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[Catholic Caucus] Novus Ordo Bishop Inaugurates Masonic LodgeTerni Bishop Francesco Soddu, 62, Italy, attended the September 27 inauguration of a Terni Masonic lodge and even participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony (pictured).Masonry is incompatible with Catholicism because it follows a deity called "Supreme Architect of the Universe" which is cut off from the earth. Therefore, Freemasons deny Revelation, the Incarnation and Providence.GrandeOriente.it published the inauguration’s pictures. Soddu justified himself on the diocesan website by attacking his critics and claiming that the evidence was "misunderstood" and "misinterpreted."He thinks that his words were not taken into account, that he didn't identify with a...

This thread is a continuation of the first thread "Questions For Atheists & Non-Atheists" Some points were brought up that I wish to address here. I look forward to the responses. Taken from one of my dictionaries in my personal library: "Occam's Razor. A principle devised by the English philospher William of Occam, which states that entities must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. In a scientific context, Occam's Razor is the choice of the simplest theory from among the theories which fit what we know. In logic, Occam's Razor is the statement of an argument in its essential...

THE GIPPER "When it's written, the history of our time won't dwell long on the hardships of the recent past. But history will ask...Did a people forged by courage find courage wanting? Did a generation steeled by hard war and a harsh peace forsake honor at the moment of great climactic struggle for the human spirit? ...The answers are to be found in the heritage left by generations of Americans before us. They stand in silent witness to what the world will soon know and history someday record: that in its third century, the American Nation came of age, affirmed...

Seventy-nine years ago last summer, a legal carnival convened in the little town of Dayton, Tennessee, as the trial of John Scopes got under way. Banners and lemonade stands lined the streets. People joked that chimpanzees, brought to town to perform in sideshows, actually were in Dayton as witnesses for the trial. On one side was the American Civil Liberties Union, which had offered to pay the legal expenses of anyone who would challenge a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution in public schools and universities. Twenty-four-year-old local science teacher John Scopes was recruited to...

Why Wesley Clark is dangerous Posted: September 19, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Gen. Wesley Clark may be the most dangerous person in the presidential race. More dangerous than Howard Dean? More dangerous than Al Sharpton? More dangerous than Dennis Kucinich? Yes, more dangerous than any of these men – because he could win the Democratic nomination and the presidential election in 2004. Mark my words: You are going to see a huge shift of support for Clark in the polls. He will become an instant front-runner in the next few days. It's as if the other nine...