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2025-07-26T09:02:18-04:00

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The Church under the Church at San Clemente

Last updated on: July 26, 2025 at 9:02 am By Ben Witherington

One of my favorite spots to visit in Rome is the church beneath the medieval church of San Clemente. The excavations beneath this church have not only produced evidence of churches from previous centuries, but also of a Mithraium, where the worship of the god Mithras transpired. What seems to have happened is that an elite Roman had a cult area for Mithras in his home, but at some point… there was a conversion to Christianity. the frescos are about... Read more

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2025-07-25T16:14:44-04:00

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The Fantastic 4– First Steps

Last updated on: July 25, 2025 at 4:14 pm By Ben Witherington

It is safe to say that previous attempts at a decent Fantastic Four movie failed, and failed miserably. Not this time. This may be the best, and most genuinely likable FF4 movie we are ever likely to get. It has several interesting features— namely a 60s vibe in terms of cars, clothes, TVs etc. It also does not lack humor. There is both some comedy and also some pathos as well. The dialogue is capable of making you smile... Read more

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Stan the Man is smiling in cinema heaven

2025-07-23T20:49:13-04:00

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Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Hornsby–and one great love song

Last updated on: July 23, 2025 at 8:49 pm By Ben Witherington

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2025-07-22T13:19:13-04:00

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TRUTH SERUM

Last updated on: July 22, 2025 at 1:19 pm By Ben Witherington

TRUTH SERUM Is truth like rubber, Infinitely flexible Without breaking? Or is truth like a diamond Multi-faceted Refracting pure light Into many colors? Or is truth like a brick wall Unyielding Something you run into At your own risk Realizing you’ve reached a boundary That should not be crossed? Or is truth something ineffable Something you discover by accident While in the process of loving someone? Or is truth unattainable Something that is clearly out... Read more

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The truth will set you free

2025-07-16T17:48:31-04:00

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The Story of Sundrop

Last updated on: July 16, 2025 at 5:48 pm By Ben Witherington

Picture me as a young boy on a super hot Wilmington N.C. day standing in front of a large plate glass window of a small bottle producing factory, with one bottle after another after another being filled with the elixir of a boy’s life— otherwise known as Sundrop. It was a citrus beverage before Sprite and Mello Yellow and Mountain Dew. Prohibition in the 1920s hit N.C. hard, and so we devoted ourselves to inventing soft drinks as opposed to... Read more

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Maybe its time for less high proof alcohol

2025-07-16T07:59:16-04:00

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There Will Be Bodies–Another Lindsey Davis Murder Mystery

Last updated on: July 16, 2025 at 7:59 am By Ben Witherington

Lindsey Davis is a very gifted writer, now on the thirteenth iteration of her Flavia Albia female detective series, which followed a long running series featuring Falco, the step father of Flavia. The Flavia Albia series deals with a series of events late in the first century A.D., and in this case a good decade after the eruption and destruction brought on by Mt. Vesuvius. Here is the Amazon summary about this latest novel. “A decade after the destructive eruption,... Read more

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2025-07-11T21:35:59-04:00

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Is There Room for Another Superman?

Last updated on: July 11, 2025 at 9:35 pm By Ben Witherington

My answer is yes, if the acting is good, and the story is interesting and clever. Without question, during the late life of Stan Lee, Marvel heroes got the best of DC characters in the movies, with rate exception. But more recently, DC has made something of a comeback on the silver screen, and this is especially the case with this new film, which is by turns a romance, an action film, a good vs. evil morality play, and... Read more

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In this movie Krypto is something better than phony unregulated currency

2025-07-04T16:49:37-04:00

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Singing in a Northern Italian Church

Last updated on: July 4, 2025 at 4:49 pm By Ben Witherington

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'O Come O Come Immanuel'

2025-06-30T20:26:13-04:00

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Oh Well Orvieto!

Last updated on: June 30, 2025 at 8:26 pm By Ben Witherington

You may be familiar with stories about Popes in Rome (of course), or Popes in Avignon, or even Popes of a sort in Constantinople, but do you know the story about a Pope hanging out in Orvieto? Yes its true. The well, which in English called the well of St. Patrick (who knows why), was dug by Antonio da Sangallo, an architect and engineer from Florence who in 1527 was commissioned by Pope Clement VII after the sack of Rome,... Read more

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All's well that ends well.

2025-06-30T13:59:08-04:00

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Orvieto–Italy’s Hidden Gem– Part Five

Last updated on: June 30, 2025 at 1:59 pm By Ben Witherington

There is a fair bit of statuary to see in Orvieto cathedral including this beautiful sculpture of St. John and the lion, right beneath the pulpit, because by tradition John’s Gospel was seen as the most heavenly, giving a birds eye view of the Gospel. Contrasting with the colorful scenes above the high altar, including the stained glass, at the back wall of the cathedral we see this– While this is not Michelangelo’s Pieta as found in St. Peter’s, it... Read more

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