Uncle Melty

By: Enoch  •  The Lighter Side/ Humor  •  80 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"What Do You Call A Relative Made Out of Cheese On a Hot Day"?”

Today is Mrs. E's Birthday. The celebration began yesterday. We drove about the State taking our son, daughter, son and daughter in law and grandchildren out for a celebratory meal. For many of the young ones yesterday was their last day of freedom. The new school year starts for them today....

Omenclature - Funny Street Signs

By: Enoch  •  The Lighter Side/ Humor  •  270 Comments  •  12 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now" ”

Do you have a funny sign, traffic or otherwise to share with fellow Newstalkers? Please upload. "Go ahead. Make My Day". A smile to close out the week goes a long way. Please follow the site CoC and TOS. Enjoy. Peace and Abundant Blessings Where Ever You Park. Enoch. 

The Value of Helping Friends With What Matters to Them

By: Enoch  •  Religion & Ethics  •  34 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"Go in peace. We have sworn both of us in the name of the L-rd saying: The L-rd shall be between you and me ---." I Samuel 20:42 ”

A local Orthodox Christian Church had its annual ethnic festival this weekend past. The Congregation's Pastor knows his Scripture and devotional literature in its original languages. His vernacular is the language of the "old country" from which he was born, studied, was ordained; and brought...

Getting an "Ought" from an "Is.

By: Enoch  •  Critical Thinkers  •  57 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"Live Your Life As Though Your Every Act Were to Become A Universal Law". Immanuel Kant ”

A traditional philosophical problem is can we get an "ought" from an "is". What, if any relationship exists between statements of value and observed data? By using a sports metaphor to illustrate the point this article presents the view that a normative (ethical value - ought) can and must be...

The Health Case for High Cocoa Dark Chocolate in Moderation

By: Enoch  •  Wine & Food  •  110 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

“A chocovore is an animal whose diet includes eating the flesh of animals made out of chocolate. For Example, Easter Bunnies. (Rich Hall. Sniglets) ”

High cocoa dark chocolate (any amount at 72% or higher cocoa) is known to have at least the following five health benefits, if consumed in moderate quantities. 1. More bio flavanoids than blueberries. 2. Lowers blood pressure. 3. High in Fiber. 4. Lower in calories, fat and refined sugar...

The Problem of Induction - N+1 and Penguins

By: Enoch  •  Critical Thinkers  •  26 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

“"The Way Things Have Gone In the Past Can Sometimes Serve As Evidence of How They Will Go in the Future". Peter Kail. ”

The following is a quotation about the problem of induction by Sextus Empiricus. "When they propose to establish the universal from the particulars by means of induction, they will effect this by a review of either all or some of the particulars. But if they review some, the induction will be...

Providing A Way to Account for the Emotion of Pride.

By: Enoch  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  42 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

“Water Flows Downward So No One Thinks They are Above It. ”

Pride is an interesting emotion. If the pride is about self, it is considered a negative feeling. See Moses on it in Numbers 12:3. Abraham view in Genesis 18:27. Saul, First King of Israel in I Samuel 10:22.  Similarly, the term for intellectual pride in Greek is Hubris. It is a negative...

CHAPLAIN'S CORNER - A Pastoral Care Resource Room Exclusive For NewsTalkers

By: Enoch  •   •  67 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

A new and exclusive to NewsTalkers community resource room for pastoral care is now open to all NewsTalkers members and visitors. Those seeking ideas, techniques, and experiences with providing and receiving pastoral care can find it in CHAPLAIN'S CORNER. The room is co-run equally by Enoch...

Funny Cartoon

By: Enoch  •  The Lighter Side/ Humor  •  30 Comments  •  7 years ago

This cartoon tickled my funny bone. If you have a cartoon you would like to share, here is a place to do it. Site CoC and TOS; intellectual property rights must be respected. Other than that, let's have some clean non offensive fun here. Enoch. 

Mi Mitrzyim Geh Altanu. U'me Beit Avodim Paytedanu

By: Enoch  •  Light Unto the Nations  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

The title is a Yiddish folk song for Passover. It means, from Egypt we left. And from a house of slavery did we flee. In Hebrew, the name for Egypt is Mitrahyim. Mitz = Between Rah =Evil Yim is plural for both, two or twice. Mitrahyim means between two evils. The first evil there was...