Articles Archive for September 2008
opinion, science »
Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet?
Click this link (link) to find out.
ethics, opinion »
You’ve read about my interest in Ancient History, specifically that of the Mediterranean. I’ve also commented on the parallels between us and the Roman Empire. While I still have plenty to say on that subject, this article raises the more appropriate, telling, and embarrassing question: Are we France?
TIME – How we became the United States of France
religion »
The sermon today once again mentioned the notion of the Israelites
being “slaves” in Egypt. The more I look into the historical and
archaeological evidence, not to mention the logic thereabout, it just
doesn’t look true anymore. They look more like mercenaries or
contractors. Think “Blackwater,” circa 20th Century (BCE, that is…)
(EDIT: link to supporting documentation)
uncategorized »
It’s 7:54 AM on a Saturday. I’m in line for gasoline at a Mapco corner store, and I’ve been here for about an hour. I was lucky, I’m seventh in line. And the lines go out of sight in both directions.
Yesterday morning, as the news sources are reporting, a rumor got started that Nashville would run out of gas by the end of the day. As the local talk radio channels got hold of the story, the rumor became self-fulfilling. By seven o’clock, people had made runs on …
religion, science »
Quotes from the “Comments” section of London’s Evening Standard article on the Large Hadron Collider:
All I want to know is if the Big Bang really happened, how did all those protons get there in the first place? And what made them just happen to accelerate in such a fashion? I’m sure there wasn’t a fancy tube like they built just built in Europe. If you want to find out how the universe was created, go read the Word of God. End of story.
Perhaps all the black holes around the universe …




