A blog by Tom Sheepandgoats (aka Tom Harley)
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Einstein, Euclid, and Parallel Lines
Parallel lines eventually meet. All you have to do to prove it is to look down the railroad tracks toward the horizon. You can see clearly that the rails touch. A contributor informed me, without much tact, that my scientific method was lacking in rigor. "Sheepandgoats, you moron! It’s perspective! Walk down to where they seem to meet and you will see they are as…
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Spurious Words at 1 John 5:7,8
It’s intuitive that the older the Bible translation, the greater the accuracy. After all, it’s closer to the events. It's intuitive, but incorrect. Thus, a fellow I met in the ministry was peeved because the modern New International Version deletes words from his favorite scripture: 1 John 5:7, a verse that, in the King James Version, clearly states the Trinity. For there are three that…
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Alanis Morrisette and New York Rock and Roll
Although the staff of the Sheepngoats IntoWishen Research Institute is mainly comprised of eminent theologians, such as Tom Weedsandwheat, best known for his groundbreaking, if plagiarized, research on the exothermic nature of hell, we do have a few slackers. Sheepngoats doesn’t have the heart to sack them as he should, yet you cannot get them to write about God to save your life. So we…
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Farewell Again to Mickey Spillane
Oh, for crying out loud! What is it with you, Sheepandgoats? How many farewells are you going to give this fellow? Didn’t you already do it here and here? Give it a rest, already! Yeah, I know, I know. But I can‘t help myself. One more time. It’s just that, if you read his interviews, he sounds like he would have made such a great…
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Wheatandweeds Defends Jehovah’s Witnesses
Last year that alternative newspaper City! published a cute article (they thought) poking fun at Jehovah’s Witnesses. We weren’t mentioned by name, but the description fit us exactly. Within hours, Tom Wheatandweeds zinged back a knee-jerk response. But it wasn’t enough! He pondered the matter for a day or so and responded again, this time on a more fundamental level. City! did not publish his…
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Forty Years Down the Toilet!
Forty Years Down the Toilet: My Wasted Life with Jehovah’s Witnesses! This title in the library’s new books section caught my eye. I snapped it right up and headed home because I love a good read. But only when I flopped into my armchair did I notice who the author was. It was Tom Barfendogs, formerly a colleague and fellow member of the prestigious Carriertom…
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A GPS System to Tell Me Where to Go
They really have a lot of cool gadgets these days. Like the GPS navigational system for your car. The really fancy ones feature a feminine voice to guide you along your way, tell you where to get off and so forth. I bought one for my car. So did my correspondent Romulus. But Romulus was unnerved by the female voice and shut it off. If…
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The Holocaust and God’s Permission of Evil
The answer the Bible provides as to why God permits suffering: does that really wash? Does it really account for God standing aside while atrocities such as the Holocaust ravage us all? Isn’t that the time for God to intervene if He’s ever going to? And wouldn’t it have been better to educate Adam regarding the consequences of rebellion, rather than see him plunge himself…
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The Socially Adept Sheepandgoats
The local newspaper highlights the top 5’s in singles, albums, DVD’s, movies, TV shows…all the neat categories. On top is the byline "Just so you know….in case it comes up." I went to a party a while back, and it did come up. Fool that I am, I had not read the lists. Partygoer 1: Hey, look who’s here! Tom Sheepandgoats!Partygoer 2: Tom, what’s happening?Tom…
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Religion a Crutch?
That bastion of brash young people, City! newspaper, took another swipe at the Lord. Once again, Sheepandgoats fired back a reply so fast they thought they were Charlie Brown on the pitcher’s mound. Dear City! Another instance of the religion is a crutch for weak people analogy! Dayna Papaleo includes it in her whimsical commentary on organized religion, (Put Your Faith in the Internet –…