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2011-03-30T05:00:15-04:00

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The Muslims’ end of the world countdown

Last updated on: March 30, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Harold Camping isn’t the only one forecasting the end of the world. So are many Muslims, including apparently the rulers of Iran, who are interpreting the uprisings in the Middle East as a sign that the Mahdi–the messianic successor of the prophet Muhammed–will soon return to punish evildoers and make Islam the world’s only religion. New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi–or Islamic messiah–is about... Read more

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2011-03-29T06:00:13-04:00

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The new war

Last updated on: March 29, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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President Obama explained America’s military involvement in Libya in a speech last night: Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world’s conscience and “been a betrayal of who we are.” Yet he ruled out targeting Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would be a costly mistake. Obama announced that NATO would take... Read more

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2011-03-29T05:30:38-04:00

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PETA demands personal pronouns for animals

Last updated on: March 29, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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And in Bible translations, no less: PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is calling for a more animal-friendly update to the Bible. The group is asking translators of the New International Version (NIV) to remove what it calls “speciesist” language and refer to animals as “he” or “she” instead of “it.” The NIV is a popular translation of the Christian Bible. An updated translation was released this month. The translators said 95% of the 1984 translation... Read more

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2011-03-29T05:01:28-04:00

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Undereducated and overschooled

Last updated on: March 29, 2011 at 5:01 am By Gene Veith

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Anthony Esolen names a common malady: When my daughter was young, she would often be asked, not usually by fellow homeschoolers, why she kept reading The Lord of the Rings. I told her to reply, “Because I want to know what’s going on in the world.” That came to my mind today after a discussion I had with a Catholic men’s group at our school. One of the young fellows told me that his professor in Introduction to Sociology —... Read more

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2011-03-29T05:00:16-04:00

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Final Four?

Last updated on: March 29, 2011 at 5:00 am By Gene Veith

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Well, none of you predicted the Final Four. I suspect no one in the country predicted the Final Four! It seems like in every NCAA tournament some little college comes out of nowhere and does really well. But this year two such underdogs made the Final Four! The basketball superpowers, including my alma mater Kansas Jayhawks, were all shot down. So the national champion will be either Virginia Commonwealth, Butler, Connecticut, or Kentucky. The two big state schools will play... Read more

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2011-03-28T06:00:25-04:00

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End of the world countdown

Last updated on: March 28, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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We’ve blogged about how radio preacher Harold Camping is predicting that Christ will return on May 21 of this year. Journalist Kimberly Winston interviewed Mr. Camping and asked him how he calculated the date with such precision: If preacher Harold Camping is right, that’s the exact date Jesus will return and the righteous will fly up to heaven, leaving behind only their clothes. That will be followed by five months of fire, brimstone and plagues, with millions of people dying... Read more

2011-03-28T05:30:13-04:00

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Air support for al-Qaeda

Last updated on: March 28, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Oh, great: Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited “around 25” men from the Derna area in eastern Libya to fight against coalition troops in Iraq. Some of them, he said, are “today are on the front lines in Adjabiya”. Mr... Read more

2011-03-28T05:01:17-04:00

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‘King’s Speech,’ the PG-13 version

Last updated on: March 28, 2011 at 5:01 am By Gene Veith

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The King’s Speech, the account of King George VI’s stuttering problem that won the Academy Award for best picture, is coming out in a PG-13 version in April. The original was rated R because of a scene in which his speech therapist was trying to get the monarch to loosen up and let the words flow by using some bad words. It isn’t clear how the new version, which will be the only one in theaters, will handle that scene. ... Read more

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2011-03-25T06:00:16-04:00

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Going kinetic

Last updated on: March 25, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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New word department. . . Actually two new words: “Retronym” is a word coined by Frank Mankiewicz, George McGovern’s campaign director, to delineate previously unnecessary distinctions. Examples include “acoustic guitar,” “analog watch,” “natural turf,” “two-parent family,” and “offline publication.” Bob Woodward’s new book, Bush at War, introduces a new Washington retronym: “kinetic” warfare. . . . In common usage, “kinetic” is an adjective used to describe motion, but the Washington meaning derives from its secondary definition, “active, as opposed to... Read more

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2011-03-25T05:30:32-04:00

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The next Narnia movie: Magician’s Nephew

Last updated on: March 25, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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So it looks like there will be another Narnia movie. The next one in the novel sequence would be one of my favorites, The Silver Chair, but instead the next movie will be The Magician’s Nephew, Narnia’s origin story. Here is an interview with the head of Walden Media, which is producing the series: Interview: Walden Media President Michael Flaherty on Narnia 4 Film, Christian News, The Christian Post. Read more

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