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Rick Perry enters the presidential race

Rick Perry for President loga COGwriter There is another Republican party candidate for the US presidency: June 4, 2105 WELCOME TO RICK PERRY 2.0: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry — the longest-serving governor in Texas history — is expected to make it official today: He’s going to try again to capture the Republican presidential nomination, [...]

Healing power of prayer

COGwriter A while back, a reader sent me the following item: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Though surveys show that four in five Americans believe in the healing power of prayer and a majority of medical doctors say miraculous healing sometimes occurs, few researchers have subjected such claims to scientific investigation. Enter Candy Gunther Brown, who [...]

‘Science’ concludes that perhaps half of what is called science is probably false

Chart of ‘Science’ (Efbrazil) COGwriter How scientific is the modern science community?  Well, two readers sent me links related to the following that suggests perhaps half of what is considered as science is not: Editors of World’s Most Prestigious Medical Journals: “Much of the Scientific Literature, Perhaps HALF, May Simply Be Untrue” June 1, 2015 [...]

CERN’s collider restarts

Large Hadron Collider Dipole Magnets.jpg (alpinethread) COGwriter The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has restarted: June 3, 2015 Scientists have successfully restarted the world’s biggest particle collider after a two-year shutdown, with the upgraded atom smasher now producing almost double the collision energy of its first run. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said Wednesday [...]

Birthday of the Imam Mahdi

Name of the Imam as Found in the “Mosque of the Prophet” (Karim) COGwriter Notice the following: Birthday of Muhammad al-Mahdi Date in the current year: June 3, 2015. Birthday of Muhammad al-Mahdi is a public holiday in Iran observed on the 15th day of the Islamic month of Sha’ban. Mahdi is believed by Shias [...]

US Congress approves new spying program

COGwriter The Congress of the United States approved a slightly modified spying program: June 2, 2015 CAPITOL HILL—The U.S. Congress has approved a bill to reform and restart the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records, along with other anti-terrorism tools that expired earlier this week. After days of intense and heartfelt debate about protecting national [...]

The tribe of Judah is not ‘lost’

Jerusalem COGwriter While most people seem to understand that many of the descendants of Judah are in the nation currently called Israel, various ones these days deny that. One-time WCG member Bert Otten sent me the following: Ten Prophetic Clues Concerning Judah – Jews This is an unusual article in this series about the tribes. [...]

Could Europe really nuke the USA and Canada?

COGwriter Could the USA, UK, and Canada actually be hit by nuclear weapons from Europe? Decades ago, the late Herbert W. Armstrong claimed that the Great Tribulation would begin with a nuclear attack against the UK and/or USA and then Canada. Notice: That will be a time when the UNITED Europe shall appear–the revival of [...]

Should women preach?

Artist’s interpretation of Mary Magdalene COGwriter Should women be able to preach in church services? This Spring, The Journal: News of the Churches of God had the following as part of its paid advertising by Tina Engelbart: Corinthians 14:34-35. Here are the two verses in the King James Version. “Let your women keep silence in [...]

UN reports Russian troops are fighting in Ukraine, despite Kremlin denials

Russian T-90A Main Battle Tank COGwriter The United Nations is reporting that Russia is more involved militarily in Ukraine than it wants to admit: Evidence Grows of Russian Military Involvement in Ukraine June 1, 2015 GENEVA—U.N. human rights monitors say there is growing evidence of Russian military involvement in the war in Ukraine. The U.N. [...]