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I’m guessing you didn’t go for the bull sacrifice. Although this preboarding procedure was practiced by ancient Greek travelers, as Homer reported in grisly detail, today there are serious doubts about its efficacy, if only because of the litany of tourist woes in “The Odyssey.”

The goat option was tested at Katmandu Airport in September to propitiate Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god. Officials of Nepal Airlines told Reuters that they had sacrificed two goats in front of a Boeing 757 whose mechanical problems had forced the airline to suspend some flights.

“The snag in the plane has now been fixed, and the aircraft has resumed its flights,” one airline official reported triumphantly. Nevertheless, it is probably premature to put much faith in a single experiment that so far, to my knowledge, has not been replicated.

We do, though, have abundant data regarding option C. Last year, tens of millions of people bought life insurance for scheduled flights of airlines in the United States. Not one of those insured passengers died in a crash — and this was not just a coincidence, at least not to many of the people who bought the insurance.

No, at some level they believed that their insurance helped keep the plane aloft, according to…. Click here for complete story

It’s the final paragraph that gets me “So when we think about passing up flight insurance, we conjure up disaster just as easily as ancient Greeks imagined a thunderbolt from Olympus, and we too figure we can avert it through the equivalent of a bull sacrifice. Intuitively, we haven’t made great strides since Homer’s day. But at least our gods take credit cards.”

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Jul 15 2008

Jesus Camp

Published by Larry Diehl under New To The Blog Life, Just For Fun, Videos (not music), Riddle Me This

Have you seen the movie? If not here you go. Warning, you may see this as disturbing as the videos roll on. Part 6 is well, hmmmmm, I’m scared.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

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Jun 25 2008

Hello Everyone

Published by Larry Diehl under New To The Blog Life, Just For Fun

OK I get it! I’ll get back in the saddle over the next couple of days. So much happening at once. Moving our North Phoenix Campus while planning our Surprise Campus opening. It’s all a bit surreal for me still. So please be patient as God works on keeping me on His track.

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Jun 07 2008

The Million Dollar Question

Published by Larry Diehl under New To The Blog Life, Survey Says, Deep Thoughts, Just For Fun, Bible Study Small Groups, Music Class, Videos (not music), Riddle Me This, Heres your sign

The million-dollar question, well maybe more like the $12.37 question. I’ve been bombarded with this question, why are your posts less frequent? Please be patient is all I can say. You will all understand come Sunday the 22nd. I’ve been challenged, tested and luckily I have held tightly to the cross with Christ and He has carried me through some very dark hours.

So please continue to pray for me, the Church, our fellowship and the life challenging message that I will be sharing with all of you on the 22nd.

He is Lord! Here is the one clue I will share with all of you. Genesis 50:20. So look it up and reflect.

Thank you and God bless

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May 29 2008

Where Have We Been?

Published by Larry Diehl under New To The Blog Life, Just For Fun

If you didn’t know our web site has been up and down (down mostly) for the last couple of day. Our web hosting company is having major issues. So please be patient as they work through the problems.

God Bless

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May 15 2008