Andrew Bolt is tearing shreds off Dr Ben Carson over some media beat ups. One was a sermon he gave at church 17 years ago. The other is a claim he made in his youth about a scholarship offer. Both can be reasonably explained. The realities of archaeology aren't usually presented in sermons. Not because the Bible is not relevant as the word of God, but the Bible is not an archaeological textbook. Dr Carson's sermon on Joseph is not even contradicted by archaeology, save in the assertion that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. But even that could be talked around and made acceptable to the scientific community simply by saying that some large spaces were repurposed temporarily. But the truth acknowledged in the Bible itself is that the exact happenings of that time are not known, with scriptures lost for hundreds of years after King David's time. Another attack on Carson is to do with his supposed turning down a scholarship opportunity for West Point. It may not have been a formal offer at all, in which case there is no evidence. But so what? It is not the same as Clinton's not inhaling mojo. It is totally believable that Carson would have been an asset for West Point.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
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Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
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To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
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That's the jingle bell rock
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell
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David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.
I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. ...
