Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni COGwriter Israelis do not believe that whoever wins their next election will make much of a difference in bringing peace to the region: March 11, 2015 There is less than a week to go before the leading parties – Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni’s Zionist Union […]
Month: March 2015
Do you have an immortal soul? What did early Christians teach?
COGwriter Do you have an immortal soul? Did those who professed Christ in the period shortly after the Bible was completed teach that humans possessed immortality? Or did they teach that this was something that God would later give? How did they understand passages in the Bible, such as the following, that the Apostle Paul […]
VOA: ‘Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe Prompts Exodus’
Anti-Semitic graffiti in Europe COGwriter Voice of America reported the following: March 9, 2015 Among those attending the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington last week was Roger Cukierman, president of an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in France. Anti-Semitic violence there has gotten global attention since the January […]
Wikimedia suing NSA for its ‘upstream’ surveillance
COGwriter The Wikimedia Foundation (the group behind Wikipedia) has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency, partially in response to reports of espionage by the USA leaked by Edward Snowden: March 10, 2015 The Wikmedia Foundation said it was taking action against the NSA’s so-called “upstream” surveillance work which targets communication with people not […]
Hungary to implement Sunday law
COGwriter A reader sent me the following: March 9, 2015 Hungarians have taken advantage of the last opportunity to shop on Sundays before new regulations kick in greatly limiting opening hours for most stores.Starting March 15, stores can only open between 6am and 10pm and are banned from opening on Sundays.Exceptions include pharmacies, small shops […]
M&M’s Martin Weiss analysis about WWIII missed something
COGwriter A reader send me a link to the following claims by Martin Weiss of Money and Markets: March 9, 2015 World War III? How, Where and Why? So today, my mission is to accomplish three things: First I want to dispel the notion that a future World War III might culminate in a nuclear […]
EU Commission President Juncker calls for a European army in the face of the threat from Russia
Jean Claude Juncker COGwriter Several readers sent links about EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker’s call for a European army, because of threats from Russia. Not surprisingly, Russia is not happy with this nor does the UK agree with President Juncker: March 8, 2015 The European Union needs its own army to help address the […]
Theologians on Easter
COGwriter Many people are planning on observing Easter this year. Is it an original holiday of the Church? What was it supposed to be? What does the Catholic Church teach about it? The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: 1170 At the Council of Nicea in 325, all the Churches agreed that Easter, the Christian […]
Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State: So what is next?
Logo of Boko Haram (ArnoldPlaton) COGwriter The Islamic group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (otherwise known as ISIS): March 7, 2015 Two of the world’s best-known and brutal terror groups appear set to join forces following the release of a new audio recording. The audio message has yet to be authenticated […]
Planet Fitness needs moral fitness
Planet Fitness location in Michigan (Dwight Burdette) COGwriter The historical rights to gender privacy are being eroded. Notice the following: March 7, 2015 A Michigan woman’s Planet Fitness membership was revoked after she complained about a transgender person in the women’s locker room. Yvette Cormier, a 48, said she was walking into the Midland Planet […]