When religious traditions and legends are started and repeated through the years, it’s common for us to just accept them as true unless we are determined to read the Bible for ourselves. Those of us who would rather have the truth over tradition often find it necessary to examine what we’ve been taught compared to [...]
All posts for the month February, 2012
things you’ve been told are in the Bible that really aren’t
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 22, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/things-youve-been-told-are-in-the-bible-that-really-arent/
Turkmenistan frees pastor, other religious prisoners
Pastor Ilmurad Nuriev of Turkmenistan was freed along with 229 other religious prisoners who were arrested and imprisoned in a labor camp. Nuriev, pastor of Light to the World Protestant Church in the Mary region of Turkmenistan, was arrested in August 2010 and found guilty in October 2010 of trumped up charges of swindling, then [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 20, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/turkmenistan-frees-pastor-other-religious-prisoners/
Superbugs tell difference between evolution & natural selection
Did you know there is a stark difference between natural selection and evolution? I didn’t until recently when the differences were explained to me. Previously I thought the two terms were synonymous. Basically, evolution is the theory that a life form can naturally take completely new external information into its genes that tells it how [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 16, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/superbugs-tell-difference-between-evolution-natural-selection/
Manuscript evidence: the New Testament’s firm reliability
In determining the reliability of ancient writings, whether secular or religious (like the New Testament), scholars have devised standards to judge them. Those standards are the following: Bibliographic Evidence –Was the document composed close to the time of the event(s) it describes? –How many copies of the document are available to make a comparison? Internal [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 13, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/manuscript-evidence-the-new-testaments-firm-reliability/
NY Times, legal elites dump on the U.S. Constitution
According to a New York Times article released on January 6, 2012, the U.S. Constitution is losing its appeal on the international stage. Citing a study done by professors of law at St. Louis’ Washington University and the University of Virginia, democratic constitutions in other nations that used the U.S. Constitution as their foundation made [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 7, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/ny-times-legal-elites-dump-on-the-u-s-constitution/
Biometric identity management pushed by EU official
Last week the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an identity management conference in Washington, DC. Among the distinguished guests was Frank Paul, who manages IT systems and biometrics within the EU. He criticized U.S. passports for having only digitized information instead of biometric information. Paul is of the opinion that identity management systems [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 6, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/biometric-identity-management-pushed-by-eu-official/
Washington state senator twists Bible to support gay marriage
Washington State Senator Mary Margaret Haugen recently voted in favor of Washington’s bill to legalize same sex marriage. She then proudly proclaimed on her blog why she as a “Christian” found it necessary to support it. Those in favor of gay marriage are now using her as an example of why Christians should “set aside [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 5, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/washington-state-senator-twists-bible-to-support-gay-marriage/
Why it pays for us to get over ourselves
It is a staunchly engraved part of our human nature to be preoccupied with our own needs and wants. All too often our preoccupation with our own ideas can inadvertently lead us to fulfill popular cliches like “he shot himself in the foot,” or “she cut off her nose to spite her face.” When, in [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 2, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/why-it-pays-for-us-to-get-over-ourselves/
The healing power of honey on infections
Honey has long been used in home remedies to combat colds and has been known for its antimicrobial abilities. The Bible tells how King Saul’s son Jonathan was feeling weak in the midst of battle so he ate some honeycomb and it gave him strength [1 Samuel 14]. Proverbs 16:24 also said honeycomb provides “health [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 1, 2012
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-healing-power-of-honey-on-infections/
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