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Senator from Arizona

2009-04-10T04:29:07Z

Mike356:

The current [[Senators]] from [[Arizona]] are:

[[John McCain]], the failed presidential candidate - Republicans are just so last year;<br>
[[Jon Kyl]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Arizona]]

Climate agenda

2009-04-10T04:15:59Z

Mike356:

== Warning: Conservatives are likely to deny climate change, among other scientific issues. ==
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'''Climate change''' is one of the top [[Environmental Issues|environmental issues]], with [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s evenly divided on whether recent [[global warming]] is more natural or man-made.

Jack M. Hollander wrote:
*The planet has warmed since the mid-1800s, but before that it cooled for more than five centuries. Cycles of warming and cooling have been part of Earth's natural [[climate history]] for millions of years. So what is the [[global warming debate]] about? It's about the proposition that human use of [[fossil fuels]] has contributed significantly to the past century's warming, and that expected future warming may have catastrophic global consequences. But hard evidence for this human contribution simply does not exist; the evidence we have is suggestive at best. Does that mean the human effects are not occurring? Not necessarily. But [[media coverage]] of global warming has been so alarmist that it fails to convey how flimsy the evidence really is. Most people don't realize that many strong statements about a human contribution to global warming are based more on [[politics]] than on [[science]]. Indeed, the climate change issue has become so highly [[Politicization of science|politicized]] that its scientific and political aspects are now almost indistinguishable. <ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-2875898_ITM Global Warming: Both Sides] </ref>

==Environmentalism and climate change==
The main contention of [[environmentalist]]s like [[Al Gore]] is the argument that:
#The earth's atmosphere warmed one or two degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 Centigrade) during the 20th century.
#Most of this warming is man-made.
#The warming is likely to continue and to be harmful to human, animal and plant life.
#We must all work together to stop it by reducing emission of [[greenhouse gases]].

==Science and climate change==

Jack M. Hollander wrote:

:... climate change remains a fascinating and important scientific subject. Climate dynamics and climate history are extraordinarily complex, and despite intensive study for decades, scientists are not yet able to explain satisfactorily such basic phenomena as extreme weather events ([[hurricane]]s, [[tornado]]es, [[drought]]s), El Nino variations, historical [[climate cycles]], and trends of [[atmospheric temperature]]s. The scientific uncertainties about all these matters are great, and not surprisingly, competent scientists disagree in their interpretations of what is and is not known. [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-2875898_ITM]

William Happer wrote:
:The current debates about global climate change are complicated by our not understanding the physics of the sun or of the earth’s atmosphere and oceans well enough to dismiss them as major causes of climate change on the earth. Dramatic climate changes like the [[medieval warm period]] at the time of the [[Viking]] settlements of [[Iceland]] and [[Greenland]] from about a.d. 900 to 1250, and the subsequent “little ice age,” from about 1250 to 1700, which led to extinction of the Greenland settlements, were certainly not caused by manmade changes in the concentration of [[carbon dioxide]] in the atmosphere. [http://media.hoover.org/documents/0817939326_27.pdf]

==See also==
*[[anthropogenic global warming]]

==Links==
*[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-2875898_ITM Global warming: both sides]

[[Category:Environmentalism]]
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Barabbas

2009-04-10T04:11:34Z

Mike356:

== Warning: This page refers to events which may or may not have actually happened. ==

'''Barabbas''' was the criminal who was freed in place of [[Jesus]] as recorded in all four [[Gospels]] ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matt]] 27:15-26), ([[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] 15:6-15), ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 23:13–25), ([[Gospel of John|John]] 18:38-19:16). Slated to be [[crucifixion|crucified]], he was released as was part of the [[Passover]] custom when the crowd chose him to be freed over Jesus.

Though the name is simply stated in the Gospels, behind the Greek of the original Gospels stands the Aramaic of the day of Jesus. And there the irony can be seen. Barabbas means in Aramaic "Son of a (the) Father".

Barabbas is not mentioned again in the [[Bible]]. Different traditions exist for whether or not he became a [[Christian]] and what happened in his life, but there is no definitive record.

[[Category: Biblical Persons]]

Holy Communion

2009-04-10T04:10:31Z

Mike356:

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== Warning: This page refers to a ceremony based on events which may or may not have actually happened. ==

'''Holy Communion''', also called '''The Lord's Supper''' or the [[Eucharist]], is an act of [[worship]] in [[Christian]] churches which re-enacts the Last Supper during which [[Jesus]] served bread and wine to his disciples on the night before he was crucified. For Christians, the act of taking Communion is a fulfillment and obedience to the words of Jesus when he said, "Do this in remembrance of me."

Different denominations have different interpretations of the meaning of Communion. For [[Protestantism|Protestant]] churches the bread and wine have symbolic meaning, while the [[Catholic Church]] believes the bread and wine are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus during the Mass. (see [[transubstantiation]])

Some churches use [[wine]] in their Communion services, and some use [[grape]] juice. The [[Mormon]] church uses [[water]]. Churches also differ in the method of taking Communion, with some taking Communion in the pews, and others taking communion at the altar in the front of the church.

[[Category:Christian Rites]]