Lincoln, Luther, and King

Over the past few years I've read portions of a monster 1500 page standard college textbook titled "Molecular Biology of The Cell - 4th Edition". Commonly referred to by the acronym MBOC, the fourth edition was published in 2002, and the fifth edition is now out - due in part to the rapid increase (explosion) of knowledge in our current times, one of the two signs that Daniel the prophet was told would characterize the last days (Daniel 21:4). The authors are, to my knowledge, strict evolutionists. Yet these guys use all the descriptions you'd use for the greatest of engineered systems. This smacks of design! Here’s some of the phrases they use to describe the systems and processes that run life at the molecular level: "precisely engineered""with remarkable efficiency" "a highly regulated process" "requires the cooperation of many [other parts]" "self-correcting" "so efficient that there is no possibili...

I have discovered incontrovertible proof that the six degrees of relatedness is absolutely true. I discovered today that my wife's... father's... niece's... uncle's... daughter's... husband...  is me.

The case of Richard Cooey is ludicrous. The man claims he's too fat to execute. That they wouldn't be able to find his veins easily. That his migraine headache drug may prevent him from fully losing consciousness when injected with thiopental, the drug used to put inmates to sleep prior to administering the actual lethal drugs.  His attorneys say that his resulting execution could be excruciating. Haven't we missed the entire point? Where is the justice? How is this guy getting what he deserves? How does this circus provide a deterrent to rape and murder? How does it strike fear into the heart of the evildoer?

The case of Mary Winkler  sends a very interesting message. Mary, after serving 12 days in jail and 2 months in a mental health facility, was put on probation for the remainder of her 3-year voluntary manslaughter sentence. So a year and a half after murdering her husband, she was living her life with all the freedom afforded the rest of us, except she couldn't travel or spend time with her kids.  And now, less than 2 and a half years after pulling the deadly trigger, she has custody of her kids! It's home sweet home for Mary Winkler - sans a troublesome husband, of course. Wow! That was less painful than going through a divorce and having to sell the house, split the assets, fight over the 401k, and spend sleepless nights battling bitterness and resentment. Disciples of Mary Winkler now have a new approach: take action and get it over with...permanently. Then blame it on the heat of passion. Passion over...finances???