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2011-10-12T05:06:02-04:00

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Iran’s plan to attack Washington?

Last updated on: October 12, 2011 at 5:06 am By Gene Veith

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ABC reports that officials have thwarted a scheme to attack the Israeli and Saudi embassies in Washington, D. C., a terrorist attack planned by the government of Iran! FBI and DEA agents have disrupted a plot to commit a “significant terrorist act in the United States” tied to Iran, federal officials told ABC News today. The officials said the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb... Read more

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2011-10-11T06:00:58-04:00

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The Black Rubric

Last updated on: October 11, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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I’ve been studying Anglicanism lately. But then I’ve run up against the Black Rubric, so-called because it was printed in bold type in the Book of Common Prayer. It enjoins kneeling while receiving the Sacrament, but goes on to deny explicitly any kind of real, bodily presence of Christ in the elements: “Whereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling; (which order is well meant, for... Read more

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2011-10-11T05:45:39-04:00

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The social contract

Last updated on: October 11, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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In addition to my other pessimistic predictions, I am thinking that liberal ideology will soon return to popularity. Here is a forceful statement by the liberal law professor and Obama administration regulator Elizabeth Warren, now running for Scott Brown’s Senate seat in Massachusetts: “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there — good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the... Read more

2011-10-11T05:30:47-04:00

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It’s the European economy, dummkopf!

Last updated on: October 11, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Ezra Klein argues that neither presidents nor congress, no matter which party, will be able to do much to influence the economy. What will either pull us down further or bring improvement is what happens in Europe. And so, if the state of the economy is what determines who gets elected president, our elections are in the hands of Angela Merkel: Sometimes, the things driving the country’s economy are not passed by Congress. Sometimes, Congress has almost no influence over... Read more

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2011-10-10T06:00:00-04:00

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What we half perceive and half create

Last updated on: October 10, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Following up on last week’s post and video of the The McGurk Effect, it would seem that we have in this demonstration of how the mind alters what we hear some empirical evidence to support the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Which is ironic because Kant’s philosophy is questions empirical evidence! To be more precise, he critiques what philosophers call “naive empiricism,” the assumption that what we take in with our senses is the only kind of reliable truth. Kant says... Read more

2011-10-10T05:45:41-04:00

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The American religion

Last updated on: October 10, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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“I am a proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior. He redeemed me fully and completely. He is the only reason that I am able to stand here today. I am a proud member of that faith, but more importantly, I am a proud member of the American religion.” –Glenn Beck, addressing controversies over Mormonism via At values summit, Romney keeps focus on Obama – The Washington Post. Exegete THAT. What would... Read more

2011-10-10T05:30:30-04:00

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The Christian right’s candidate: Ron Paul?

Last updated on: October 10, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The Values Voters Summit is a convention of Christian political activists that takes place in Washington, D. C., each year. This weekend the various Republican presidential candidates came hat in hand. After their presentations, a straw poll was conducted. The winner with 37% of the vote? Ron Paul. Such a large percentage of Christian conservatives are favoring the libertarian who wants to legalize drugs and prostitution? Some are saying the poll was skewed by Paul supporters who crashed the party. ... Read more

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2011-10-10T05:00:54-04:00

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Weekend sports

Last updated on: October 10, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Watching baseballl playoff games is intense, especially if you have a horse in the race. I was following every pitch and, due to time zones and having to record games, staying up until 1:00 a.m. But what games they were! The Milwaukee Brewers, whose games I used to attend faithfully when we lived in Wisconsin, beat the Arizona Diamondbacks to get into the championship series and then beat the St. Louis Cardinals–who themselves heroically defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, ostensibly the... Read more

2011-10-07T06:00:56-04:00

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The virtue that is laziness

Last updated on: October 7, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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A week or so ago I posted “The Faith to be Idle,” something Dan Kempin wrote about our need to stop working so much. It provoked some good discussion also. I want to call your attention to something Larry Hughes wrote in a comment, since I suspect hardly any of you are still following that thread: Thanks Dan. I loved what you wrote. I read it to my wife because we’ve been on and off discussing this issue. It was so... Read more

2011-10-07T05:45:02-04:00

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The genius of Steve Jobs

Last updated on: October 7, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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I was asked to write up something about the death of Steve Jobs for the Lutheran Witness website. I’ll link to that when it goes up. In the meantime, here is something in today’s Washington Post that I think is very telling about the man’s genius. It seems the public was disappointed about the unveiling of the iPhone4S. Apparently, it didn’t look much different from the old iPhones. People were looking for matters of appearance. But look at the reality... Read more

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