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  1. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    Doc Morris is a Dutch mail order pharmacy Weihnachten is Christmas Eve or Christmas in general Weihnachtensfilm is a Christmas Eve film Herzensangelegenheit refers to soft luxurious material like silk or cashmere, apparently an advertisement for some company
  2. Miken

    What do you look like?

    Normally I look like this really old guy I would really not want to remember I look like. After shoveling a bunch of cold white stuff because the guy I pay to plow the long horseshoe driveway still has not shown up, I look like a really cold and wet really pissed off really old guy. Definitely...
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    Something I read earlier today that I don't know where to put

    Is that the cast of The Nightmare Before Christmas 2 ?
  4. Miken

    Keep the sabbath holy

    The sign of the cross existed at least since the 3rd century, as seen in the story of Hieromartyr Cyprian and Virgin Martyr Justina. This was well before the idea of the Trinity as a triune God with all persons equally God was developed in the early 5th century. Consequently, it was not a sign...
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    Keep the sabbath holy

    Theodosius was not repairing any schism. He declared Nicene Christianity as the official state religion of Rome and anyone declaring a different flavor of Christianity to be the right one was in trouble. What exactly this Nicene Christianity consisted of was not decided until the following year...
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    What music are you listening to?

    Religious music, eh?
  7. Miken

    Keep the sabbath holy

    It was not the Trinity that Arianism opposed. The Trinity concept was not well defined at the time and gets only short shrift in the Nicene Creed of 325, which includes in the list of beliefs 'And in the Holy Spirit'. The Constantinople Creed of 381 is considerably more detailed relative to the...
  8. Miken

    Do You Believe?

    The ‘love your enemies’ quote and related thoughts are found in the Gospel of Matthew. In that Gospel, Matthew stresses the need for righteous action as the essential feature of righteousness. In Matthew, when Jesus is asked how one is to act, he replies not to murder, not to steal, not to lie...
  9. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    Amira Willighagen at the age of 10. When was the last time you heard a 10 year old coloratura soprano of this caliber? O Mio Babbino Caro is a popular 'show off' piece. Rarely is the entire aria done outside of the opera as it is here because it is that demanding and separates the real singers...
  10. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    I first came to know the music of Charley Pride, who passed recently, during a government sponsored visit to Texas back in the sixties. An Afro-American country singer was a rarity but he helped show some of those ‘rednecks’ that someone who was ‘colored’ could still be a good old boy man...
  11. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    Does that mean Papa Cat, Mama Cat and Baby Cat. Do they even like porridge?
  12. Miken

    What music are you listening to?

    It is never too late for Tapestry. This album stayed on the Billboard charts for six consecutive years, which I think is still the record for a debut album.
  13. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    40 years ago on December 8 at the age of 40, John Lennon was murdered on the streets of New York City.
  14. Miken

    Something I read earlier today that I don't know where to put

    Number 6 looks skeptical. What, no gravy?
  15. Miken

    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

    Put this one on fullscreen This is Lea's boyfriend/interpreter, a magician in his own right
  16. Miken

    Jesus vs the Church

    …continued “Jesus says: You sell what you have and give it to the poor too! (Luke 12:33) The churches say: I'll have to talk to my pastor about those verses. I didn't know that they existed.” Jesus was originally talking to a crowd. Then he was talking to his disciples. This is the little...
  17. Miken

    Jokes, jokes, and more jokes ...

    Wasn't Farout Man a sixties superhero?
  18. Miken

    Film: Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement, and the Swami Who Started It All

    Interesting and nicely presented.
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    What Are You Watching on Youtube?

  20. Miken

    Jesus vs the Church

    …continued Jesus says: Take no thought for food or clothes. (Matthew 6:25) The churches say: It's irresponsible not to make plans for your future. This is an interesting passage. That it is meant for everyone is clear. After all, this is the Sermon on the Mount. The theme is to not be...
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