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  Friday, November 15th 2013  Stylized portrait featuring some of the music artists who died at age 27. A new, controversial book, explores the  oddity of famous rock stars all dying at the age of 27, some by their own hands (Curt Cobain) and the latest, Amy Winehouse, found dead in 2011 surrounded by vodka …

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  Thursday, November 14th 2013  X marks the spot. It’s an important concept in spiritual warfare. Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, X in Roman numerals, it’s known in math as an independent variable or unknown value.  It’s sometimes used, for example, as Individual X, Situation X, Factor X, or Generation X. It can replace …

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  Wednesday, November 13th 2013  The many faces of Lady Gaga designed for shock, art, and attention. Preparing to launch ashes into space. She’s appeared in a dress made of raw meat and more recently entirely in the buff at a concert in France. Her passions are gay rights and poking fun at religion. She’s …

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  Tuesday, November 12th 2013  Mummiform. Pet mummies also offered by Summum. I just found out about these folks, and they’re creepy to say the least: Summum. (The word is Latin for “the sum total of all creation.”) The Salt Lake City-based cult practices the ancient Egyptian religious observance of mummification. Last May, they took …

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  Monday, November 11th 2013  A tattoo in process Old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra. “I’ve got you under my skin,” sang Frank Sinatra, stylizing the 30’s song by Cole Porter. The Nelson Riddle signature arrangement scored a lyrical metaphor expressing how one individual affects another. When someone irritates or strongly influences us we may say …

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  Friday, November 8th 2013  Former Bishop of Rochester warnsof Sharia-style bonds in U.K. David Cameron, British Prime Minister. In England, the scene on the left is rapidly replacing the picture on the right! To all those liberal/progressive types, listen up. You mocked the tea party and conservatives as paranoid, alarmist, and delusional for worrying …

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  Wednesday, November 6th 2013  Madalyn Murray O’Hair. When and how should Americans pray? The Supreme Court is about to decide. Two curmudgeonly women – JUST TWO DISGRUNTLED WOMEN!!! – may turn the tide of religious freedom for 300 million Americans.  Our high court is about to tell the people of Greece, New York, and …

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  Tuesday, November 5th 2013  Piece of lead upon which ancient curse was inscribed. On October 3, 2013 I reported on the discovery of an ancient curse found in Roman ruins  (CLICK HERE to read blog). Now, yet another archaeological find has revealed a similar malediction also inscribed on a lead tablet. The October blog …

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  Monday, November 4th 2013 Promotional poster for witchcraft TV show.   Novel on which TV show about witches is based.   Halloween has come and gone, but witches aren’t going away. The lure of the supernatural has become embedded in our culture, especially with young women who feel empowered by it. FX network has …

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  Friday, November 1st 2013  Harvard University, founded to teach theology and train clergymen. You need to know the Bible. Yes, you, and you, and you. All of you reading this, whether or not you’re a Christian. A couple of months ago I did a blog entitled “Shakespeare and the Bible.” I pointed out how …

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