Online churches draw believers, critics

By Anne Hammock, CNN

November 15, 2009 9:18 a.m. EST

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/13/online.church.services/index.html

CNN) — Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv. Soon he was regularly logging into the Oklahoma-based cyber-church — some 4,100 miles away from á Lava’s home in the Faroe Islands, west of Norway.

I WONDER WHY THEY DIDN’T MENTION BILL KELLER, THE WORLDS LEADING TELEVANGELIST?

These scores tell me I didn’t answer right

I feel gyped on this O.C.E.A.N. personality test.

Some tweaking required to get my readout looking readable.

Openness to Experience/Intellect: High scorers tend to be original, creative, curious, complex; Low scorers tend to be conventional, down to earth, narrow interests, uncreative.

You typically don’t seek out new experiences. (Your percentile: 59)

Well, I’m working on that at least. That’s what the whole Freethinkers thing is about. Get out, do something different and meet new people.

Conscientiousness: High scorers tend to be reliable, well-organized, self-disciplined, careful; Low scorers tend to be disorganized, undependable, negligent.

You tend to do things somewhat haphazardly. (Your percentile: 35)

Yeah, I’ll buy that.

Extraversion: High scorers tend to be sociable, friendly, fun loving, talkative; Low scorers tend to be introverted, reserved, inhibited, quiet.

You tend to shy away from social situations. (Your percentile: 27)

And again, I’m working on it. I do spend too much time alone.

Agreeableness: High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous.

You find it easy to express irritation with others. (Your percentile: 38)

This is the one that bugs me, but more because it’s true, I suppose. But I am good natured and courteous and I do have sympathy and some capacity of forgiveness. Just not enough, apparently.

Neuroticism: High scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy.

You are generally relaxed. (Your percentile: 37)

In this case a low score seems to be good. Awesome.

I’ve done better tests, but this was at least a quick one.

Ban the one above you.

This is a game that I have seen in forums and this is how it works. One person starts off and the next “bans that person.” Now let me give an example.

P:Banned for liking pork.
E_E: Banned for being able to afford L4D2

There are some simple rules….don’t bring your debates here. This is posted as comical relief. If any debates start that comment will be deleted. Don’t say you have a post awaiting moderation in another post. Keep it in that post please. Try not to be racist, like Banned for being a Jew or Banned for being a n*****. Will not be permitted and if you are a contributor I will take away your privileges for a week. This is a game and supposed to be in the spirit of fun.

Liberals cry ‘unfair’ after Fox orders unbalanced YouTube purge

By Daniel Tencer
Friday, November 13th, 2009 — 1:02 pm

Liberal bloggers are accusing Fox News of launching an Internet war against them in a campaign to selectively remove Fox clips from YouTube.On Wednesday, YouTube shut down the popular News1News channel, which featured news clips that many progressive bloggers and news sites would add to their stories. On the rare occasion, Raw Story also embedded News1News clips in stories having to do with media coverage. The channel provided clips from all news networks, but often focused on Fox’s controversial commentators.

The North American Union, a disturbing and funny Conspiracy Theory of the 21st century

The North American Union conspiracy theory has been around for quite sometime. It was something started in 2003. There was a supposed NAFTA corridor that was basically a interstate going from Central America to the Yukon. Several members of congress have said that this report is not based in fact. I need to note that this was in a news report dated 2003. Now this had to be based on something, it was based on a man who stated that America needed to cooperate more with the governments of North America.

Water on the Moon!

Today there was a different Google Icon. Each Google Icon has a news worthy story so I clicked on it and this is what I found.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water

By ALICIA CHANG (AP) – 1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES — The lunar dud for space enthusiasts has become a watershed event for NASA.

Spacecraft that crashed into the moon last month kicked up a relatively small plume. But scientists have confirmed the debris contained water — 25 gallons of it — making lunar exploration exciting again.

The Persecution Of Sarah Palin

“Christian” Evangelist Tony Alamo sentenced to 175 years on sex charges

Evangelist Alamo sentenced to 175 years on sex charges

November 13, 2009 5:33 p.m. EST

(CNN) — Evangelist Tony Alamo is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after an Arkansas judge sentenced him to 175 years Friday on charges that included taking minors across state lines for sex, according to prosecutors.