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Pope Pius Clock...and a True Alternative, The Mother Mary Clock

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Several days ago, Fr. Tim Finigan of " The Hermeneutic of Continuity ," in a humorous vein, posted a story on the "Pius Clock ." The clock displayed was a wall clock of Popes Pio I to XII located at each point of the hour. Fr. Finigan saw the clock displayed on the Hound of Heaven website and labeled as a "last minute gift idea ." The blogger, "Hound," unfortunately, saw the jpeg image posted on the internet somewhere and wrote it up as a humorous story. As the link above shows, he has no idea where to obtain one ! This is problematic as I posted a link to Fr. Finigan's story, and have had a number of folks seeking a "Pius Clock"...really ! After searching the internet to no avail, I'd like to offer a substitution. This is "The Mother Mary" clock and and is not meant in humor at all . Here is an image: The clock is actually quite beautiful, can be obtained here (the California Clock Company), and the art

Jimmy Akin.org: NewsWeak - "Well, That About Wraps It Up For God"

Tim Jones of " Old World Swine " posted this story on the Jimmy Akin blog . His comments are perfect : Her problem is this; How does she expect scientists to mathematically disprove the existence of God, when they can't prove the existence of mathematics? I'm puzzled how she hopes Science will go about proving that faith is un reasonable, when it can't begin to demonstrate even that reason is reasonable. All Ms. Azpurua's faith is in Scientism, her chosen religion, and she is on the verge of a religious ecstacy, overtaken by mysterious utterances that sound a great deal like gibberish; " At some point will it be possible to find proof that God or the Ultimate Designer does not exist?" or, " What about possible contributions toward finding a final theory? Would that upset religious believers? " I don't care how many theories and equations you stack on one another, explain "2+2=4". For that matter, explain why "2&quo