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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

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"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

DAY 168: PLUTO HELD HOSTAGE

The Online NewsHour: Astronomers Debate Pluto's Planetary Status
Members of the International Astronomical Union voted in August to reclassify Pluto as a "dwarf planet." Many astronomers, however, are unhappy with the demotion -- they question its scientific validity and the way the decision was made.


McKinney Messenger: Discovery Learning Center kindergarteners create solar system
Pluto may not technically be a planet anymore, but that didn't stop the students in Linda Portnoy's kindergarten class at the Discovery Learning Center from including the diminutive former planet in their models of the solar system.

CBS 4: Local Astronomers Gather On 'Save Pluto Day'
Sunday, February 4th is International Save Pluto Day. In November the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a "dwarf" planet saying our ninth and most distant planet from the sun does not match new planetary guidelines.

Roto-Reuters: Pluto's fate sends shiver through toyland
While scientists debated Pluto's fate last summer, Fisher-Price executives were forced into a debate of their own: What would become of their Planet Heroes action figures if Pluto lost its planet status?

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First of all, the word is SEX, not GENDER. If you are ever tempted to use the word GENDER, don't. The word is SEX! SEX! SEX! SEX! For example: "My sex is male." is correct. "My gender is male." means nothing. Look it up. What kind of sick neo-Puritan nonsense is this? Idiot left-fascists, get your blood-soaked paws off the English language. Hence I am choosing "male" under protest.

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