Author: Papa Giorgio

Did I Ever Mention I Love Our Technological Age? Costa Concordia Simulations Based on GPS

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Don’t worry, go back to your cabins, it’s just an electrical fault’: What stricken cruise ship passengers were told after hitting rocks

  • Crew member’s plea came as luxury liner was fatally holed
  • Ship’s cook claims captain ordered food nearly an hour after striking rocks
  • Moldovan ballerina ‘cavorting’ with Schettino on bridge defends captain
  • Investigators probe owner’s role in 68-minute delay of abandoning ship
  • Search suspended as ship slipped slightly from its rocky resting place
  • Fears rose again that it could soon plummet 100m to bottom of sea
  • 11 confirmed dead, 21 still missing

`Special Rights` Biting Feminists/Leftist Ass! ~ Gender Abortions

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If homosexuality is really genetic, we may soon be able to tell if a fetus is predisposed to homosexuality, in which case many parents might choose to abort it. Will gay rights activists continue to support abortion rights if this occurs?

(Dale A. Berryhill, The Assault: Liberalism’s Attack on Religion, Freedom, and Democracy)

CAUTION: Music at end of video is REALLY LOUD!

Captain of the Italian Cruise Liner Wanted to Wave to Girlfriend and Tried a `Float By`

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Spirit Fm says this was a “float-by” similar to that of military jets doing a fly-by:

And Clarence Mitchell, who is representing Costa Cruises, said: “Mr Foschi confirmed the captain had been approaching the island of Giglio to ‘make a salute’.

The Guardian likewise has this nugget:

Foschi said Costa’s ships had their routes programmed, with alarms sounding when they went off course. “This route was put in correctly,” he said. “The fact that it left from this course is due solely to a manoeuvre by the commander that was unapproved, unauthorised and unknown to Costa.”

Though the company would provide Schettino with all necessary assistance, he said: “We need to acknowledge the facts, and we cannot deny human error.”

Foschi said Schettino was highly skilled, with all relevant qualifications, and that the liner had passed recent safety checks. But his remarks will be seen as confirmation of reports that the ship was making an unofficial sail-by of the island.

Yahoo News sums it all up:

At a news conference today, Costa Cruises Chief Executive Officer Pier Luigi Foschi said the ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, made an unapproved, unauthorized maneuver to change the ship’s programmed course. Italian media has reported that Schettino was close to the shore in order to wave to a friend who was on land.

Is Evolution Compatible with the Gospel? A Debate

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From the video description:

Dr John Polkinghorne KBE, FRS (Cambridge Physicist & Canon Theological) Vs. John Mackay “International Director of Creation Research. Is Evolution Compatible with the Christian Faith? Hosted by BBC’s Roger Phillips, filmed live at Liverpool Cathedral. Don’t miss this great debate.

LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL DEBATE A GREAT SUCCESS Over 1100 people filled the Liverpool Cathedral to hear Cambridge University physicist and Canon Theological for the Cathedral, Dr John Polkinghorne, debate Australian and International Director of Creation Research, John Mackay. The topic: Is evolution compatible with the Christian faith?”

As the UK’s leading theistic evolutionist, Dr John Polkinghorne started the debate with his claim that the universe had evolved over the past 14 billion years. Mackay quickly produced a copy of a 1990 lecture by Polkinghorne, where he had stated the universe had evolved over 15 billion years. It was fun to watch the audience react to Mackay’s claim that evolution must be so wonderful it has enabled John Polkinghorne to become 15 years older while the universe became one billion years younger, and then use it to emphasis the point that these vast billions of years are not facts that disprove a literal reading of the scriptures, but men’s feeble theories, which are constantly evolving while the scriptures in Genesis remain firm.

THE UK CHURCHMAN NEWSPAPER reporting the Liverpool Debate stated: “The controversial issue of origins was given a theological airing in the cloistered confines of Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral, on March 8th 2005. The distinguished Australian Creation Scientist John Mackay was, in my humble opinion, far away ahead in his creation views against the resident Anglican theologian, Canon John Polkinghorne, KBE. It was a great educational debate but in my view Mackay’s Biblical answers left the canon (and he reminded me very much of Captain Mainwaring of Dad’s Army) spluttering in his hastily assembled answers. (from Liverpool Canon Debates Creation Scientist in Cathedral by G. Patrick Battell Paper No 7568, 18 March 05) Hosted by popular BBC Commentator Roger Phillips, this exciting debate was filmed professionally.

This is one DVD you don’t want to miss. Since faith in Theistic Evolution over billions of years is one of the biggest problems in evangelical churches throughout the world, your church needs to see it as well!

To purchase this DVD go to http://www.creationresearch.net/secure/store/home.php?shopkey=3399 click on GREAT DVDS and scroll down titles: