In this weekend’s roundup we’ll see how an atheist defends his claim that humanity is better off with religion than without it, find the reasons why everyone is crazy about vampires, learn how to install Ubuntu 9.10, browse more than a hundred brilliant tilt-shift photos, take our first glimpse at the Google Chrome Operating System and understand why couples should pray before making love.
An Atheist Defends Religion
"Religion's misdeeds may make for provocative history, but the everyda...
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Fr Robert Reyes is popularly known in the Philippines as "Running Priest" because he runs to make the Filipino people aware of the pressing social issues affecting the country. He has recently launched a website called "Parokya sa Web" (Web Parish).
In "Parokya sa Web" you'll find Fr Reyes' homilies as well as his views on the social issues he is passionate about. Visitors can post prayer requests on the site and listen to alternative Filipino songs.
There is also an "Angelus" chatroom where F...
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The principal aim of "The Green Bible" is "to show that seeds of environmentalism were sown in the Garden of Eden". The Green Bible is actually a new edition of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Holy Scipture and it is "printed in soy ink on recycled paper and bound in eco-friendly linen." Green ink is used "to spotlight more than 1,000 passages extolling the goodness of creation and God's charge to care for it." Catholic scholars consider the NRSV as the most accurate translation o...
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Wikipedia is without doubt the biggest free encyclopedia online. It has more than 7 million articles in over 200 languages. And it never ceases to grow as more people collaborate to write and edit multilingual entries everyday.
You can download Wikipedia as a database XML or SQL dump. You can also grab a copy of the wikis in HTML format. Or you can burn a Wikidpedia DVD . None of these options, however, is as easy as downloading and installing “The Pocket Wikipedia”.
A full download of th...
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Dios na samuyang Ama. Ika mamomoton, maheherakon asin maimbodon.
Pakosoga an samong pagtubod asin pagkamoot saimo tanganing gamiton mi an blogging bilang kasangkapan sa pag-otob kan saimong kabotan. Logod kami magin bloggers nin katotoohan asin tagapamareta nin katoninongan. (more...)...
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I have a new favorite search engine. The best thing about it is that it is fast and uncluttered. Another good thing about this google-based tool is that it has no advertisement. It's difficult to find a website that doesn't sell you anything these days, so goosh is a real treasure. Yup, goosh is the name. It is short for google shell.
One of the phrases I typed in this evening was "bible blog directory". And in less than a second, goosh gave me exactly what I was looking for - 1bible1.com, a bi...
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Mahal Makakaako kawo gid ti maawaon, totoo ag mapagmahal sa kanmi, maghagad kami kanmu awat na pabaskugun kanmi pagsarig ag pagmahal sa kanmu, bilang usa ka blogger's. Mana inda ay magamit gid nimi angay sa Kanmu pagkaibgan, mana maging blogger's kami katotohanan ag manpalagnap kapayapaan. (more...)...
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Amay namon, ikaw ang pinakamaloloy-on, masarigan kag mapinalangga-on.
Ginapangayo namon sa imo nga dugangi ang amon pagtuo kag paghigugma kanimo agud nga magamit namon ang "blogging" bilang kasangkapan para matupad ang imong mga katuyuan. Kabay nga himu-on mo kami nga mga "bloggers" kang kamatuuran kag manog pahayag kang paghidaet. (more...)...
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Tú que eres tan compasivo, fiel, amoroso; Tú eres nuestro Padre. Te pedimos que engrandezcas nuestra fe y nuestro amor hacia ti, y así podamos usar los blogs como instrumentos para cumplir con tus propósitos. Debemos convertirnos en bloggers de verdad y promotores de la paz. (more...)...
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Aming Ama, ikaw ay mahabagin, matapat at mapagmahal. Nagsusumamo kami na palakasin ang aming pananampalataya at aming pagmamahal sa Iyo upang magamit namin ang blogging bilang kasangkapan na maisakatuparan ang Iyong mga dakilang layunin. Nawa'y maging bloggers kami ng katotohanan at tagapagtaguyod ng kapayapaan. (more...)...
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