Bad news to the rest of you who are looking to Michigan to save you from the rampages of the Canadians: our stunningly beautiful Governess, Jenifer Granholm, was born in Canada. Alas! the enemy is within the gates. She is proof that you don't have to be ugly to be a lady Democrat, too. She hasn't a ...

The tiny bit that I know about Jewish interpretation of scripture undermines simple assumptions about how Judaism apprehends itself. For example, there is a distinction between oral and written interpretation that adds nuance to Judaic grasp of its scriptures. For example, the Hebrew Bible has ...

Yes, I am in the minority in the academic community in defending the use of "Jehovah." I came to the position after hearing a few budding seminarians attempt to preach sermons about "the word of Yahweh." I had to agree with the folks in the pews who found this new usage rather bizarre, however ...

While doing research on eunuchs and eunuchry, I found the most detailed and informative material in an encyclopedia of Islam at the library of a local college. I can't remember the precise name of the encyclopedia, but I think the one I have given will get you there if there is something like in a ...

Figuring out how to pronouce a word from Hebrew spelling is difficult. At least this is what my friend who studies Hebrew telle me. He notes that we probably do not have a clear idea how to pronouce biblcal Hebrew. In biblical Hebrew, we do not write most vowels or we write them ambiguously ...

Paolo wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:17 pm Then they wouldn't be Christians anymore, they'd be sensible, rational people.

That's more than a bit unfair. I know lots of Christians who are sensible, rational people. And many who are not, by the way, but that is true of the general population, so far as I can tell.

Hello, everyone! I have been off the net for a few days to get a little work done, but I'm back and ready to jump into this great discussion. First of all, thanks so much to Transgiril23ny for an outstanding effort at argument by "reductio ad absurdum." That means making your oppponent's argument ...

According to NPR. the same is true of the French Quarter. Almost no or at least only negligible damage sustained to the heart of old New Orleans. Now one would think that if God were punishing New Orleans for her sins, He would have targeted His wrath on Bourbon Street!

Well, according to Milton Cross's notes on Wagner's opera "Parsifal", the only wounded king in the picture is Amfortas, king of the knights of the Holy Grail, who was wounded in the side by the sorcerer Klingsor, using Amfortas' own spear or lance. Parsifal is himself the son of Gamuret, a warrior ...

Actually there were many Christians in New Orleans and its surrounding communities. Many are thankful that though they had to leave everything else behind they could at least carry their Bibles out with them when they fled, and yes, they are finding nourishment in them, not for the body, but for the ...