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Why doesn’t the United States of America have it’s own national church? Italy has the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church, Greece and Russia have their Orthodox churches, and of course, there is most obvious example of them all – the Church of England. How come we don’t have a church of our own? The [...]
For the well-prepared visitor who arrives properly clothed for wind, rain and snow, bringing along a reasonable amount of cash, Iceland will be a very special treat. Travelers looking for just a bit of adventure, exciting landscapes, and culture will find what they are looking for. What they find certainly won’t disappoint them.
The first part of our plan was to ride our tandem bicycle across the mountains of historic Tibet and into Yunnan province, to the mythical and literal land of Shangri-la.
Intellectual piracy in Vietnam floods the streets like monsoon rains. Street vendors in Saigon sling armloads of poor copies of original art, music, movies and books.
We should study the people of China and their social and business practices; they study us. Like them, we should learn to worry less about the Chinese government.
If you thought that Bible-thumping, holy rollin’, Confederate flag waving, southern-fried, “come to Jesus” religion was a thing of the past, think again.
Intelligent Design proponents provide no testable hypotheses to substantiate their claims nor do they provide a model that meets the stringent criteria of scientific theory. Calling ID (creationism) a theory is inappropriate, as it doesn’t begin to approach the robustness of scientific theory.
Who are these Uyghurs anyway? They live in a part of China that few Westerners visit or even know exists. Both the Uyghurs and Han people were friendly to us.
Most Americans are ignorant of the contents of the Bible and almost completely in the dark about what scholars have been saying about it for over two centuries.
This very handsome officer stood about six feet tall with pale blue eyes poked his head in the car window. “Lady, do you know you are driving down a one way street going the wrong way? May I please see your driver’s license?”
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