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		<title>WHAT IS TRUTH?</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/02/15/what-is-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multiculturalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Jazeera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Suzi Parker posted her blog in the Washington Post Tuesday, she had no idea that she had strayed into the land of Oz, where things are not what they appear to be. Parker posted her article, "Sarah Palin tries to stay relevant" on her blog site, She the People. She had done her homework as many bloggers do, researching her topic on internet sites. But this time she made the mistake of citing information as factual from a web  <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/02/15/what-is-truth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=1203&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PI AND REALITY (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/02/01/pi-and-reality-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith and Reason]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science and Faith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life of Pi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florence Stratton offers a brilliant discussion of Martel's book in her essay, "'Hollow At the Core': Deconstructing Yann Martel's Life of Pi" in the literary journal, Studies in Canadian Literature (found at http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/scl/article/view/12746/13689). She writes, "Life of Pi is organized around a philosophical debate about the modern world's privileging of reason over imagination, science over religion, materialism over idealism, fact over fiction or story. The extreme poles of this debate are represented in the latter part of the novel by the two officials from the Japanese government." <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/02/01/pi-and-reality-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=1050&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jesus raised this young girl from death.</media:title>
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		<title>BASEBALL&#8217;S PERFECT KNIGHT</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/25/baseballs-perfect-knight/</link>
		<comments>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/25/baseballs-perfect-knight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Names]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ford frick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Robinson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stan Musial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. Here stands baseball's perfect knight." The commissioner of baseball, Ford Frick, spoke those words of one of the legends of the game. The words now appear at the base of his statue, placed outside his hometown ballpark, where he played every game of his 22-year career. Last Saturday, January 19, that legend departed from this world, 92 years old, leaving one of the most impeccable reputations in the history of the game, or any sport, for that matter. <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/25/baseballs-perfect-knight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=1035&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">(AP) The only known picture of an active player with the umpire crew.</media:title>
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		<title>PI AND REALITY</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/17/pi-and-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it received 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture, Life of Pi has attracted much attention outside the Screen Actors Guild, given its philosophical and religious underpinnings. Adapted for the screen from Yann Martel's novel, the movie does not drown out these themes with its remarkable cinematography and special effects. <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/17/pi-and-reality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=1015&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A SUBLIME GRACE</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/09/995/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bishop Myriel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valjean had experienced only the harsh and dispassionate force of the law, but he was now the victim of a sublime grace at the hands of a merciful and compassionate bishop. The bishop urged him to use the money from the silver to make himself an honest man. Then the bishop anoints him with these words, "Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to what is evil but to what is good. I have bought your soul to save it from black thoughts and the spirit of perdition, and I give it to God." <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2013/01/09/995/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=995&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jean Valjean serving duty in prison</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The bishop extends grace to Valjean</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Fantine weeps in despair of her dissolute life.</media:title>
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		<title>SEEKING SENSE IN THE &#8220;SENSELESS&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/12/20/seeking-sense-in-the-senseless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Lanza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaming God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is difficult to know what to say about the horrifying event at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, especially when so much has been said about it already. Unless we have endured the pain of losing a young child, &#8230; <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/12/20/seeking-sense-in-the-senseless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=984&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">(DON EMMERT/AFP/GETTY)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">(DON EMMERT/AFP/GETTY)</media:title>
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		<title>SCIENCE STUMBLES OVER DEATH</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/28/science-stumbles-over-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Heaven Is Real” according to the cover story of the October 15 issue of Newsweek. The story chronicles Eben Alexander’s descent into a seven-day coma and journey into a wholly different level of conscious reality during that time. Dr. Alexander’s 25 years as a neurosurgeon and former professor at Harvard Medical School qualifies him to speak as a scientist, although his conclusions have provoked numerous critiques from fellow scientists.

In the fall of 2008, Alexander was rushed to the emergency room of Lynchburg General Hospital, where his colleagues determined that he had contracted a rare bacterial meningitis. E. coli had attacked his brain, shutting down his cortex, the part of the brain that controls thoughts and emotions. The synapses between the neurons no longer functioned, halting all electromagnetic activity that produces brain function. His doctors had verified by repeated tests that no brain function was possible during that seven-day period – no vision, hearing, emotion memory or logical reasoning. <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/28/science-stumbles-over-death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=975&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WHEN CULTURES CONFLICT</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/15/965/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now a professor in psychology at UCLA studying teaching and learning internationally, Stigler identifies a distinction in the way the East and the West view intellectual struggle. "I think that from very early ages we [in America] see struggle as an indicator that you're just not very smart. Whereas in Asian cultures they tend to see struggle more as an opportunity."

Eastern culture treats struggle as part of the learning process, not an omen of the lack of inherent ability. Struggle allows a child to learn tenacity and persistence in solving a problem and achieving a goal, according to Stigler. The West tends to stigmatize struggle as a negative experience, often conditioning children to avoid the hard tasks or to concede too early, "I can't do it." <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/15/965/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=965&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">A trend in American education is toward collaborative learning - students sitting together and contributing together</media:title>
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		<title>A SCIENTIFIC CRIME</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/06/a-scientific-crime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humanity will always search for a savior, someone who can protect them from disasters, deliver them from enemies or cure them of illnesses. Like dressing dogs in human clothing, fragile beings have costumed science with divine garbs. Those who point out the fictional character of the emperor’s garments are denounced as obtuse or unenlightened. <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/11/06/a-scientific-crime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=957&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">23 computer models predicted Sandy would turn left towards the East coast.</media:title>
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		<title>A GIFT DISCOVERED</title>
		<link>http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/10/29/a-gift-discovered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stanwiedeman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article makes number 587 (as best as I can calculate) that I have written for the Lamplighter in the 13 years and 9 months that I have served as pastor at Lakeside. Wow, how they have accumulated! <a href="http://truthseekerblog.com/2012/10/29/a-gift-discovered/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=truthseekerblog.com&#038;blog=15018752&#038;post=953&#038;subd=stanwiedeman&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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