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  1. Dale

    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Many creationists firmly believe that the earth cannot be more 6,000 years old. I am not going to discuss the age of the universe but I will discuss the development of civilization on earth. When was fire domesticated? “ Here we present evidence of fire-making on a 400,000-year-old buried...
  2. Dale

    Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

    Those who say that open carry of guns causes no problems should consider something that happened in Jacksonville, FL, last December. Deputies pulled a man over and ordered him out of the car. He had a gun in a holster. The Deputies decided that was legal. (I’m not so sure.) Still, they did not...
  3. Dale

    Friday Night in Mississippi: Three Shootings

    On a Friday in October, there were shootings in three towns, in three different counties, in rural Mississippi. This was Friday, October 11, and some of the shootings happened after midnight, on Saturday, October 12. The final tally is nine dead from gunfire, not counting a fetus, over two dozen...
  4. Dale

    Is President Trump Corrupt? Three Stories.

    Is President Trump Corrupt? Take a look at these three stories. Trump says Qatari jet could be ready for use as Air Force One in 6 months. Experts are deeply skeptical https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/politics/qatar-jet-trump-air-force Then, following that incredible story, an even more...
  5. Dale

    Republican Congressman Under Protection Order in Florida

    An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Corey Mills filed for a protection order, saying that he threatened her. He threatened to share nude photos and videos of her, and also to do violence to any future boyfriends. An order has been granted. Among other things, Mills is forbidden to go within 500 feet of the...
  6. Dale

    Background Check Likely Prevented Massacre in Dearborn, MI

    Hasan Chokr threatened children and their parents at a daycare center at a Jewish synagogue in Dearborn Michagan. This happened in 2022. After threatening people at the synagogue and spewing antisemitic slurs, he went to a gun shop and handled several weapons. He decided to buy a rifle, a...
  7. Dale

    What Would Jesus Say About Vaccines?

    Some criticize vaccines, or reject them entirely, then tell us that God is on their side. I don’t think so. Jesus heals a leper and says, “Show yourself to the priest.” (Luke 5:12-14) The Jewish priesthood at the time functioned as the health department, among other things. Jesus did not say...
  8. Dale

    Police Remove Ads for Stolen Guns from Snapchat

    A thief apparently posted ads on Snapchat Marketplace for guns he stole in as little as two hours after stealing them. Apparently residents reported guns stolen and Sheriff’s Deputies looked for them online, found them, and arrested the culprit. The stolen guns include several handguns, a...
  9. Dale

    The US Senate Report on the Mass Shooting at Ft. Hood

    Recently, there was a mass shooting at Ft. Stewart, in south Georgia, which injured five soldiers. This happened on the morning of August 6. Mass shootings on military bases are thankfully rare. It calls to mind the massacre at Ft. Hood by Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, on November 5, 2009...
  10. Dale

    Thessalonians 4 Does Not Teach a Rapture Separate from the Second Coming

    In my lifetime, Protestant Christianity has been invaded by a bizarre doctrine of “rapture,” the notion that Christians should expect a “rapture” instead of the Second Coming of Christ. When I was a teenager, no one doubted that the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins was about the Second...
  11. Dale

    The New Pope Isn’t Going to Solve Any Problems

    The American media is thrilled that the Roman Catholic Church now has an American Pope. They are following his every word to see what his policy will be. Of course, the media is far more interested in what the Pope says about international events and political figures than anything he says about...
  12. Dale

    Revelation Disproves Rapture

    I find belief in a “rapture,” separate from the Second Coming, baffling. No verse in the Bible says anything about God removing His people from a world where political events are still taking place. Where would we expect to find evidence of a “rapture”? The Book of Revelation is the most...
  13. Dale

    The Deaconess Phoebe

    Paul commends Phoebe in Romans 16:1-2. Romans 16 is the last chapter of Romans and it is devoted to a series of greetings. I am not sure when Phoebe was first called a Deaconess, but the phrase “Deaconess Phoebe” seems to be familiar to most Christians. If anyone thinks that a “Deaconess” is...
  14. Dale

    If Women Can’t Speak, They Can’t Sing Either

    I Corinthians 14:34, or 14:33-35, in context, is often taken to mean that women cannot preach because they must remain silent in church. I have argued in the past that this is a hasty conclusion, as can be seen by looking at the context. Here is something else. The Greek word translated as...
  15. Dale

    What Jesus Said About Adam and Eve

    I hear Christians talking about Adam and Eve. What did Jesus say about Adam and Eve? “Adam” is not mentioned in the Gospels. “Eve” is not mentioned in the Gospels. The “Garden of Eden” is not mentioned in the Gospels. Doesn’t this suggest that the Adam and Eve story is less important than many...
  16. Dale

    Trump vs. Ukraine, or Trump vs. Zelensky

    President Trump recently told Ukraine’s President Zelensky that he “didn’t have the cards.” Three years into all-out war with Russia, things are a mess. Zelensky was told to give up, and he rightly responded, “We’re not playing cards.” By the same logic, Donald Trump would have told George...
  17. Dale

    Impoundment of Funds

    The Trump Administration is impounding funds voted by Congress, to the point of shutting down entire agencies without Congressional approval. Is there any precedent for this? For much of American history, Presidents occasionally choose not to spend available funds. Then Richard Nixon started...
  18. Dale

    Donald Trump and the Panama Canal

    President Trump says that we need to take back the Panama Canal for military reasons. The Panama Canal was completed in 1914. Troops were sent overseas using ships, while today troops are often sent on planes. The military’s C-17 Globemaster III can carry 102 troops at a time. The Globemaster...
  19. Dale

    Did Paul contradict Judges Four?

    1Ti. 2:11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 1Ti. 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 1Ti. 2:13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 1Ti. 2:14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and...
  20. Dale

    A Sitting President Can’t be Prosecuted???

    Recently we have been told that the President can’t be prosecuted for a crime. This is new to me. All my life we were told that the President had to obey the laws the same as everyone else. Let’s try a thought experiment. The Vice-President shoots the President, who dies on the scene. So the...
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