Clyde Lewis asked an interesting and thought provoking question on his radio program, Ground Zero, last night.
By now you may have heard about the nun who gave birth. She was rushed to the hospital with stomach pains, and a bit later was giving birth to a boy that she named Francis.. The nun, who has not been named in any media, plans on keeping the child. All involved with the story seem shocked that she had a child..
Named Francis.
While many have laughed and scoffed at the notion that a woman would not know she was pregnant, consider this, as Clyde Lewis spoke about last night: In recent years, there have been at least 45 self-reported sexless pregnancies. The HUFFINGTON POST, however, does mention that there are pitfalls in ‘self reported’ information.. Can these virgin birth reports truly be trusted when people, themselves, are claiming them?
While the reports may indicate shame or the result of an ultra religious background, it highlights the possibilities of Parthenogenesis—a medical term for asexual reproduction. There have been no valid claims of human beings experiencing asexual reproduction, as a matter of fact, a study proved a South Korean woman claiming it to have been a fraud in 2007.
But what Clyde Lewis was trying to illustrate, more than anything, is the fierce backlash that this nun has experienced online in comparison to Jesus Christ. After all, religious people have been the first to line up and call the nun a whore, slut, and any other derogatory term to describe women who aren’t chaste. But at the same time, those Christians would line up at Sunday mass each week and worship the notion that Mary had a virgin birth that led the world have a savior, Jesus Christ.
Maybe Mary was the true first and last human who experienced parthenogenesis? Or maybe something was lost in translation and ‘virgin’ was really maiden. Christian Doctrine even says that Mary was the perpetual virgin, remaining one even after having Jesus (and probably other children, too) .. The feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary is not about Jesus, but about Mary’s own mother. Christian belief holds the notion that Mary’s mother’s womb was clean of original sin, thus allowing Mary to be born a perpetual virgin and never having to have ‘relations with a man’ to conceive. While there may be other religions besides Catholicism that hold some sort of belief on Mary, the main title given to her is Virgin. It relates to long held beliefs that sex was unclean and that women should not enjoy it..
Fast forward to now.. a nun claiming a virgin birth—perhaps a miracle—and naming the child Francis after the Pope. How strange.. how weird. How miraculous?
The first thing I thought of when I heard the story of the nun was the movie with Demi Moore the SEVENTH SIGN. It didn’t take long for me to also recall that a famed horror movie icon, Freddy Krueger, was born from a nun.. In the story of Fred, Amanda Krueger, his mom, devoted her to life to God as a nun.. Also Robert Englund played Freddy in NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5, which was named the Dream Child.
We celebrate miracles from bible times. We still hold up traditions from 2000 years ago. We worship Jesus without hard evidence, but ignore Horus. And many still have a concept that Mary did not have sex to get impregnated. But we condemn a nun who claims the same…
I have a Christian friend who literally believes the Bible—yes, she even believes that the earth is 6,000 or so years old and that dinosaurs never lived after the great Noah flood. I asked her about Mary’s virginity.. I told her my theory, that the only way in my head a virgin birth made sense, was if an alien impregnated Mary with artificial sperm. And that Jesus was an alien. I even spiced it up and said that the great flood happened on Mars and Noah flew a space ship to earth. She paused at that one. And then scoffed.
It comes down to faith. I have faith. I believe God is a combination of math, electricity, and energy.
As far as a virgin birth? I believe anything can be possible but perhaps not probable.
But condemning a nun for claiming it but worshiping a woman from ages ago for being credited with it? That part is where I find people to get a little.. well.. hypocritical.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
A boy named Francis
Wheelchair stolen from in front of veteran's Coal Township home
Ahh for Christ’s sake, whoever, give it back.. jackasses
Wheelchair stolen from in front of veteran's Coal Township home
Life in the fast lane..
There are times when God makes himself quite evident. This morning, as the sun began shining over the mountain near my home base, I flipped on the TEE VEE only to discover that Justin Bieber was arrested for drag racing—and he failed a DUI test.
NBC NEWS 6 in South Florida has some information on their channel.. He was in a rented Lamborghini when it all went down. Accroding to reports, the Beebs was spotted in different places around Miami in the past few days..
But as things go, and as fate evolves, life grows darker for the manchild. He now finds himself in custody..
Will he still keep up the act? Will he have that deranged tough boy accent? Will he walk hunched over like an ape? Will he laugh, and smile, and wink at the camera as his mug shot is snapped? Or will he became Justin Bieber minus the fame and fortune? Will he snap into the reality that once was pre-stardom? Will he just be Justin?
I think too much programming and self induced mind control has occurred him ever to just be a kid named Justin again. He’s Bieber. With a fever.
In jail.
Report: Animal Planet’s ‘Call of the Wildman’ show mistreated animals it was rescuing
NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Is nothing scared!?
Even the Wildman!?
Is nothing real. Besides Truman..?
Report: Animal Planet’s ‘Call of the Wildman’ show mistreated animals it was rescuing
Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged
It’s going to get miserably cold again. This time it will be colder for a longer period of time.
I already heard the reports that propane gas is going up about $200 a fill.. I burn coal.. haven’t heard about that yet. Nonetheless, when it’s 100 in July we’ll laugh about -5. Maybe.
Deep Freeze in Midwest, Northeast to Be Prolonged
A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail
CNBC: Get ready for the next era in retail, one that will be characterized by far fewer shops and smaller store footprints.
There are three or four malls within a 40 mile square radius of Coal Speaker home base that are practically empty.. Malls try their best to hide empty stores with decoration and advertisements, but there are barren spots. Too many..
I recall those wonderful days of fall, back in the 1980s and 90s when malls were busy.. Internet came and shut it all down.
I know I actively take part in the current day Internet fad. But I will miss stores. I will miss malls. I will miss places like that.
We all will.
It would seem the economy is about to get a big hit this year.. if CNBC is right, a lot of places you shop at (or don’t?) are about to close doors. JC Pennys was first. Who’s next?
A 'tsunami' of store closings expected to hit retail
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but a heavily aged Naked Cowboy is still going strong in New York City.. Read more here.
And reading the weather report, the Naked Cowboy will have plenty more chances for his nipples to cut glass. Lots of cold coming and snowstorms likely over the next two weeks, too..
I have to throw in some comments here about that sports article. What sort of god sits around watching sports while people starve? Or freeze? Or die from diseases? How could anyone rationalize praying to a god that values sports over lives? It's ridiculous. And half of sports fans pray to/ believe this sort of god plays a role? It's articles like this that remind me how proud I am to think for myself & live without religion because if there was a god like that I want nothing to do with it.
AMEN!
No pun of any sorts intended
Google Glass has a new and creepy porn app: It allows you to watch yourself have sex with your partner.. it's the ultimate in sexual narcissism and a definite sign the end is nigh
Of course, someone may correctly point out that Shaggin Wagons and carpeted bedrooms of yesteryear were equipped with mirrors, the old fashioned way of Google Glassing it. These days it’s all techno, baby.
But you’re so vain, you probably thought the sex was about you.
So … how long before Google Glass gets banned—or used—in your bedroom?
Google Glass has a new and creepy porn app: It allows you to watch yourself have sex with your partner.. it's the ultimate in sexual narcissism and a definite sign the end is nigh
Half of American fans say 'supernatural' forces are in play during sports events
………because God cares if someone scores a touchdown.
Half of American fans say 'supernatural' forces are in play during sports events
Mystery solved: Why clocks seem to stop ticking the second you look at them
It turns out that the perception of time passing is as much in our heads as it is a part of reality.
Cool story.
Do people still have analog clocks…??
MASSIVE CHAOS IN KIEV AS PROTESTERS TAKE ON THE POLICE
There’s lot of chaos happening in Kiev.. RT is there with photos and a full report.
What you need to know about this story: There have been three days of fighting between protesters and police.. There seems to be more black smoke billowing over the capitol city of the Ukraine today .. There are also reports that several protesters have now died during the violent clashes.
The New York TIMES provides a bit of background on why all of this suddenly began:
The Ukrainian crisis escalated sharply last week after President Viktor F. Yanukovich signed new laws restricting public assembly and limiting media freedoms. That revived a protest movement that had been fading, as its political leaders were focusing their efforts instead on elections scheduled for next year.
As though Vlad the Impaler Putin doesn’t have enough to worry about with the Sochi games, he’s getting involved with the crisis in Kiev, chiding the European Union for ‘meddling’ in the affairs of the Ukraine. Reuters reports this:
(Reuters) - Russia told European governments on Tuesday to stop meddling in Ukraine’s political crisis and said events could be spinning out of control in Kiev after violence that left vehicles burning in the streets.
Moscow, which sees its fellow former Soviet republic as part of its traditional sphere of influence, has watched nervously as protests against President Viktor Yanukovich’s decision to shun a trade pact with the European Union have turned violent.
Scores of police and demonstrators have been hurt since Yanukovich, who received a multi-billion-dollar bailout package from Moscow after he spurned the EU deal, angered opponents by signing sweeping laws to curb public protests.
RT has a regularly updated minute by minute blog of the happenings..
The government has called the protesters terrorists. The protesters have said they are the ‘people’s council.’ It is beginning to sound and look a lot like THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in Kiev. But there’s no Batman to stop these scenes..
MASSIVE CHAOS IN KIEV AS PROTESTERS TAKE ON THE POLICE
The NY Times’ Most Visited Post of 2013 Was Created by an Intern
Take that lamestream snoozies.. You got just got smacked down by someone who you probably didn’t even pay …
The NY Times’ Most Visited Post of 2013 Was Created by an Intern
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
This story made me a little sad: The "Poe Toaster" is gone and most likely gone for good
Nevermore, I guess.
The Edgar Allan Poe toaster has been absent (not absinthe) for a few years.. The tradition is now almost officially being declared dead. And that’s pretty sad..
There seems to be lots of amazing things from the 20th century quickly vanishing here in this new era. And concerning Poe and other famed literary stars, it would appear that appreciation of good writing, storytelling, and literature, is also dying away too..
This story made me a little sad: The "Poe Toaster" is gone and most likely gone for good
THE RETURN OF ROB FORD
Guess who’s back!? Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who was caught on video in a fast food restaurant ranting and being plain out offensive.
Throughout much of the minute-long video, titled “New Video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Drunk, Swearing in Jamaican Patois,” Ford attempts to use Jamaican slang, using the word “bumbaclot” — profanity in patois — at least four times.
The mayor admitted he was drinking alcohol. “A little bit, yeah,” he told reporters. He had pledged numerous times he does not drink anymore, after revelations in 2013 of his crack use while in office.
Good to have you back, Mr. Mayor.
