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1. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Do good rats go to heaven?

2. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Theft, violence, sexuality, gluttony?

3. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   “My God is a jealous God!”

   “Mine aren’t.”

4. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   To be fair, the church was named long before the movies were made.

5. 3 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Where the Bible sticks to history, it is usually as true as any other people’s history. Most of the places named have been found, most of the foreign names can identified with known rulers, and many of the battles are known from other sources although the details vary from one teller to another.

   When the Bible tries to explain the world, of course, it is as hopeless as any other mythology.

   Scientifically, there are about forty errors on the first page.

6. 7 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Pig’s grocery list:

   Cheese, bacon.

   Like he said, not nearly as sad.

7. 12 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Once, long ago, I stood on the south shore of Lake Ontario where the Niagara River flows into it. It was a crisp, clear day and I was able to look 30 miles north to the CN Tower (elevation 1815 feet) in Toronto. I estimated how much of it was hidden below the horizon and later that day came up with a value for the circumference of the Earth — 25,000 miles. (Use the Pythagorean Theorem)

   If you live near a large body of water, an ocean or a Great Lake, and if the Earth is truly flat, then you will be able to see the far shore. Okay, if it is an ocean, the far shore would be too far for anyone to see. However, given a flat Earth, the horizon will be at exactly the same level as yourself. You can prove this easily by constructing a simple sighting device to ensure that you are looking exactly level (eyesight is easily fooled).

   I am imagining a tripod holding a free-swinging straight edge with a heavy weight hanging from the center like a capital T. To be certain the instrument is level, sight across it one way, then turn it around and sight again.

   If the visible horizon is below level, the world is spherical.

   If the visible horizon is level, the world is flat.

   If the visible horizon is above level, run for your life — a tsunami is coming.

8. 12 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   “But keep telling yourself you live in the best of all possible worlds (and if you get that reference, I will be totally shocked).”

   I would love to shock you but, since I have never read Candide, I am unable to.

9. 13 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I would guess that Stephan read those numbers in a newspaper, magazine, or online news report. They are probably correct.

   They are not funny. Not at all funny. But something we should all know.

10. 13 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Mae West used to claim that she had written more books than she had read.