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"And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship" (Luke 5:1-3).

God was manifest in the flesh and walked the shores of a lake in Israel. Nev...

Very Slow Driver...

A woman tells the story of her husband driving home, when he saw the flash of a traffic camera. He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit even though he knew that he was not speeding. Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. Now he began to think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower as he passed the area once more, but the traffic camera again flashed.

He tried a fourth...

The Amazing Filthy Fly

I hate flies. They are annoying, and so hard to hit unless you have a good fly-swat and a very fast hand. But as much as I hate the fly, I marvel at how incredibly well it is made, from its amazing compound eyes that can see the slightest movement, to its tiny brain that is connected to the eyes and tells the fly to move because it is in danger.

The common housefly is more complex than our most sophisticated air plane. It has a heart that pumps blood through its tiny veins, feet that have the...

I Hope this Lightens Your Day...

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More on the Law

There is something else in criminal law that is extremely important to understand. It is Ignorantia juris non excusat--from the Latin "ignorance of the law does not excuse." It's the legal principle which says that even though a person is unaware of a law, they are still liable for its violation. They are guilty even though they weren't aware of the law's demand.

If you drive through a country town at 70 MPH, ignorant of the fact that the law of the town says that 50 MPH is the maximum speed,...

Criminal Law

There is something in criminal law called mens rea. This is "An element of criminal responsibility, mens rea is Latin for 'guilty mind.' Must be established to prove criminal liability."[1:] In other words, if a man committed rape or murder, did he know at that time that what he did was wrong? If so, that establishes a case for his guilt.

Who of us doesn't have a "guilty mind" when it comes to lying, stealing, adultery, and murder? This was because "the work of the Law" is written upon our hear...

Welcome to This Week's Atheist Church.

Today's sermon continues to be from the Gospel of Luke:

"Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, You are Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came to him...

The Problem of Divine Law

A private Christian school in Dallas, Texas, refused to enroll a child into the school because the child's parents were lesbians. In a statement, authorities at the school said,

"We regret the disappointment the mother feels, but also do not understand why she would want to enroll her child in a school that would undercut her own personal values at home."

Surprisingly, the mother of the child agreed with the school. She said,

"I absolutely would not want her to partake in a school where they ...

Hawking Breaks Atheist Rules

According to professor Stephen Hawking, God didn't create the universe. Instead, nothing created everything. However, Hawking has violated the basic laws of science. In an extract of his latest book, The Grand Design, was published in Eureka magazine in The Times, the professor said:

"Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist."

It ...

Poor Willie

Let me tell you about Willie, a non-Christian friend
How his heckling of my preaching, came to an end
He said if God was real, he'd spit in His face
When Willie was angry, I would always give him space.

There were times I would think that he had no brain
Or at least I thought, he must be partly insane
He would look at the heavens and yell "God strike me dead!"
Because if God did exist, He would do what he said.

One day God graciously answered his prayer
And I have to tell you, that Willie's no longer ...