Fallen Into Knowledge

This one from Richard Rolle’s Commentary on the Ten Commandments:

“The Fifth commandment is that you kill no one, neither by plotting, nor by committing the deed, nor by ordering it or condoning it.  And under this commandment, illegal striking of any person is also forbidden.  There are spiritual murderers, those who refuse to feed the destitute in their need, those who slander others, and those who mislead the innocent.”

Okay, when did we forget this? Or have we merely limited “murder” to “First Degree Murder?”

I’ll be frank, I have my doubts about the whole evolution/creationist debate - not doubts as to whether or not God created, but doubts as to how much of the creationist position makes any sense. Genesis 1-2 is about much more than being a science text book, and using it as a science text book seems to me to be using it in a way that it counter (or at least, at odds with) the direction of the text. Whatever my reservations about that debate, my opinions about this are clear:

Evolution Sunday” will be observed at hundreds of liberal and mainline churches whose pastors have agreed to preach a sermon or hold a class or discussion supporting Darwin’s theory.

My opinion: Absurd. Just as I feel that using Genesis 1 and 2 as if it were a scientific account of how God created, I strongly feel that using the church’s pulpits to preach something other than Christ crucified is a misuse. Actually, the word is idolatry. Absurd

Brendon and I have started brewing in his garage (and basement).  We have, more accurately, thrown ourselves into it:  above is a picture of our first batch, a brown ale, in the bottle.  Since the picture was taken we have had a bottle of two of the brown, gotten a batch of porter in the bottle, and I brewed a winter ale that is in second fermentation and won’t be ready for a few more months.