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Firefox 3 Extensions - Updated

FF3 just went to beta5, so I've starred the ones that are b5 compatible.  Of course, I am waiting for my favorite Firefox 2.x extensions to be ported to 3.0. 

Last Update:  5.11.08

• Added Mouse Rocking,   PriceAdvance, Toolbar Buttons to ESSENTIAL
• Added Craigslist Craiggers to COOL / NON-ESSENTIAL
• Added  (none) to TRYING
• Added Aardvark, BuyLater, Copy Link Text to RARELY USED
• Added Router Status to REJECTED
• PriceAdvance now ff3b5 enabled (indicated by leading * below)

Evangelical Manifesto Released

Today at the National Press Club, a group of 80 Christian leaders signed on and released An Evangelical Manifesto: A Declaration of Evangelical Identity and Public Commitment.  Justin Taylor wrote a summary, and Joe at EO also commented.  I agree with Joe on this point:

It is not the term "evangelical" that the world despises but the beliefs behind the word. Call yourself whatever you want--'post-evangelical' is my favorite--but the minute you tell the world that homosexual behavior is sinful, that killing infants in the womb is wrong, and that man has an inherent dignity because we are made in the image of God then you can expect to have that label spat upon too.

How many labels are will willing to abandon before we finally realize it is our identity that we are shirking?

Me for one, I'm proud to wear the label.

Win in November? Yes we shall!

Forget Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. I have found the candidate am I voting for in November: "Yes, we shall!"

Essential Products for Babies - Medicines and Ointments

As a father of three, I have tried many products for babies and toddlers.  Here's my best of list.

1. Baby Oil - great for cleaning crusty noses and faces, moisturizing dry scalps and skin, and a great massage and marital aid

Conscious decision to see more

While the battle over ID and evolution rages on in a more public manner, the concept of consciousness is possibly the biggest threat to the theory of Darwinism according to JP Moreland.

BORED WITH CHURCH Part I - Are you really a Christian

I have often heard people say that they have stopped attending church, but the reason that I have thought about most recently is the statement that people stop going because 'church is boring.'  There are at least four reasons why someone might be bored with church - but they all boil down to this - the problem is either with you, or with your church, or both.

Comics leave the pages for the screen

With Iron Man crushing other films at the box office, Marvel is set to make even more super hero films. Some of those have me excited. Some have me wondering.

Coolest thing this week

I know this sounds very strange, but the new phone system at work provides me great enjoyment. One of the phones in our area sounds like the CTU phones from 24. When I answer that one, I want to say: "Chloe O'Brian: CTU." I keep looking for "moles" in our office. I'm almost sure everyone else is a terrorist plant.

Another sounds like the phones on The Office, when I pick up that one I'm so tempted to say: "Dunder Mifflin. This is Pam." Unfortunately, I am able to point out several of the fictional characters from The Office in my own office. I think they changed the place of business to a paper company in PA to protect to innocent here at my work.

Anyway, the new phones are great, even if I can't figure out how to do anything with the 15,000 new buttons on them.

What does forgiveness mean

Recently, I have been bombarded by the concept of forgiveness. Last night, I was flipping through the channels and absolutely nothing was on television. Not having cable, but having HDTV, I found myself over on the HD channels of PBS. One was showing a documentary on forgiveness, which grabbed my attention.

Global warming, political correctness, and wikipedia

Many of us rely on wikipedia as a quick and dirty source of information in a hurry.  And while some attack it as unreliable, it has shown to be fairly reliable in comparison with the Encyclopedia Britannica.

But on controversial subjects like global warming, DON'T expect wikipedia to be objective.  As Lawrence Solomon of the National Post reports, Wikipedia's zealots may be removing information that is not politically correct, or of the minority opinion.

For the last 18 months I have been profiling scientists who disagree with the UN panel's position. My Deniers series, which now runs to some 40 columns, describes many of the world's most prominent scientists. They include authors or reviewers for the UN panel (before they quit in disgust). They even include the scientist known as the father of scientific climatology, who is recognized as being the most cited climatologist in the world....

I then exercised the right to edit Wikipedia that we all have, corrected the Wikipedia entry, and advised Peiser that I had done so.  Peiser wrote back saying he couldn't see my corrections on the Wikipedia page. Had I neglected to save them after editing them, I wondered? I made the changes again, and this time confirmed that the changes had been saved. But then, in a twinkle, they were gone again! I made other changes. And others. They all disappeared shortly after they were made.

Christian Ministry Fined $23,000 in Gay Discrimination Case

Well, it has started in Canada - the loss of religious liberty, and the beginning of lawsuits against churches who don't want to hire gays, or who condemn homosexuality. 

One of Canada’s largest Christian ministries dedicated to caring for the disabled was fined $23,000 recently by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario for allegedly discriminating against a former homosexual employee.

Connie Heintz claimed discrimination against Christian Horizons after she said she was “subjected to a poisoned work environment” and pressured into quitting her job after she entered a homosexual relationship – which was in violation of her work contract back in 2000.

In line with its Christian foundation and principles, the ministry requires that all its employees sign “morality statements” vowing to abstain from immoral behavior, including pornography, pre-marital, extra-marital, and homosexual activity as a condition of employment.

Finding freedom's promise

Human trafficking is the second largest organized crime industry in the world. Annually, over 600,000 are trafficked internationally, while more than 14,500 are trafficked through out the US in a year.

Just last year, Amber Barron saw a news article on the modern slave trade and she was touched. The 28-year-old felt compelled by God to leave her job and form Freedom’s Promise to help the victims of human trafficking, particularly the young women and girls who are sold into the sex slave market.

You can find out more about Amber and her organization at FreedomsPromise.org

Cooking the global warming numbers

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting opinion piece today entitled Our Climate Numbers Are a Big Old Mess.  In it, the author talks about how the global temperature data has been manipulated to exaggerate global warming, by the IPCC and others.  Scientists or politicians?

Obama's political nightmare

While he still appears to be in solid shape to win the Democratic nomination, the last few weeks have been politically the worst of Barack Obama's career.

The Illinois senator struggled in the pre-primary debate in Pennsylvania, before losing by double-digits despite outspending Hillary Clinton 3-to-1 in what could have been a knock-out blow of the senator from New York. All of this came after his much-talked-about "bitter" comment, which rightly or wrongly offended many blue collar, rural Democrats.

Now he has the Jeremiah Wright World Wrath Tour grabbing all the focus away from him and back to his former pastor. He also had some less than coveted "endorsements" happen, which further isolate him, while continuing revelations about the terrorist backgrounds of supporters swirl around his campaign.

Obama is finding life at the top is not always enjoyable.

Theologian trading cards

Nope, not a joke - available at retailers soon.  And, you can enter to win a signed R.C. Sproul trading card at Christians in Context.

Of course, everyone knows that the best theologian is a dead theologian - there are at least three Dead Theologians Societies, I'm not even sure which one is 'official.'

• www.deadtheologianssociety.com
• http://thedeadtheologianssociety.wordpress.com
• http://deadtheologian.wordpress.com

Suffering: who to blame?

Recently scholars NT Wright and Bart Ehrman debated one of the great theological questions of all-time - the existence of suffering balanced with the existence of God. Many have left the Christian faith, including Ehrman, because they could not reconcile the suffering in this world with a God who loved us.

David Kuo, who I don't always agree with, but find intriguing, offers an interesting take on the idea of suffering and who actually is to blame.

Expelled - well done, thought provoking, too true for insecure evolutionists to see

My wife and I saw Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed this evening, and I was pleasantly surprised.

I had low expectations due to the raving disgust of most reviewers, but having seen it, I can now see that their reviews lacked any objective evaluation of the film's artistry, style and content.  Since the film is well made, I suspect that the real problem is that the movie conflicts with many reviewers' world view, and they are offended and unable to properly evaluate or appreciate the movie for what it is - a fairly well made documentary of ideological hegemony and persecution in science and academia.

The movie spent most of it's time merely documenting the systematic bias and draconian measures used to censure those who question Darwinian orthodoxy, and it also introduces us to the logical consequences of Darwinism in history, linking it to eugenics and Nazism.  What it documents is both frightening and pathetic.

The GOP should not be happy about Chaos

I always appreciate John Mark Reynolds reasoned and insightful political commentary. He is one of the most gracious evangelical Christian political commentors. He has compiled the Ten Reasons To Loath the Clinton Campaign, Even If You Are a Republican. Reynolds is not one of the Republican's engaging in creating "chaos" in the Democratic primary.

Why I love John McCain

I will now detail why I am throwing my whole-hearted support behind John McCain and why this blog from now until the election will be McCainiac central.

Why I'm not voting for Obama

I am not voting for Barack Obama for President. Below you will find why I cannot vote for this inspiring speaker and seemingly genuine politician.