Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)

"Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world."
— Paramahansa Yogananda

Christopher Hitchens on 60 Minutes

Great Interview with a brilliant man:

I'm praying for you, sir.

Jesus Called...

Ouch.

Captain America: The First Avenger - Trailer 1 (OFFICIAL)

This gives me goose bumps.

JAWA

Jesus

Lovely

Praise the Lord!

Spring is Finally Here!

Blessed Vernal Equinox one and all!
Ostara (1884) by Johannes Gehrts

Bishop Carlton's response to Rob Bell and the Concept of Hell

Bishop Pearson hands Rob Bell a late pass:
Capon could hand them all late passes.

Dino D-Day Teaser Trailer

There's a whole lot of awesome in this little trailer:

The Wayseer Manifesto

I think this is outstanding:

Just Plain Silly

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Stay safe and have fun!

Anais Nin

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin

Tamtampamela -- Coming Clean

Here's her admission. I hope we see her again, and she can come up with something new now that her cover is blown. Again I can only wish her well. She fooled a LOT of people, and that shows talent.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Satanic Video Games

My favorite video so far from tamtampamela:

Looks like this dude who did a bit more real research than me is beginning to agree...she is a fake.

Update: Evidently she is now gone. Deleted her youtube account. However her other video (the Japan one) is now the property of some comedy site or some such. Looks like she got a contract.

I wish her luck. She pulled off a good humbug.

Lonely Girl's Prayers Kill Japanese To Help Wake Up World

I give you, Lonely Girl Meets the Church Lady:

Obviously, it's schtick. She has other videos which are better, but this one is the most timely.

Update: It says if you click on the video that LaughAloneTV owns the rights now. Looks like someone gave her a job.

Update 2: Kotaku has a good article on the story so far.

PS:

The point is she caused a stir because Christians DO act like that, and it sucks. Let that be a lesson to us.

This Made Me Smile

Winston Churchill Quote

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill

More Coffee With Jesus

Don't Mess With The Girl Scouts

I always make sure to buy at least a box of Tagalongs whenever they are offered.

Florence Nightingale

God must be accomplishing a design invariable and without the shadow of turning, the design to save every one of us everlastingly. –Florence Nightingale

Hannah Whitall Smith Quote

I began to feel that the salvation in which I had been rejoicing was, after all a very limited and a very selfish salvation, and, as such, unworthy of the Creator who had declared so emphatically that His "tender mercies are over all His works," and above all unworthy of the Lord Jesus Christ, who came into the world for the sole and single purpose of saving the world. I could not believe that His life and death for us could be meant to fall so far short of remedying the evil that He came on purpose to remedy, and I felt that it must be impossible that there could be any short-coming in the salvation He had provided. The Bible says, "As in Adam all die -- even so in Christ should all be made alive." As was the first, even so was the second. The "all" in one case could not in fairness mean less than the "all" in the other. I saw therefore that the remedy must necessarily be equal to the disease, the salvation must be as universal as the fall.—Hannah Whitall Smith

Sri Chinmoy Quote

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.
Sri Chinmoy

Almost Forgot...

It's Ash Wednesday!

A Hope For the Day From Edward Abbey

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
Edward Abbey (1927-1989)

Olympia Brown

"The grandest thing has been the lifting up of the gates and the opening of the doors to the women of America, giving liberty to twenty-seven million women, thus opening to them a new and larger life and a higher ideal."

"The more we learn of science, the more we see that its wonderful mysteries are all explained by a few simple laws so connected together and so dependent upon each other, that we see the same mind animating them all."

Olympia Brown (1835-1926)

She is regarded as the first woman to graduate from a theological school, as well as becoming the first full time ordained minister. Furthermore, Brown was one of the few first generation suffragists who were able to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment.

Pema Chodron Quote

"Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a bigger perspective, energizes us. We feel connected. But if that's all that's happening, we get arrogant and start to look down on others, and there is a sense of making ourselves a big deal and being really serious about it, wanting it to be like that forever. The gloriousness becomes tinged by craving and addiction. On the other hand, wretchedness--life's painful aspect--softens us up considerably. Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person. When you are feeling a lot of grief, you can look right into somebody's eyes because you feel you haven't got anything to lose--you're just there. The wretchedness humbles us and softens us, but if we were only wretched, we would all just go down the tubes. We'd be so depressed, discouraged, and hopeless that we wouldn't have enough energy to eat an apple. Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us. They go together." — Pema Chödrön (Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living)

Clara Barton Quote

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.
Clara Barton

More Fun

Coffee With Jesus

/Hat Tip to http://radiofreebabylon.blogspot.com/

Brilliant

La sombra prohibida - Trailer final

Trailer for what looks like a cheesy but cool Spanish Cthulhu movie with a nice finish:

Very Funny

John Murray Quote

You may possess only a small light, but uncover it, let it shine, use it in order to bring more light and understanding to the hearts and minds of men and women. Give them not Hell, but hope and courage. Do not push them deeper into their theological despair, but preach the kindness and everlasting love of God.

John Murray

The Bible's Message of Salvation for the Whole World

Is Limited Government an Oxymoron?

Grumpy anarchist hangs with upbeat minarchist. Fun chat.

Scattered Trees / Love and Leave

I think this is most excellent.

A Charge to the Fraternity, by Benjamin Franklin

So Mote It Be!

Rob Bell: Universalist?

Maybe, or at least it seems so from this trailer for his new book:



If so, I think that's pretty cool :)

Fall to Grace: A Revolution of God, Self and Society, By Jay Bakker

Fall to Grace: A Revolution of God, Self and Society by Jay Bakker

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I admire Jay's work and enjoyed his earlier book, "Son of a Preacher Man," and this is Jay taking his Grace trip to the next level. Part spiritual memoir like his first book, part study of perhaps the most grace-filled book in the Bible, Paul's letter to the Galatians..., Jay discovers an outrageous grace -- the infinite love of an infinite Abba.





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Repeal the Patriot Act!

On Saturday, February 12, 2011, the Campaign for Liberty sponsored a panel entitled 'Repeal the PATRIOT Act' at CPAC 2011. Panelists included Jacob G. Hornberger and James Bovard with moderator Ivan Eland.

FFF "Repeal the PATRIOT Act!" Roundtable from CPAC 2011 from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.

Barnett on the Mandate

Do You Know Who Your President Is?

My friend Mike isn't so sure anymore.

Once an Obama supporter, he's very disappointed.

I laugh when people characterize Obama as being “left”. The “left” no longer exists. What passes for “left” today would have been considered “conservative” in the 60’s. Have you seen any earth shattering advancements with regard to civil rights lately? No, you haven’t, quite the opposite in fact; and you’re certainly not going to see them during the Obama administration. Patriot act, warrant-less monitoring of phone calls, emails etc. and all with the “Peoples” approval (according to the Oval Office). Mr. Obama refused to even consider investigating the previous administration despite giving reason to believe otherwise during his campaign. President Obama has done nothing meaningful to change the Bush Doctrine. How the hell do you look me in the eye and defend that Mr./Ms. Progressive? And why would you? Personalities preceding principles perhaps?

Read his blog and learn about his situation.

On the Internet Kill Switch

The Tao of Revolution

Revolution is a part of evolution, and as such always has a nasty side to it. For every Professor X, there is a Magneto.

Let's love all whether we agree to disagree about the particulars -- all are people who would breathe sweet liberty.

In Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon -- in our own neighborhoods -- let us stand as one with with those who wo...uld stand with us as free men and women. It is the birthright of all.

Let us pray for those who will fall on all sides of this struggle.

Interesting Observation

Inciteful

In the grand tradition of politics coining words (Misunderestimate and refudiate come to mind), I am going to invent the word Inciteful. Anything that incites something else by its nature is inciteful.

For instance. Sarah Palin's inciteful gun jokes. John Stewart's inciteful humiliation and belittling of people he disagrees with.

"Al Gore's scary movie was inciteful (at least for James Jay Lee)."

"Fishermage's inciteful posts on the internet...."

This image of Rick shooting zombies is inciteful.

I like it better than inciting.