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Problem of Evil -- the Greek take
Just realized today that some people don't realize how ancient this debate is:
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
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History repeats itself
Nothing new under the sun:
The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn’t want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.
Cicero, 55 BCE
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It's a slashy Star Trek fic, posted by request
So, like, don't read if you don't want to hear a very detailed anatomical discussion of Bele and Lokai from "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield."
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Stop the Presses -- 11000 year old building -- Jewish year revised
Okay, just kidding about the last part . . . Betcha the young earth creationists will claim this structure in Syria is the "Tower of Babel" and that Potassium-Argon dating doesn't work. Keep dreaming . . .
Eleven millennia old building in Northern Syria
and again
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Why you should be reading Manhunter
Have you ever read a DC comics book or watched an episode of Justice League or Superfriends or Batman and wondered why DC can't seem to come up with decent female superhero characters ( Read more... ) -
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I tried cranberry ice cream today. It was better in theory than in practice.