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Why Be Religious?
frankbeswick, Thank you for the practicalities and products.
Your differentiating between orienting oneself to God and pleaing for such favors as lottery or team wins calls to mind something I heard someone say within the last year: Hail Mary ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/24/2020
The Sliding of Solway Moss
Nice to hear from you again, Derdriu.
A good book for studying bogs is David Bellamy's Ireland.
Solway Moss was grazed carefully, but not overgrazed, so it never suffered ecological degradation.
frankbeswick, on 01/23/2020
The Sliding of Solway Moss
frankbeswick, Thank you for the practical information.
How can there be no product lines associated with your timely article? Do you know of book, journal or online sources that you'd recommend for raised bogs and Solway Moss?
It's interesting ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2020
Miracles
Terata is used in Acts occasionally.There are no specific miracles associated with the word terata.
John differs because its author, the beloved disciple, almost certainly not John the Apostle, was a more deeply educated intellectual than the ...
frankbeswick, on 01/22/2020
Miracles
frankbeswick, Thank you for the practicalities and products.
It appears that terata (wonders) is the rarest of the trio made up by dynamis (powerful act) and semeion (sign). Do you know where it is used and what the associated miracles are?
It's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/22/2020
Understanding Tropism
I concur. Plants respond to electrical fields, but nowhere have I heard mentioned the phenomenon of which you speak. I suspect that this might be a tropism of certain plants in dry regions.As it would be the roots that absorbed water, it may be ...
frankbeswick, on 01/17/2020
Understanding Tropism
Frank, this might be another form of tropism, or something close but distinct. Many years ago an engineer told me the odor before a thunderstorm is not ozone, which I concur with since I know the smell of ozone. He suggested that electric ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/17/2020
Understanding Tropism
Yes, there will be an article on the display, but much later in the year.
frankbeswick, on 01/17/2020
Understanding Tropism
frankbeswick, Thank you for the practical information and the product lines.
All this tropism information appeals to me in terms of understanding and witnessing above- and below-ground plant growth (wouldn't it be nice if tree branches would, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/17/2020
The mystery of Flannan Isle
Derdriu, you seem to have got the right explanation.
frankbeswick, on 01/12/2020
The mystery of Flannan Isle
frankbeswick, Thank you for giving what is also a kind tribute to three lighthouse keepers who were just doing their jobs and for mentioning Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the first authors I remember as being a favorite.
Do you think that the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/11/2020
Landmarks of Britain Coin Series
This is like believing history is just events and dates, but a proper study of history requires understanding of the causes and effects of those events.
blackspanielgallery, on 01/10/2020
Landmarks of Britain Coin Series
When Thatcher was prime minister some of her more ignorant members of parliament tried to have social and economic history banned from schools on the grounds that "history is about kings and battles". Their motive was to cover up ...
frankbeswick, on 01/10/2020
Landmarks of Britain Coin Series
I should add some, not all, historians actually try to get it right.
blackspanielgallery, on 01/09/2020
Landmarks of Britain Coin Series
I believe much of history is taught with a bias according to the place the teaching occurs. Taking the insights of a history book is much like saying something is so because it is on the web, there need be fact checking before acceptance. I ...
blackspanielgallery, on 01/09/2020