Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 141
August 8, 2016
St. Sebastian, patron saint of athletes and of Rio
You don’t have to believe in the Roman Catholic cult of the saints to find it interesting that St. Sebastian–the one who was shot through with arrows–is the patron saint of athletes. Also of this year’s Olympics host city Rio de Janeiro. What is the connection? Find out after the jump. Luther said that we [Read More...]
August 5, 2016
Pope connects gender ideology to economic exploitation
Pope Francis connected the new gender ideology, according to which children can choose their own gender, to economic exploitation, colonialism, and the destruction of the environment. What they have in common is the rejection of Creation, both of nature and of human beings made in God’s image. From Pope Francis: It’s ‘terrible’ children taught they can [Read More...]
After School Satan Clubs
Satanists are planning “After School Satan Clubs” for elementary children. Satanists are targeting school districts that allow for after school Christian activities, taking advantage of religious liberty rulings to promote their anti-religion. From An After School Satan Club could be coming to your kid’s elementary school – The Washington Post: It’s a hot summer night, and [Read More...]
Oklahoma feels better now
While the rest of the country was celebrating the 4th of July, my state of Oklahoma mourned, as Thunder superstar Kevin Durant declared his independence and signed with the much-resented and already-too-good Golden State Warriors. But now we all feel better, as the Thunder’s other superstar, Russell Westbrook–instead of being traded as everyone expected–gave up next year’s [Read More...]
The Olympics begin
Despite the Zika virus, Russian dopers, apartments said to be unfit for human habitation, fear of terrorism, and excrement in the water-events bay, the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will have its opening ceremonies tonight, Friday, at 7:00 p.m. ET, to be televised on NBC. (Go here for how to watch the ceremony and the [Read More...]
August 4, 2016
Where Christianity is growing the fastest
The world’s fastest growing church is that of IRAN. Despite–or maybe because of–horrific persecution, the number of Christians in Iran has shot up from around 500 in 1979 to hundreds of thousands, maybe over a million, today. More people have become Christians in the last 20 years than have done so in the 13 centuries of [Read More...]
Trump’s knee-jerk retaliations
Donald Trump has the pathological habit of responding to every criticism by lashing out with vicious personal ad hominem attacks against the critic and, if possible, his or her family. He did it in the primary campaign, most notably by mocking the appearance of Ted Cruz’s wife and accusing his father of complicity in the [Read More...]
Empiricism, common sense, and flossing
First we were told that we should avoid food that is high in cholesterol; then we were told that such food doesn’t get into the blood so it doesn’t matter. We were told to avoid eating fat; now we are told that fat can be good for us. Sometimes coffee has been described as harmful and [Read More...]
August 3, 2016
Young men living the dream
Research shows that young men 18-30 are more likely to be living with their parents than with a woman. And that the large number of the unemployed in this demographic are not only living with their parents but spending virtually all of the time they would normally be working playing video games. But here is [Read More...]
Our unchecked, unbalanced Presidency
Donald Trump couldn’t really do all of the off-the-wall things he is calling for, some of his defenders are saying. He’d have to have Congressional action. Congress and the courts would keep him in line. Well, the modern presidency has expanded its powers so much, says Marc Fisher, that he actually could do most of them. [Read More...]
