Posted by Terry Nelson on Aug 16th, 2007
“You shall be as gods!” - Genesis
Two German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light:
“The pair say they have conducted an experiment in which microwave photons - energetic packets of light - travelled “instantaneously” between a pair of prisms that had been moved up to 3ft apart.
Being able to travel faster than the speed of light would lead to a wide variety of bizarre consequences.
For instance, an astronaut moving faster than it would theoretically arrive at a destination before leaving.” - Telegraph
Almost better than bilocation.
This stuff fascinates me. What if that is what Ven. Mary of Agreda did when she catechized the native peoples of the southwestern U.S. before the missionaries got there? Or when Padre Pio was seen in Rome, though his superiors insist he never left the friary?
We will be like gods! (Sinister laughter.)
Posted by Terry Nelson on Aug 16th, 2007
Old news rehashed.
By now most Catholic web users have read the Holy Father’s words exhorting Catholics to battle the dragon of materialism. Currently, with the plummeting Stock Market, that battle may not be such a difficult one to fight. The slow-down in new housing starts, coupled with the accelerating defaults on existing home mortages and subsequent foreclosures, accompanied by the average family’s credit card debt going through the roof, retail sales should be taking a huge nose dive as well.
No money - no materialism.
Now that Americans are waking up to the other “Red” dragon” - China - and that county’s unscrupulous manufacturing/export market, this too may help us in the battle with the “dragon of materialism”. The recent Mattel toy recall is just one example. Even your Chinese religious goods have lead based paints, toxic plastic - everything from statuary to plastic rosaries. (For instance, did you ever read the cautionary statements on some product manufactured in China, like Christmas tree light strings? They say to wash hands thoroughly after handling because the product contains lead. At least some non-religious products carry a cautionary label.)
China has no standards when it comes to life issues, and obviously many American businesses don’t either. Profit and greed.
Have a nice day.
