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A Lot of Smalltalk about Ruby
012 years
This past week, I’ve had the opportunity to write some code in Ruby. What really struck me was how much it reminded me of another language that I haven’t used since the late 90’s—Smalltalk. After the PC revolution of the 80’s, Bank of America rolled out PCs to all their branches with in-house written business […]
Why Do People Tell Lies That Can Be Easily Checked?
012 years
by Roger Gibby
in Musings
A few weeks back, I couldn’t believe my ears, Glenn Beck and David Barton were saying that former President Ronald Reagan opposed the Brady Bill and the federal assault weapons ban. Here is a partial transcript. Beck: The assault weapons ban and handgun control—that was actually started by James Brady, but, the interesting thing is, […]
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 […]
Response to Mike Huckabee’s “Where Was God?”
012 years
[Author’s note: Originally, this was a response to Mike Huckabee’s “Where was God?” video he posted on Facebook, but since then many others—James Dobson and Newt Gingrich, for two—have voiced the same remarks, directly or indirectly blaming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on our secular society. Although, it is a response to Mr. Huckabee, […]
Why Do You Care Whether People Say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
012 years
As December rolled around this year, it was the same, as past years, with some beating of the drum that Christianity is under attack, by the usage of Happy Holidays. Some are making it vocal, on the internet, that they don’t say Happy Holidays, but say Merry Christmas. I have no problem with that and […]
No Simple Answers to Shootings
112 years
In the wake of the recent shooting tragedies, there have been a rash of statements by pundits, stating that such-and-such is the cause of the shootings; it is the media’s fault, it is video games, there are too many guns, there are too few guns, it is crazy people that kill and not guns, and […]