COGwriter The USA and European Union announced a new censorship plan for the internet: May 31, 2016 U.S. Internet giants reached an agreement with the European Union Tuesday on ways to tackle instances of online hate speech within 24 hours.Some of the world’s biggest social media firms, Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, have committed to […]
Month: May 2016
Debt rises and is much more dangerous than most realize
COGwriter Overall, the USA continues on despite its dependency upon debt. For now, because other economies are looking weak, nations and investors have continued to support the USA and its dollar. But this is not because the USA looks so good, but that others, for now, look worse. Yet, this will change when Europe emerges […]
Mathematicians realize universe had to have a beginning
NASA Photo COGwriter Do any academics realize that the universe had to have a beginning? Well some mathematicians from Tufts University have challenged some anti-biblical models of the origin of the universe: Mathematics of Eternity Prove The Universe Must Have Had A Beginning Cosmologists use the mathematical properties of eternity to show that although universe […]
Might ancient traditions in India encourage people to follow the Beast?
Someone (perhaps the False Prophet) Bowing Before the Kalki COGwriter Will the 1.25 billion people in India support the Beast. What of the over 800 million Hindus (most of whom who live in India)? Might they accept the final Beast power who is aligned with the final Antichrist? Bible prophecy strongly suggests yes as the […]
War and Memorial Day
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier COGwriter Today, many in the USA observe ‘Memorial Day.’ It was originally known as ‘Decoration Day.’ It started after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century, Memorial Day was extended to honor all Americans who have […]
CT: Why are there atheists?
COGwriter At the Christianity Today website, an author (Shawn Graves) asked and provided some answers to the question, Why are there still atheists? A lot of ink has been spilled over whether God exists. Within this context, some theists like to point out that “God has made it plain” that he exists, that “God’s invisible […]
Monks’ shaven heads and the Bible
COGwriter Should the shaved appearance of some practicing Catholics cause concern? Is this a Christian practice or did it come from somewhere else? Wikipedia’s “Tonsure” article states: Tonsure is the traditional practice of Christian churches of cutting or shaving the hair from the scalp (while leaving some parts uncut) of clerics, monastics, and, in the […]
WWIII and the final time of the Gentiles
Depiction of Beasts of Daniel 7 COGwriter Is World War III close? Two years ago, some in Ukraine have suggested that Russia wanted to start it (see Kiev PM asserts ‘Russia…wants to start World War Three;’ Russia’s FM claims ‘West wants…to seize control of Ukraine’). Pope Francis also indicated that it has started (cited in […]
BibleNewsProphecy: European Unity to be like Hitler?
COGwriter The Continuing Church of God is pleased to announce this sermonette from its ContinuingCOG channel: 17:33 European Unity to be like Hitler? Boris Johnson, the former Mayor of London, stated that the European Union wanted to be what Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte tried to create. Duncan Smith agreed. But European Council President Donald […]
HWA: Where does the Bible start chronologically?
COGwriter Where does the Bible actually begin? In terms of time order, it would be John 1:1, and not Genesis 1:1 as many assume. Here is an explanation from the late Herbert W. Armstrong: If one should ask, where do you find the actual beginning of events in the Bible, most who possess even a […]