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Factoids

INTERESTING INFO & COOL STUFF  If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth.   If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.   To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers   Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.   Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult! Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.   Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.   Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.   The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!   Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.   The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.   Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros .   It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!   Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years .   Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end .   If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.   Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals   Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.   The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.   Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent   Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450?F   The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.   Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean   The banana cannot reproduce itself. It must be uprooted and moved. Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density   The University of Alaska spans four time zones   The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.   In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.   Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.   Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.   A comet's tail always points away from the sun   The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent   Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.   The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.   If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.   When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight   In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed    Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside   Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams   The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year   The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust   Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters   Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down   Everything weighs one percent less at the equator   For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of additional fuel is needed at lift-off   The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.   And last but not least:   In 2012, December has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years!

Predestination doctrine

Predestination can be a doctrinal challenge to many people. In my personal study today I had the following thought and decided to share.

Romans 8:29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son…

In context I believe Paul is saying God foreknow who would accept Jesus as Savior. Based on that knowledge He predestined them to service and Sonship. So predestination is not about God choosing certain individuals, but using the knowledge of the individual's future choice (freewill).

Profound gender bias

Several months ago a woman was put to death as a convicted killer. The news around the execution dealt with the fact there are very few women on death row. Executions of women since colonial times has held at less than 2% of the total executions. Currently women comprise 1.8% of the U.S. death row population.

The basis of the motive for killing are: risk taking, aggressiveness, desiring power, fear of being caught, fear of humiliation, being perceived as intelligent, and sexual gratification. These are all traits usually associated with men. During trials for women accused of killing certain traits are emphasized to mitigate the crime and have the sentenced reduced. The typical traits used are: nurturers, seekers of  safety and stability, willing to share responsibility (power), not fully aware of consequences (ill informed rather than dumb), weak, and mild.

It makes sense. I am inclined to agree with it. The natural (God given) traits associated with the two genders means men are more likely to kill than women.

I submit these traits also explain why men are better in business than women. Successful businessmen are often said to have a 'killer' instinct. In negotiations they 'go for the throat.' In terms of risk, 'they put it all on the line.'

The same traits will also explain pay difference between genders. The genders make different choices based on their traits. The male wants to dominate. The female wants safety and stability. The male (aggressive) puts in extra hours. The female (nurturer) wants to care for her family.

Can a female be a successful business person? Sure. Two percent of death row is female. The percentage of successful business females is probably much higher since there is no criminal down side to consider.

The death row statistics indicate there is a profound difference in the genders.

Dead coral has sinking feeling

They have found dead coral in the Gulf within 25 miles of the BP spill. Naturally the cause must be the BP spill. The dead coral was found in water about 4,500 feet deep.

Coral is an animal. Coral formations are built by the off spring living on top of the carcasses of their ancestors. Interesting thing about coral is 80% grows in water less than 1,000 feet deep. The average deep sea coral which grows as thickets rather than reefs have been discovered as deep as 3,300 feet.  No documentation of coral below this depth. The deep water corals thrive off of hydrocarbons.

So how exactly did the oil spill kill coral thriving off hydrocarbons? Better yet how did this coral exist at that depth. Only in the minds of environmental extremist, wishing beyond hope that the BP spill can be labeled a disaster.

The most common method of killing coral is crushing by being struck. The most common cause of mass death is sinking. The coral bodies cannot stand the water pressure at a deeper depth and are crushed.  When the life fluids are crushed out, the skeletal calcium and limestone remain creating rock formations.

Many coral formations of The Great Barrier Reef in Australia die at the bottom as the weight above pushes it into the sea floor. The dead pieces break off and make many unique beaches on the surrounding islands. Airlie Island is famous for having course sand beaches consisting of large dead coral pieces.

It seems to me that if anyone bothered to check facts, the hyperbole surrounding this dead coral would have never existed. When they finally get around to doing some forensic investigation they will discover it was natural causes unrelated to the BP spill.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the real death cause to be published when discovered.

Sanctity of life

We often apply sanctity of life to all living organisms. Others will extend the term to cover systems (i.e. solar system) composed of inanimate objects. Based on the Bible, both are an improper use. Sanctity of life applies only to Mankind who was made in God's image.

God made the systems of inanimate objects as well as living organisms. His creation of them does not sanctify them. All of nature including the animals were made subordinate to Mankind.  In the Old Testament objects were sanctified by Mankind in ritual procedure directed by God. Most of those ritual sanctifications required the blood sacrifice of animals.

The Commankinddment "Thou shalt not kill" applies to the murder of a fellow humankind being. It does not apply to animals. Within the Law the death of an animal was treated as a property issue. However, under the Law given to Moses the unborn in a womankind's womb was protected with severe penalties.

It is clear that abortion is a sanctity of life issue. It is not a matter to be taken lightly. A strong Biblically based case can be made that abortion is murder. If not murder, the present case would be clear it is not condoned in God's given Law.

The New Testament has several references to providing for the aged especially older widows. These references are clear that dignified care is expected. The Old Testament  frequently conveys that long life and prosperity are blessings bestowed by God for living in obedience to Him.

Sanctity of life deals with respecting God.  Mankind made in God's image indicates the significance God has for Mankind. It behooves Mankind to acknowledge the implication and give life including the unborn the utmost consideration.