Numerology

Recently I was sent a link to this video by Luis Narciso, the author of “The Messiah Codes: Unsealed.” He believes that the next (third) Jewish temple will be rededicated in 2030. As I was listening to the video, Bruce Charlton’s most recent article popped up in my RSS feed: “What’s …

The Good Samaritan

One of the interesting things about some of Jesus’ parables is that he sometimes explained what the parable meant. In September, I wrote a two-part series on the Parable of the Sower (here and here), where I discussed how Jesus explicitly stated the meaning of the parable. Coincidentally, Jack @ Sigma …

The Eucharist, Redux #5

This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. In “The Eucharist, Redux #4,” we discussed Craig Truglia’s claim that Jesus did not use unleavened bread at the Last Supper. As I pointed out, Truglia’s strongest argument was primarily one of grammar, not one …

Voting Day

On Voting Day, it is fitting that Feeriker put together a collection of links about not voting in “Some Of Us Are Staying Home, And Here’s Why.” Regarding the critics… …I’ve written about this in the past: “Fighting Evil or Doing Good?” “Review: Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist …

A New Policy

Looks like there is a new policy. Would have been nice if that had been the policy when I was there, eh? In other news, I’ve run out of posts (for now) and will be posting less frequently until I catch up.

John Wycliffe and Roman Catholicism

John Wycliffe was an atomist. By the power of the church, the following statement is an offense against God and the church worthy of excommunication: Any continuous mathematical line is composed of two, three or four contiguous points, or of only a simply finite number of points; and time is, …