Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Dwayne McDuffie - R.I.P

R.I.P., Dwayne McDuffieI'm amazed about how news comes out. I left work and found out that Dwayne McDuffie died of complications from surgery.This was sudden. The man was a genius and so very talented. He understood the characters he wrote and he also was responsible for some of the greatest fictional characters ever in print, television, and movies. McDuffie co-created Static. He was heavily responsible for the Justice League show and on top of that Ben 10 and Generator Rex. Not to mention the several DC animated movies and the whole Milestone line of comics. I was always amazed how well he could write the new characters he created and the mainstays like Wolverine, Batman, and Superman. Ironically, his latest project, All-Star Superman animated movie dropped today. I'm going to miss him very much. I remember one piece of work of his I really liked back in the day was the Marvel comic Damage Control.

I want to join blogger Cheryl Lynn who writes:

You need to do right by this man, DC.

McDuffie omnibus. Very soon. And when you include Milestone Forever, you use his original, unaltered scripts--with the quotes he selected included.

Cheryl Lynn @ 06:13 PM EST Link

There have been some great things written in his honor today. Check them out.

R.I.P., Dwayne McDuffie
Dwayne McDuffie, R.I.P. [UPDATED]
Digital Femm
Why I’ll miss Dwayne McDuffie





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Turretin and Compatibilism: Man's Freedom and God's Decree

Jamin Hubner posted the following quote from Turretin.

Although men’s actions may be free (because done spontaneously and by a previous judgment of reason), they do not cease to be necessary with respect to the divine decree and foreknowledge. Now the foreknowledge of God implies indeed the infallibility of futurition and of the event and the necessity of consequence, and yet does not imply coaction or violence, nor take away from the will its intrinsic liberty. - Institutes, third topic, question 12 (p. 211, english trans.)
I like it! Read Hubner's comments at the following link.

Turretin and Compatibilism: Man's Freedom and God's Decree
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“The Fatima Crusader” and False Prophecy | True Freethinker

Mariano wrote a great article regarding really looking at the vision of the Virgin Mary at Fatima.

There appears to be a deceiving spirit, a fallen angel disguised as an angel of light, who is passing itself off as Jesus’ mother, Mary. This creature has been spreading false doctrine wrapped in a veneer of Christian obeisance as well as false prophecies.
It was a study into some of these false prophecies that lead me to write to Fr. Nicholas Gruner of The Fatima Crusader in order to pose some questions regarding these prophecies and those making them. The chronology of what follows is that Fr. Nicholas Gruner wrote an article in the year 1998 AD that made certain claims about prophecies that were to be fulfilled in 1999 AD and or 2000 AD. Once the year 2001 had come around, I wrote the following e-mail dated June 30th, 2001 AD (the usual pleasantries have been edited out)
Read the rest of the article at the following link.


“The Fatima Crusader” and False Prophecy | True Freethinker
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Answering Muslims: Congressman Allen West vs. CAIR: "Don't Try and Blow Sunshine Up My Butt"


David Wood posted a response to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Their argument is as follows.

The latest argument from the Council on American-Islamic Relations? "You can't show us a single verse where the Qur'an explicitly commands Muslims to attack America! Since the Qur'an nowhere commands Muslims to attack America, you can't say that Muslim attacks against America have anything to do with Islam!"

Of course David Wood isn't the only one who disagrees. He also posted Congressman Allen West response.




Go ahead and follow the link to see David Wood's well-reasoned Response.

Answering Muslims: Congressman Allen West vs. CAIR: "Don't Try and Blow Sunshine Up My Butt"
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Iron Sharpens Iron: David Wood: Muslim Terrorizes Other Muslims: Dearborn Case Update

David Wood recently explained the most recent situation of the case in Dearborn, MI where he, Nabeel Quireshi  and a couple other people were arresting during an Islam festival without cause. Follow the link to listen to the interview.

Iron Sharpens Iron: David Wood: Muslim Terrorizes Other Muslims: Dearborn Case Update
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