extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

I read in an article recently that referenced Carl Sagan and his saying that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". I think many people would consider Jesus' miracles to be in that category. They were extraordinary (walking on water, healing blind people, multipling bread, etc.). And so people say that they need really good evidence to believe them.

What struck me just now is that Jesus actually used his miracles as the "extraordinary evidence". That is to say that Jesus had some extraordinary claims and one of the ways he backed those claims up was through his miracles, the greatest being the resurrection. (If you are who you say you are, show us a miracle. - pharisees. No miracle will be given except that of the prophet Jonah. - Jesus)

Since we are removed from the actual physical evidence today (back then, people could point to Lazarus for instance), we are left with first trying to prove the miracles, and then from there showing that Jesus' words were true. Interesting.

invade Canada

America's Secret Plan to Invade Canada

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recipes

If I had more time, I'd cook more.

http://www.recipesource.com/

Professional JMS Programming

I work on an application that we call JMS, so when I saw this at Book-A-Million last night, I couldn't help but take a look. I wanted to take a picture with my cell phone, but it had lost power and was at home recharging. I knew I'd forget if I didn't do something to remind myself. I also take notes with my phone (a Razr) by e-mailing them to myself. That was out also. So I did the next best thing and put my wallet in my right pocket instead of the left. When I got home I remembered immediately when I put the truck keys in my pocket. Strange, but it works.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1861004931/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-6970272-5978367#reader-link

saxifrage

I will have to add this to my list of favorite words. I read it in a fantasy book recently (The Subtle Knife). Interesting book also. My other favorite word would be aguacate. That's Spanish though. Means avocado. Nice to say, nice to eat. What more could you want?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=saxifrage

Want to talk to a human instead of a machine?

I find it annoying to have to wade through a phone menu system, or worse, have to talk to a machine when I call some company. Even more annoying is when you type information in and then when you finally get someone, they ask you for it again. This link shows phone numbers and how to get to a real person quickly.

http://www.gethuman.com/us/

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lasik really cheap!!! buy now!

http://www.lasikathome.com/

just be careful not to send them the wrong measurements. ha ha.

That's weird: more elephant news

more elephant news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/240527.stm

Elephants, villagers, and beer is a bad combination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2583891.stm

Ancient dentistry

I've heard that modern dentistry is not completely new (nothing new under the sun, I guess). Here's an article about some of what they used to do about 9000 years ago.

Prehistoric Dentistry

Jesus on ice?

A scientist suggests that Jesus may have walked on ice. It could have fooled distant observers.

Jesus walks on ice?

Nice, but I don't think it would have fooled Peter who would have had to either step directly onto the ice or have Jesus move the ice around with his foot. The gospel account sounds like Jesus was pretty far from the boat, thus making it difficult for the ice to be in the right place. Either that or the boat was surrounded by ice, in which case the disciples would have noticed and the boat would have had trouble moving. Doesn't sound to me like ice would work with the disciples.

Sudoku

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