Religious quote of the day...

"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one." --Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by Moondaisy in response to an article linked from the Wren's Nest news site at Witchvox":

http://www.witchvox.com/wren/wn_detail.html?id=8602

As follows...

"Survey Shows Only 9% Of Christians Have Biblical Worldview "
Author: WorldNetDaily.com   Source: WorldNetDaily.com
Title: CHURCH DOESN'T THINK LIKE JESUS

"A new survey by pollster George Barna finds only 9 percent of born-again Christians hold a biblical worldview.

"Barna, who surveyed 2,033 adults in his study, found only 4 percent of the general population have a biblical worldview and suggests many of the nation's moral and spiritual challenges are directly attributable to this fact.

"For the purposes of the research, a biblical worldview was defined as believing that absolute moral truths exist; that such truth is defined by the Bible; and firm belief in six specific religious views. Those views were that Jesus Christ lived a sinless life; God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and He still rules it today; salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned; Satan is real; a Christian has a responsibility to share their faith in Christ with other people; and the Bible is accurate in all of its teachings."

For a link to the rest of the article, and comments concerning it, click on the Witchvox link above. It's well worth a read, as are most articles on the Wren's Nest portion of the Witchvox site; Wren's Nest is one of the few spots on the net that I cruise to every day, without fail.

http://www.witchvox.com/xwrensnest.html

And for general Witch/Pagan info, the entire Witchvox site is highly recommended:

http://www.witchvox.com

BTW, today's icon is... EMMIE!

Everybody, say hello to Emmie, my smaller (and stupider, and sillier) cat. Emmie can't say hello to you, of course.. but isn't she cute? Who need language with big green eyes like that!

Of course, my icon will not always be Emmie. The other two icons it's getting switched on and off with are both Jude Law (droooooolllll), one b&w publicity photo (oh, those pale eyes!) and one color photo of him as Gigolo Joe from the movie "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence". (Hint to those looking for the perfect present for Laurie for Christmas: I WANT A GIGOLO JOE!!! Come on, guys, if you all pitch in you can probably afford one, he's an older model so he's not that expensive (well, for a lover Mecha anyway)... and you don't have to wrap him -- in fact, it will save time if you don't. ;-))