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JANUARY 2005
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Gingrich Speech at Catholic University Opposed
Some students contend that his appearance would violate the school's policy barring speakers who have espoused positions contrary to Vatican teachings.
So much for a university being a place for the free and open exchange of ideas. Also, with a rule like this, how can they ever expect to get any Jesuits to speak?
-HS
"...because of superstition, people believed demons" (gargoyles) "frozen in stone served notice for other evil spirits to stay away or risk the same fate."
The idea that gargoyles were created on the outside of cathedrals to frighten away evil demons is commonly accepted. I contend that this makes little or no sense. If the Medieval Church wanted to use imagery to frighten away evil spirits, they would have used an icon such as St. Michael, the angel who defeated Lucifer and his rebel angels and helped facilitate their banishment to Hell. St. Michael is often called upon in an exorcism ritual because of this fact. I posit that the reason for the existence of the gargoyles had more to do with the theology of the Catholic Church that 'outside the Church there is no salvation.' Gargoyles in most every case, were on the outside of the church, symbolizing that those outside the Church were damned. Because most of the population in the Middle Ages was illiterate, images such as gargoyles conveyed to the masses the Church's theology.
-HS
Ghosts are troubling staff at a former Victorian lunatic asylum
Cosimo Books, Charles Fort And More
What Christians Need to Know about Hinduism
No devil in those details, Russian church head says of new ID cards
Here are some interesting articles on the swastika, written as a result of the Prince Harry incident. Some of you may recall the line from the 80s song by David Bowie, 'China Girl,' in which he sang: "Visions of swastikas in my head...."
Articles on Allison DuBois, on which the NBC show 'Medium' is based:
"It wields huge influence in the Vatican yet is condemned as a sinister and ruthless Catholic sect."
Jews Explore the Kabbalah That Has Caught the Fancy of Madonna, Demi Moore, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton
You would never guess, scanning the lists of books recommended by literary types, that the book of 2004 was clearly The Da Vinci Code, written by a former teacher who gets his ideas by hanging upside down from gravity boots.
Much like the movie "National Treasure," which the public loves and the critics don't (this critic being an exception).
-HS
Hitler wanted Pope Pius kidnapped-Catholic paper
India may be the first country to explain to the world about extra-terrestrial and UFO contacts – the secret debate is on
A team of archaeologists has helped unlock 2000-year-old secrets of an ancient tower
"Aleister, get out of bed now!"
Da Vinci Code readers visits beginning to damage Rosslyn Chapel
Tourists to Jackson, New Jersey might someday be able to go back in time by taking a trip to MythFaire, a medieval-themed amusement park
"Exploring the New World a thousand years ago, a Viking woman gave birth to what is likely the first European-American baby. The discovery of the house the family built upon their return to Iceland has scholars rethinking the Norse sagas."
While Some Religions Exalt Alcohol, Others Eschew It
"In the sixth century, St. Bridget of Ireland wrote a poem describing heaven as a lake of beer. The Holy Family resided on its shore, able to lap the frothy drink through all eternity."
An ivory pomegranate long touted by scholars as the only relic from Solomon's Temple is a forgery
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