The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church adopted an urgent appeal to President Zelensky on December 20th, calling on him to end the persecution against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and to block any bills that would ban the Church, which is by far the largest religious organization in the country. The hierarchs, gathered under the chairmanship of His …
Read More »The 25th of December, a pagan feast? What drives the modern, warped understanding of Christmas?
25th of December, a pagan feast? Initially a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, it has been appropriated by secular forces to be expanded into a generic holiday that serves consumerism and pop culture more than it does Christ. What drives this modern, warped understanding of Christmas? Besides commercial forces, the most prominent driver is the idea …
Read More »Christmas: Jesus is voted the most significant person in world history
Jesus is repeatedly voted the most significant person in world history. Napoleon and Shakespeare came in second and third place, in a survey described by Professor Steven Skiena and Charles Ward in Who’s bigger? Where historical figures really rank. Jesus voted most significant person: Social research has long documented that belief in the spiritual dimension has not decreased in …
Read More »The True Meaning of Christmas transcends class, race, gender, cultures – WND
Born in a manger, far from presidential palaces, the symbolism of Jesus Christ’ birth carries oceans of hope for those less fortunate – and for the rich. True Meaning of Christmas: He was worshiped by Eastern astrologers who found his star and brought their wealth to lay down at his feet. Kings and queens have since meditated at His …
Read More »The Bible is by far the most read book in the world, and for good reasons
The Bible is the most read book in the world. It is the most quoted text in history. A list of the most read books based on the number of copies sold over the past fifty years, showed that the Bible had sold, in that period alone, over 3.9 billion copies. It was way more than any other book. …
Read More »Christmas and the empowerment of the individual
The empowerment of the individual is unique to Western civilization and a Christian thought, writes Dr. Paul Craig Roberts in one of his Christmas Specials. Christmas and the individual: The decorations and gifts of Christmas are one of our connections to a Christian culture that has held Western civilization together for 2,000 years. In our culture the individual counts. …
Read More »To a culture of woke snowflakes, Christmas has become yet another trigger word
Christmas is Trigger Word: For too many decades the American people, by which I mean the people born and raised in the US in neighborhoods where there were family and neighbors who shared a culture, language, values, and history, have sat tolerantly while a tiny percentage of the population took away their culture by making it offensive to the …
Read More »Academic Freedom Is completely Dead, says Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
A Stanford Professor who challenged the orthodoxy of lockdowns has warned that “academic freedom is dead,” and that all those who have stood up to the regime narrative now face “a deeply hostile work environment.” “They systematically tried to make it seem like everyone agreed with their ideas about COVID policy, when in fact there was deep disagreement among scientists.” …
Read More »Manipulated Economic Outlook: Financial media reports make no sense
As some readers have remarked in their messages to me, I ceased a while back my monthly reports on the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs reports and inflation rate. Manipulated Economic Outlook: The reason is that the numbers are not good enough to be able to discern what is the actual state of the economy. Yet every new number is …
Read More »War in Europe: U.S. Strategy Calls for Insuring No Rivals Develop, keep Europe weak
War in Europe U.S. Strategy: In the broad policy statement that was in its final drafting stage when released, the Defense Department asserted that America’s political and military mission in the post-cold-war era will be to insure that no rival superpower is allowed to emerge in Western Europe, Asia or the territory of the former Soviet Union. A 46-page …
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