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The back cover copy of the celebrated book, The Limits to Growth, by Donella H. Meadows, et al. begins as follows: When each of us decides to buy something, we first consider the price. Yet society at large has long bought the idea of continual growth in population and production without adding up the final reckoning."The final reckoning" sounds a little terrifying, doesn't it? The Christian often thinks of "the final reckoning" as the Last Judgment: that moment when the human soul stands alone before Christ, the Just Judge. All his faith, thoughts, and deeds are weighed in the balance...

In 1811, New York courts enforced blasphemy laws rooted in Christian doctrine.Chief Justice Kent declared that Americans “profess the general doctrines of Christianity.”Blasphemy statutes remained on the books in multiple states well into the 20th century.Long before the modern culture wars, early American courts treated insults against Jesus Christ as criminal offenses.In 1811, a New York man was sentenced to prison for blaspheming the name of Christ, and the state’s highest court upheld the conviction without hesitation.The ruling came from Chief Justice James Kent, who wrote that the United States was a Christian nation that “profess the general doctrines of...

The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that it had eliminated Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Awad, a Hamas commander who, according to the military, held seven hostages in a Gaza tunnel during the war. Awad, who was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza City area over the weekend, took part in holding hostages Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, Doron Steinbrecher, Naama Levy, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran and Eitan Mor, according to the military. Awad had recently planned terror attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians, and also worked to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities “in systematic violation of the ceasefire,” the IDF said. “Prior...

Researchers have begun drilling into a mysterious, boat-shaped formation in the mountains of eastern Turkey, hoping an underground robot will unearth the answer to one of biblical history’s biggest mysteries. Members of the Noah’s Ark Scans expedition believe the Durupinar formation, located in eastern Turkey near Mount Ararat, could mark the final resting place of the vessel described in Genesis. “Good morning from the outer rims of Noah’s ark,” the project’s marketing and fundraising director, divisive Christian activist Lauren Witzke, wrote in a Tuesday update. “Core drilling has begun and the big bang evolutionists are already in damage control mode,”...

Science is proving Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists wrongDawkins’ rejection of religion is waning while scientific discoveries are prompting fresh arguments for belief in GodTwenty years ago, Richard Dawkins published his international best-seller The God Delusion, thus establishing “New Atheism” as a major cultural force. Over the ensuing decade, other authors — such as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Lawrence Krauss and Daniel Dennett — seized the popular imagination with their respective arguments about why belief in the divine is untenable.The physicists among them argued that the universe could be explained “from nothing”. The biologists argued that Darwinian explanations of...

Has anyone else noted Islam creeping its way into crossword puzzles? I've seen this occurring with increasing frequency over the last few months. Today I saw 3 clues in 3 puzzles: "Religion with five pillars (Islam)"; "Mosque prayer leader" (Imam); and "Muslim feast" (Eid).

Justin Ashley could claim he was sick. Maybe find a doctor’s note. Perhaps there is a way to work the system and put another driver in his Top Fuel dragster Monday at the NHRA Great Lakes Nationals. Ashley isn’t interested. Rain postponed Sunday’s eliminations at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park until Monday, putting race day in conflict with Ashley’s observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest and most solemn day of the year in Judaism. Ashley will sit out. “And any other way of trying to get around that rule, I’m sure there are other ways, whether that’s pretending to be sick...

For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the idea that huge portions of the human genome are merely “junk DNA.”After the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, a startling discovery was made. Only about 2 percent of the entire human genome codes for proteins. Scientists naturally asked, what is the other 98 percent doing?Evolutionary biology was ready with an answer. For decades, they had claimed that the...

Fr. Altier emphasizes women's inherent value and strength, particularly mothers, highlighting their unique role in creation as the closest beings to God because of their capacity for love. He expresses concern about societal attitudes towards women, particularly in light of a recent case where a woman killed her children, arguing that such actions are a rejection of their divine purpose and a consequence of extreme ideologies. He criticizes the notion that women should have absolute power over life and death, drawing parallels to the biblical story of Adam and Eve and the temptation to be like God. He further states...

While some Americans are looking for a few good communists and socialists for their midterm elections, they are also nervously debating the dangers of AI. Largely speaking, AI already has them completely fooled as it searches throughout our world for the Antichrist. AI will trick some, fool some, and make a few mistakes, but it will never be as deadly as it’s going to be until it ends up under the exclusive hand of the Antichrist. If it weren’t such a serious matter, it would be a subject for a comedy skit, but there’s absolutely nothing funny about it. One...

HOUSTON Since then, there have been two trials, plenty of opinions and some changes to how the mentally ill are treated both in and out of a courtroom. George Parnham is perhaps the man who now knows Andrea Yates best. "Long ago, I crossed the professional line," Parnham said. He was her criminal defense attorney, and is now like family. "I treat her as if she were a child of mine," he said. Since she still turns down interviews, Parnham is the closest you'll get to the now 46-year-old woman. Her address is at Kerrville State Hospital -- a low-security...

Of all Jewish observances, the commemoration of the ninth day of the month of Av is the saddest—and one that reflects the passage of sadness through time. On this day, Tisha B’Av, Jews mourn not only the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 C.E., but also the even more ancient destruction by Babylon in 586 B.C.E. It was therefore all the more striking that this year, mere days before Tisha B’Av, Israelis unearthed a remnant of that earlier event. The Times of Israel reported: Archaeologists have discovered wooden beams believed to have been burned during the destruction of the...

Dr. Jay Smith, the world's leading expert on Islam, will talk on the subject of Islam and the hidden political agenda built in to their belief system. Video is 1 hour and 1 minute long.

They’re getting a helping hand. The Russian Orthodox Church sent fragments of a medieval prince’s hand to soldiers in the frontlines as a means to raise morale and provide “spiritual strength” to end the war. The church, which backs Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, said it dispatched a fragment of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy’s sword hand to soldiers in the occupied region of Donetsk. The Moscow ⁠Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church said sending the prince’s remains served as a symbol to allow the so-called “holy commander” to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Moscow’s invading army. “A fragment of the...

With 9/11 approaching, I am re-running this report that you may have missed. Well, I did not expect to see this today! New 9/11 footage has just been released, more than 23 years after the infamous day in 2001. New footage of 9/11 has surfaced 23 years after the attack. This footage was uploaded by Kei Sugimoto, this video shows angles of the collapse of The World Trade Center that have never been seen before. The angles shown in this video haven’t been seen before especially explosions during the falling of the towers. This is the only known footage of...

VIDEO AT LINK: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/2097743510174605726/video/1 LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT KNIFE!.................. BRITS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE KNIVES, OR GUNS.............

Most Christians believe the universe is billions of years old. Some treat the six days of creation as a metaphor. Others latch onto explanations such as Gap Theory or Day-Age Theory to reconcile. But there is one theory that I’ve found after years of on-and-off research that has legs. In fact, it has fewer scientific and mathematical holes than the Big Bang Theory itself. The distant starlight argument is the favorite club skeptics swing at Genesis. Light from a galaxy ten billion light-years away cannot reach Earth in six thousand years if light crawls at 186,000 miles per second. Therefore,...

The home of Australian pastor Andrew Sedra was reportedly attacked by multiple LGBT activists, who issued threats against the family members, including their newborn son. The pastor's X account posted security footage of the attackers, saying they cut off power to the home and tried to gain entry. "On Thursday night, 4 left-wing activists including 2 hooded individuals came to our home after our address was leaked publicly online," the post said. "They threatened to kill us and destroy us, they cut out the electricity from our home and attempted to break in. They knew our whole family by name,...

Official Summary: On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.This movie came out in 2023, and I had never heard of it. Here is what the jacket looks like: This sure looks like the kind of movie I barely even pause for, the kind I scroll right past. That is because normally, I am not interested in "Horror" movies, which this movie was classified officially as. As...

In his day, Christ rebuked both the people and the religious leaders for having a total lack of discernment. “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Mt....