The Religion of the Native Americans
Unbelievers deserve not only to be separated from the Church, but also... to be exterminated from the World by death. - Saint Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, 1271).Our religion seems foolish to you,...
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Facts about Human Hair
All of the hair follicles are created in the human fetus in the fifth month.The human body has about five million hair follicles.The average person has between 100,000 and 150,000 strands of hair on...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 14
Zinaida SerebriakovaZinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova (nee: Lanceray;1884-1967) was one of the first female Russian painters of distinction. She was born in Ukraine (at that time part of Russia) into...
View ArticleAmericans, Politics and Politicians, 2015
In the early years of the U.S. republic, the politicians were people of stature and intellect. They were people like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin. Of course, at...
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The Most Famous Waltz Ever Written
It is the most famous waltz ever written. But, it is actually not one waltz but a chain of five interlinked waltz themes. It has become Austria’s second national anthem. And, it is the inescapable...
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Sacred Places
Religious and sacred spaces are amongst the most impressive and permanent building created by human beings. Sacred architecture (aka: religious architecture) is a type of architecture designed to be a...
View ArticleQuotes Concerning Nudity and Being Naked
Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.... And the LordGod made for Adam and for his wife garments of...
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Nudity in Western Art
The nude figure is mainly a tradition in Western art, and has been used to express ideals of male and female beauty and other human qualities. It was a central preoccupation of Ancient Greek artand...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed, No. 66
Pollution Affects the Human BrainAir pollution doesn't only harm lungs. It could also impair brain function.A new study from European researchers found breathing polluted air diminishes cognitive...
View ArticleTwo Poems by Frank James Ryan, Jr./ FjR
AUTOBIOGRAPHY submitted by FRANK JAMES RYAN, JR./FjRThe City That Never Sleeps, New York City, U.S.A. Since I began my pass time lit endeavor in 2006, the majority of my daily readership continues to...
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Nebulae
A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. The word "nebula" is the Latin word for "cloud" and the plural of nebula is nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas....
View ArticleBill Maher's Controversial New Rule Concering Liberals, Muslims and Political...
And finally, New Rule: the Pennsylvania teenager who faced up to two years in jail for disrespecting the statue of Jesus must show us he really has balls and try it with a statue of Mohammad. (audience...
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The Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706 -1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was also an author, printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman,...
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Neglected Important Artists, No. 13
Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt was a Finnish painter. He was born on July 21, 1854, in Porvoo, Finland and he was the son of Carl Albert Edelfelt, an architect, and Alexandra Edelfelt (née Brandt)....
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Knowledge Quiz, No. 57
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
View ArticleComparing Two Former Presidents
President Harry Truman lived for nineteen years after leaving the White House in 1953. He and his wife Bess returned to Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri, where Truman spent his...
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Facts about Switzerland
The National Flag of Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked country in Western Europe, it shares a land border with Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy and France.The official name of Switzerland...
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The Church Killings in South Carolina and The Confederate Flag
It is no accident that Confederate symbols have been the mainstay of white supremacist organizations, from the Ku Klux Klan to the skinheads. They did not appropriate the Confederate battle flag simply...
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Poetry by Christina Rossetti
albumen print of Christina Rossetti by Elliott and Fry, 1880's* * *Biography of Christina RossettiChristina Rossetti was born in London to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political...
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Some of the Most Evil People in History- about whom you are probably unfamiliar
Countess Elizabeth Báthory Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed(1560 - 1614) was a countess from the wealthy Báthorynoble of the Kingdom of Hungary. She is known for being a serial killerand has been...
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