Monthly Archives: May 2008

Practicing without a License

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Not medicine, dear friends, Christianity. Lest we forget, allow me to remind you of the words of St. Thomas Helwys: The King is a mortal man and not God, therefore hath no power over the mortal soul of his subjects … Continue reading →

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Another Piece on Language

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

The Freakonomics blog has asked a number of language geeks about what globalization will do to language. Bottom line: English will (probably) remain dominant, but native speakers may get passed by and grammar will be the big loser. Many local … Continue reading →

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Calvinist Cage Match

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Weekend Fisher (a Lutheran) has graciously but honestly described how a certain brand of Calvinist looks to those outside their circle. I concur with her assessment: there are elements of Calvinist theology that tend to attract militants in the first … Continue reading →

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Another Eclectic Christian

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

This one, Mike Bell from Ontario, even uses the term. I’ve had some person correspondence with Mike and have lurked at his previous blog for a while. Now that he’s entered the wonderful world of WordPress, it’s probably time to … Continue reading →

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Language Goodies

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Two dispatches before the Memorial Day festivities begin: (1) V. R. Narayanaswami on sacred languages. (2) I’ve recently stumbled upon Dnghu.org. It’s an organization dedicated to — I’m not making this up — restoring a modernized form of Proto-Indo-European as … Continue reading →

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What Do They Know that I Don't?

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

I find it interesting that most of the spam that comes into my personal email address is from people who think I need a better job, while most of the spam that comes into my work email address is from … Continue reading →

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A Revised Tentative Philistine Timeline

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

I’ve just finished Frederik Woudhuizen’s The Ethnicity of the Sea Peoples, in which he lays out the case, among other things, that most if not all of the “Sea Peoples” mentioned in Egyptian records of the 19th and 20th dynasties, … Continue reading →

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Now We Can Exhale

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

In January we got a letter indicating that Rebecca has been rezoned from from a pretty good school to one of the worst in the state of Georgia. We’re talking about a school teaching a half-grade level beneath what Rebecca … Continue reading →

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It's Fusion-Man!

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Iron Man may be slightly more realistic than I would have assumed: Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing. Share this: Digg this postRecommend on FacebookTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this postTell a friend

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Okay, I'm Confused

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Darrell Pursiful

Scientists have determined the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy is a mere 140 years old, being born in the fiery explosion around 1868 of a star located “near the center of the galaxy.” But the distance from … Continue reading →

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