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Archive for January, 2013
Legal Gun Concealment Scares the Hell Out of Me
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is one in a long list of shootings that has prompted discussion on gun control. Some calling for stricter gun control laws. While, others fight hard against any changes to the existing gun laws. Regardless of what changes, if any, to the gun control laws that are currently on […]
WWOOF – World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
Vacations can reveal a wealth of hidden treasures, waiting to be found, if one goes looking. We found one such jewel, while on the Big Island. We had gone off the main highway to look for a coffee farm. The farm appeared to be closed, so we went exploring. We came across a sign for […]
“Don’t Think. Pray.”
012 years
While vacationing with my family on the Big Island in the Hawaiian Islands, we drove past a sign, hanging on a cross, that said, “Don’t Think. Pray.” Actually, we drove past it many times, as it was on a main highway that traversed the West coastline, Highway 11 around mile marker 109. After seeing the […]
Intelligent Design?
012 years
Some proponents of Intelligent Design use the eye as an example of God’s intelligent design that is irreducibly complex, which had been created intact as it is today. No component of the eye, by itself, could have been of any use. Therefore, evolution could not have produced an eye, only a creator with a design plan. […]
Darby, Dispensationalism, the Rapture and Understanding Conservative Christians
012 years
[Author’s note: part of this article is an excerpt from my book Jefferson’s Razor.] I have heard people use the United States motto, “In God we trust,” and its placement on U.S. money, as supportive evidence that the Founding Fathers established a Christian nation. Hopefully, most now know that the adoption of “In God we […]