation were also people of faith. It took a whole lot of sheer faith to forge a new nation conceived in Liberty, one dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal because they are all equally the children of God.

And thus the idea of a dynamic rule of law of, by, and for a sovereign people under a system of equal justice for all men, not an arbitrary rule of kings exercising their authority over other (unequal) men “by divine right,” was born.

I'm not as great a thinker, and nowhere near as educated as you - I certainly have to do quite a bit of chewing on the terms and constructs you put forth! - but I delight to read that my personal understanding of our foundation is 'of the same mind' as yours, as like as that of a (very) little sister (;

[unspun]

You two sneaky people, using all these FReepers for your research laboratory for your book!   ;-)   Well, congrtats & blessings, in the name above all names!

Looking forward to getting my hands on it and growing some synaptic links.

[.30Carbine]

It seems clear to me that almost all points of view are welcome here, provided people behave themselves in civilized manner, and do not undermine the purpose for which this wonderful Forum exists: the defense of our free republic, of our national sovereignty, and of our American way of life.

Bump that! I also was just overwhelmed with joy to read Jim Robinson's treatment of these very (Timothy) things so recently.

I do love your subtitle.

[.30Carbine]

And we know the authors! How cool is that?!

[.30Carbine]

I just adore your review! Three glasses indeed!

[.30Carbine]

God bless the work of your hands.

[.30Carbine]

Our own Alamo-Girl and betty boop have written a book!

Don’t Let Science Get You Down, Timothy:
A Lighthearted (But Deadly Serious) Dialogue
on Science, Faith, and Culture

[DollyCali]

thanks for ping carbine..

and to Alamo-Girl & betty boop...

WOW! great job!

[.30Carbine]

I also admire the thoughtful choice of cover design. If the worldwide flood and the ark of deliverance were not factual and historical, as recorded by the ancients, then the word that speaks to the coming fire that will likewise cleanse the whole earth, and the One Way to be saved through that burning up of non-eternal things, are not possibilities to be wrestled with (2 Peter 3).

I am convinced that the fossil record actually scientifically proves the account of the worldwide flood of which we read in Scripture.

I sincerely appreciate that your book is framed as dialogue.

[real saxophonist]

Jeepers! 8~)

[.30Carbine]

Cross reference thread.

[trisham]

Well, isn't that just the coolest thing? Congratulations to you both! :)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You are welcome Alamo-Girl.
Be sure to ping me or FR-mail me when you know.:)