Unfortunately for Mary, misrepresentations where first popularized by the Church itself and those representations have become the source for the popular culture portrayals.
via Ramon Stoppelenburg @ Hereigoagainonmyown.com Date a boy who treasures experience over toys, a hand-woven bracelet over a Rolex. Date the boy who scoffs when he hears the words, “vacation”, “all-inclusive”, or “resort”. Date a boy who travels because he’s not blinded by a single goal but enlivened by…
via Adi Zarsadias @-> Lovethesearch.com She’s the one with the messy unkempt hair colored by the sun. Her skin is now far from fair like it once was. Not even sun kissed. It’s burnt with multiple tan lines, wounds and bites here and there. But for every flaw on her…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization which seems to masquerade as a force for public good. Effectively, it functions as a front for large corporate interests, composed of corporations, think tanks and members of state government. Its contributions accrue great benefits for the rich.…
As we grow older, I think we slowly lose the connection between the body and mind. Our playful spirit is replaced by a fearful one, and we begin taking life too seriously, always wanting some Thing to do, tirelessly planning and preparing for the next Thing to do, and…
The human brain contains around 86 billion neurons, and 86 trillion connections between these neurons. That is more connections than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy, or galaxies in the known universe. The human brain is one of the most complex and wondrous things we know of,…
A Senate bill sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez, NJ, would impose tougher sanctions on Iran, despite dire warnings from the White House, Iranian leaders, ten Democratic committee chairs and a host of liberal groups. It would sink a delicate nuclear agreement already in place, an agreement that prompted Tehran…
"Tangerine Bolen: She fought for your civil rights. Now let us help her get back on her feet." - Debora Edholm Tangerine Bolen is the founder and director of RevolutionTruth, a global community and organization dedicated to defending whistleblowers and legitimate democracies. Committed to using the rule of law…
The lane closures on the George Washington Bridge during four days last September, including the first day of school and the anniversary of 9/11, had significance well beyond Chris Christie and New Jersey politics. Hanging over our heads, is an attitude, an operative mode that favors individual or corporate…
Iboga (Tabernanthe iboga) has a long history of use as a medicine and spiritual sacrament in central Africa. The legend goes that the forest people first discovered it, through the observations of animals such as boar, porcupines and gorillas consuming the root. Iboga is used by the Bwiti in…