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St. Patrick’s Day may be hazardous to your health

Postcard from 1912 for “St. Patrick’s Day” COGwriter March 17th is often observed as St. Patrick’s Day. Some see it as a Catholic holiday, while others mainly an Irish holiday. According to AAA (an automobile association) and police departments, this is a dangerous holiday: AAA and Bud Light Urge Motorists Not to Rely on Luck [...]

Syrian Kurds plan to declare self-rule, but the USA already refuses recognition

Peshmerga Troops on a T-55 Tank (Boris Niehaus) COGwriter Opponents to Syria’s Assad were denied recognition by the USA: March 16, 2016 CAIRO/PENTAGON—Representatives of Syria’s largest Kurdish party say they plan to declare an autonomous federal region for the areas they control in the northern part of the country. Kurdish leaders in Syria said other [...]

Presidential front-runners: ‘Either could spell our doom’

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton COGwriter Now that ‘Super Tuesday II’ (others called it ‘Super Tuesday 3′) is over, we have seen the two front-runners, in terms of delegates, remaining as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Voice of America reported the following: March 16, 2016 MIAMI— Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton moved closer toward securing [...]

Church of God News in Spanish

COGwriter The Continuing Church of God continues to get additional materials translated into the Spanish language. Here are links to the items we received today: Cross found on Mars? ¿Hallada cruz en Marte? http://www.cdlidd.es/hallada-cruz-en-... assaults up in Germany, while migrants ask why Europeans don’t want them Asaltos sexuales en Alemania, mientras los emigrantes preguntan por [...]

Did early Christians observe Passover or Easter?

Site of Calvary? COGwriter Many people, especially in the English-speaking nations do not realize that the holiday that they call Easter really is supposed to be Passover. In many other languages, some version of the Greek word páscha is often used, so in those cultures they tend to be more aware of the original biblical [...]

Vatican announced ‘Mother’ Theresa’s ‘canonization,’ but overlooked what she wrote about herself

‘Mother Theresa’ (1986 Túrelio) COGwriter Pope Francis set a date for the canonization as a Catholic saint for the one called ‘Mother Theresa’: March 15, 2016 VATICAN CITY - Mother Teresa will be made a saint on Sept. 4.Pope Francis set the canonization date Tuesday, paving the way for the nun who cared for the [...]

M&M: ‘The China Fallacy’

Chinese Maglev train COGwriter Officials at the Reserve Bank of Australia are looking at China’s economy: March 15, 2016 Reserve Bank of Australia board members spent a sizeable part of this month’s interest rate meeting debating threats to the future of China’s economy. There are worried that the big drivers of growth in China - its young [...]

Preparing for Passover 2016

A Shmura Matzo (Unleavened Bread is Used for Passover) COGwriter The Christian Passover for 2016 is Thursday evening, April 21st, after sunset which is when the 14th of Nisan begins. The Apostle Paul wrote: 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same [...]

UN warns of possible ‘worse war’ to affect Syria–what does the Bible teach?

Damascus, the capital of Syria COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: March 14, 2016 U.N. envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura began a new round of peace talks Monday in Geneva, warning that the only alternative to the negotiations is returning to “even worse war than we had so far.” Speaking before meeting with [...]

Immortality through science? Computers?

Poster for movie about two scientists trying to find secret to immortality COGwriter A reader tipped me off to the following: The immortalist: Uploading the mind to a computer 14 March 2016 “Within the next 30 years,” promises Dmitry Itskov, “I am going to make sure that we can all live forever.” It sounds preposterous, [...]