tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.comments2024-01-30T08:28:36.859-05:00The Crusty CurmudgeonScott McClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-71163863595875137782024-01-30T08:28:36.859-05:002024-01-30T08:28:36.859-05:00An excellent summary of a truly sad situation. I&#...An excellent summary of a truly sad situation. I've listened to some great preaching by Begg over the years, he's always been clear sound. That he's erred in this is incredible to me, that he doesn't see his error even more so.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-84795442986989244152023-01-11T14:07:43.410-05:002023-01-11T14:07:43.410-05:00I've been reading through Terry Pratchett'...I've been reading through Terry Pratchett's Discworld books again this past year too. I'm up to Wintersmith now. Lots of great books in the series!<br /><br />Now, I cheat a bit. I have the epub files for the books, and listen to them with the Evie (Evie - The eVoice book reader) app on my android phone while going for walks, doing chores, etc. Pretty handy. Steve VBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129549827352736442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-83003987649185766992023-01-05T15:36:09.906-05:002023-01-05T15:36:09.906-05:00It is rare when a spy compliments another spy so j...It is rare when a spy compliments another spy so just because ex-spy/historian Hugh Trevor-Roper described John le Carré’s work as "rich flatulent puff" doesn't mean you should take it seriously or shouldn't read the raw and noir spy novel Beyond Enkription, the first stand-alone non-fiction tome in The Burlington Files series. <br /><br />In the fifties and early sixties Kim Philby (and no doubt other Cambridge Six or More members) knew Hugh Trevor-Roper, David Cornwell (aka John le Carré) and Bill Fairclough's MI6 handler Colonel Alan Brooke Pemberton CVO MBE. In the early fifties Alan Pemberton was ADC to Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer during the guerrilla war known as the Malayan Emergency. Philby was sniffing around for information to help the communist Malayan insurgents but was cold-shouldered by Templer, Pemberton and co who didn't like know-all couch-potatoes like Philby from MI6. <br /><br />Given Philby was the one who ended John le Carré's MI6 career it is little wonder John le Carré turned down Bill Fairclough's offer in 2014 to collaborate on The Burlington Files series. David Cornwell responded as you might expect saying along the lines of "Why should I? I've got by so far without collaboration so why bother now?" A realistic response from a brilliant writer and infamous expert in passive fiction but was that the whole story? Probably not. <br /><br />Bill Fairclough was one of Pemberton's People in MI6 who were mostly Pemberton's ex-army "friends" who had seen action in the Second World War. Being experienced combatants, they had little time for many of their more toffee-nosed colleagues in MI6. Needless to say those colleagues once included the traitor Philby who had outwitted David Cornwell so in their opinion both men were flawed albeit for enormously distinct reasons.<br /><br />Pemberton's People included Roy Astley Richards (inter alia Winston Churchill’s bodyguard), Peter 'Scrubber' Stewart-Richardson (an eccentric British Brigadier who tried to join the Afghan Mujahideen), Peter Goss (an SAS Colonel and JIC member involved in the Clockwork Orange Plot concerning Prime Minister Harold Wilson) and even the infamous rogue Major Freddy Mace, who impudently highlighted his cat burgling and silent killing skills in his CV.<br /><br />Notwithstanding “all that”, Kim Philby did comment on Ian Fleming's novels as "all that James Bond idiocy". As for John le Carré, Philby liked the sophistication of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold but allegedly dismissed it as "basically implausible - at any rate to anyone who has any real knowledge of the business". What an insult! Philby died in 1988 long before Beyond Enkription was published but no doubt he might have agreed it was a must read for espionage cognoscenti. For more extraordinary anecdotes, do see the relevant recent news article dated 31 October 2022 on TheBurlingtonFiles website. You should be intrigued.MI6https://www.blogger.com/profile/08416815195914841290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-24917276289027873672019-12-27T13:26:38.846-05:002019-12-27T13:26:38.846-05:00Thanks for that article it was most insightful
I w...Thanks for that article it was most insightful<br />I would add that a man named Bradley Cooper sued zondervan for $70 mil because the NIV rendering of 1 Cor 9:6 upset his homosexual tendencies (he clearly didn't get the 'niv is pro gay memo)!<br />Also if I walked up to someone and said "don't abuse yourself with mankind" would they a clue what that meant?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167122423737176666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-20434533394669956422019-09-21T12:12:50.222-04:002019-09-21T12:12:50.222-04:00So, if you were to disavow Union's plant confe...So, if you were to disavow Union's plant confessions, how would you go about doing so?Scott McClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-59103485383280723532019-09-21T12:12:11.059-04:002019-09-21T12:12:11.059-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scott McClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-67609321767915663012019-09-20T16:08:42.484-04:002019-09-20T16:08:42.484-04:00It's interesting that people have different id...It's interesting that people have different ideas about when life begins/gets a soul/becomes human/becomes sentient/.... Some based on their interpretation of the bible. Some based on other books they deem holy. Others on all sorts of other beliefs.<br /><br />Some Christians are pussing religious freedom as a reason to allow certain therapies for same-sex-attracted people that others believe to be harmful.<br /><br />How is it reasonable to push for religious freedom for some views, while denying them for others?<br /><br />No doubt it's a complex issue on many fronts. But in a pluralistic society, as soon as we start arguing biblical interpretation, we've gone beyond the realm of what secular law should be covering.Steve VBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129549827352736442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-38608956427682373992019-09-20T15:49:16.773-04:002019-09-20T15:49:16.773-04:00" 'progressive Christians' weren'..." 'progressive Christians' weren't quite right in the head."<br />They're all over the map. Just like "conservative christians" or "evangelical christians". <br />Pretty sure you wouldn't want to be lumped in with some of the extreme stuff some people associate with those groups either.Steve VBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129549827352736442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-63561634317058136782019-09-12T14:34:14.749-04:002019-09-12T14:34:14.749-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.casterlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319490053273884091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-88871214573000763112015-04-25T15:56:06.541-04:002015-04-25T15:56:06.541-04:00Someone once said, "There is no bad publicity...Someone once said, "There is no bad publicity." This could well be just media hype for such purposes. Stupid either way.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-44190538839951482042015-03-08T09:09:41.690-04:002015-03-08T09:09:41.690-04:00Or, in the final words of Spock, in Star Trek II: ...<i>Or, in the final words of Spock, in Star Trek II: "Remember."</i><br /><br />Oh, nice! Good post.<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-62459890269868104292015-03-01T00:10:46.894-05:002015-03-01T00:10:46.894-05:00Oddly, I've seen several articles the past few...Oddly, I've seen several articles the past few days on color perception and how varied it is. Even that people did no see or have a word for blue until quite recently.<br />As I said, odd.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-6709637130094356722014-08-24T14:28:01.593-04:002014-08-24T14:28:01.593-04:00Scott, great post! Too bad there are those who won...Scott, great post! Too bad there are those who won't listen.<br /><br />Riplinger's daughter, Bryn, helped put HazMat together, which, on top of GAR's ineptitude, probably explains the amateurish air about it.<br /><br />In case you haven't heard, GAR is pretty much a one-man show now, as her husband Michael passed away in early 2013, and her daughter combs the countryside with her KJB "pastor" husband. Hopefully what this means is that we will see far less, if any, further doorstops from the Mistress of Misinformation. It appears her ride is about over, but her faithful son-in-law and daughter carry the torch.John 3:17https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425853249717254129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-19211842082737000992014-07-01T17:34:16.903-04:002014-07-01T17:34:16.903-04:00Happy birthday from New Jersey.Happy birthday from New Jersey.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-56141973434470699182014-05-16T23:19:45.954-04:002014-05-16T23:19:45.954-04:00Good stuff. Thank you.Good stuff. Thank you.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-29978701972730359232014-05-10T22:39:07.277-04:002014-05-10T22:39:07.277-04:00No thank you. I've read it and don't reall...No thank you. I've read it and don't really care for what the genre does to my mind. I don't watch horror films either. The Stand was excellent and I've read it several times.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-43153784241699343612014-04-20T04:12:03.864-04:002014-04-20T04:12:03.864-04:00On Eastover or Passter, do they roll matzoh balls?...On Eastover or Passter, do they roll matzoh balls?<br /><br />http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2014/04/19/eastover-passter-roll-matzoh-balls/<br /><br />By Dan Bloom<br /><br />CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan -- Interfaith humor is not so much ribald as it is<br />refreshing and inclusive, inviting people of different faiths to smile or<br />chuckle in a friendly way across the aisles that often separate them. President<br />Obama kept it short and sweet recently in speaking to Christian faith leaders at<br />the [...]Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783765803023926050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-48150461004328111112014-03-07T23:38:27.990-05:002014-03-07T23:38:27.990-05:00If there is nothing to say, by all means do not sa...If there is nothing to say, by all means do not say it.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-33532805004280990752014-02-27T10:21:47.186-05:002014-02-27T10:21:47.186-05:00Thanks, George! (I guess we can all get along!)Thanks, George! (I guess we <i>can</i> all get along!)Scott McClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-88517384895183949422014-02-27T09:20:11.981-05:002014-02-27T09:20:11.981-05:00This is not a comment on your blog.
Just a note t...This is not a comment on your blog. <br />Just a note to congratulate Canada on her victory in Olympic ice hockey. As an American, I wish it had turned out differently but well done just the same.George Luteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548249589835864897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-82488779345669006762013-09-23T17:39:29.232-04:002013-09-23T17:39:29.232-04:00Queen's "Battle Theme" from the Flas...Queen's "Battle Theme" from the Flash motion picture was used in the Atari 2600 game "Vanguard"... I must have played that game to death.Lockheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433104440503646253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-33421784436654605132013-08-20T23:59:42.978-04:002013-08-20T23:59:42.978-04:00Yes, I can run a Bible search, too. Your point?Yes, I can run a Bible search, too. Your point?Scott McClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-62197186718868799872013-07-01T11:31:28.454-04:002013-07-01T11:31:28.454-04:00http://www.holy-bibles.org/search5/homosexual.htm<a href="http://www.holy-bibles.org/search5/homosexual.htm" title="THE HOLY BIBLE POWER SEARCH ENGINE & BIBLE STUDIES" rel="nofollow">http://www.holy-bibles.org/search5/homosexual.htm</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505194381623485888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-1848314565961662222013-06-30T22:57:19.455-04:002013-06-30T22:57:19.455-04:00How wonderfully irrelevant to my point. You are to...How wonderfully irrelevant to my point. You are to be congratulated.Scott McClarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860823837991898060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578675.post-89391970300007605632013-06-27T03:12:43.708-04:002013-06-27T03:12:43.708-04:00For as Jonas was three days and three nights in th...For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, SO SHALL the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt 12:39-40<br /><br />The scribes sure love to invent lies. They should have wrote 2nights and 2days instead. Why such nonsense can be found in New Testament? Well the answer is scribes put made up stories at their own will in Greek text as Aramaic Logia have been eradicate entirely. Thus no men could perform a check on changed words of God.<br />~~~<br />Is Greek texts pure word of God. Where is Logia of Jesus in Aramaic. Where is Matthew’s Aramaic gospel?<br /><br />P46 (175CE) is Greek manuscript with the largest percentage of difference on record. This just proved that Church have been changing words since early 2nd century at will.<br /><br />Here is the words of the early church father, Origen (3rd century CE):<br />“The differences among the manuscripts have become great, either through the negligence of some copyists or through the perverse audacity of others; they either neglect to check over what they have transcribed, or, in the process of checking, they make additions or deletions as they please.” Origen, early church father in “Commentary on Matthew.”<br /><br />Regarding the oldest surviving fragment, Colin Roberts compared P52 writings using ONLY 5 samples from the early 2nd century CE back in 1935 and concluded based on those 5 samples; P52 was from the early 2nd century.<br /><br />(Brent Nongbri’s 2005. The Use and Abuse of P52: Papyrological Pitfalls in the Dating of the Fourth Gospel)<br />What I have done is to show that any serious consideration of the window of possible dates for P52 must include dates in the later second and early third centuries. – Brent<br /><br />Compare with 4th century codexes. You will be surprise how Holy Spirit inside the scribes fail to prevent them from changing words of God ever since the beginning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295866496622678898noreply@blogger.com