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Nikolaus, Nail Polish, and Nincompoops
Dec. 6th, 2013 10:49 amHappy St Nicholas Day to anyone who celebrates it! It's Magpie's first Christmas and first experience with German Christmas traditions. We've had to keep her away from the Advent candles already, and she'll love the boots full of goodies from St Nick just as much.
This morning, we woke up to find this by thefireplace wood burner:
( click for photos )
In other news...
- I just dropped a bottle of nail polish on my carpet. Thankfully it's so pale it's almost clear so you probably won't be able to see it once it dries, but right now everything smells of nail polish.
- I can't believe we're back to the days of women warning each other over their back fences, but don't go to a Catholic hospital if you get pregnant, even if you want the child, because in the case discussed in that link they didn't even warn the woman that her life was in danger. They just sent her home with a miscarriage "to wait." So this is me, warning you over your back fence.
- Fascinating article on the history of science and its relationship with theology and Western cultural thought in general:
Science Challenges Doctrine
This is a guest post by emeritus and octogenarian biologist Frank Lawlor examining at some depth the serious disconnect between science and religion in the area of human reproduction. Whatever wounds religion has suffered from the encounter with science in this regard have been self-inflicted. Certainly it is uncomfortable for everyone to be faced with having to abandon cherished beliefs and adjust to reality. But the Catholic Church's insistence that it was in possession of the absolute truth in these matters has made the eventual and inevitable adjustment more than uncomfortable, it has made it an embarrassment … and embarrassment has entailed denial. For, how embarrassing is it to admit that both your premises and your methodology are shown by the facts to be flawed?
This morning, we woke up to find this by the
( click for photos )
In other news...
- I just dropped a bottle of nail polish on my carpet. Thankfully it's so pale it's almost clear so you probably won't be able to see it once it dries, but right now everything smells of nail polish.
- I can't believe we're back to the days of women warning each other over their back fences, but don't go to a Catholic hospital if you get pregnant, even if you want the child, because in the case discussed in that link they didn't even warn the woman that her life was in danger. They just sent her home with a miscarriage "to wait." So this is me, warning you over your back fence.
- Fascinating article on the history of science and its relationship with theology and Western cultural thought in general:
Science Challenges Doctrine
This is a guest post by emeritus and octogenarian biologist Frank Lawlor examining at some depth the serious disconnect between science and religion in the area of human reproduction. Whatever wounds religion has suffered from the encounter with science in this regard have been self-inflicted. Certainly it is uncomfortable for everyone to be faced with having to abandon cherished beliefs and adjust to reality. But the Catholic Church's insistence that it was in possession of the absolute truth in these matters has made the eventual and inevitable adjustment more than uncomfortable, it has made it an embarrassment … and embarrassment has entailed denial. For, how embarrassing is it to admit that both your premises and your methodology are shown by the facts to be flawed?
