An atheist was walking through the woods.
"What majestic trees"!
"What powerful rivers"!
"What beautiful animals"!
He said to himself.
As he was walking alongside the river,
he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look.
He saw a 7-foot grizzly charge towards him.
He ran as fast as he could up the path.
He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear
was closing in on him.
He looked over his shoulder again,
& the bear was even closer.
He tripped & fell on the ground.
He rolled over to pick himself up but
saw that the bear was right On top of him,
reaching for him with his left paw &
raising his right paw to strike him.
At that instant the Atheist cried out,
"Oh my God!"
Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.
As a bright light shone upon the man,
a voice came out of the sky.
"You deny my existence for all these years,
teach others I don't exist and even credit creation
to cosmic accident."
"Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?
Am I to count you as a believer"?
The atheist looked directly into the light,
"It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly
ask You to treat me as a Christian now,
but perhaps You could make the BEAR a Christian"?
"Very Well," said the voice.
The light went out.
The sounds of the forest resumed.
And the bear dropped his right paw,
brought both paws together,
bowed his head & spoke:
"Lord bless this food,
which I am about to receive
from thy bounty through Christ our Lord,
Amen."
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
I AM A CHRISTIAN
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean living."
I'm whispering "I was lost, now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing “
I do stumble and need CHRIST to be my guide.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing “I am weak and need HIS strength to carry on.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting “I have failed and need God to clean my mess.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible but, “God believes I am worth it.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heartaches so “I call upon His name.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
”I'm just a simple sinner,
who received God's good grace, somehow.”
Author Unknown
"I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean living."
I'm whispering "I was lost, now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing “
I do stumble and need CHRIST to be my guide.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing “I am weak and need HIS strength to carry on.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting “I have failed and need God to clean my mess.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible but, “God believes I am worth it.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain,
I have my share of heartaches so “I call upon His name.”
When I say...
"I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
”I'm just a simple sinner,
who received God's good grace, somehow.”
Author Unknown
Friday, June 01, 2007
" Blue Sun "
" Blue Sun " September 1950
One of the best-documented occurrences
this century,happened during September 1950.
"The skies took on strange colors"
Strange sorts of lights,
followed by almost complete darkness.
Varying shades from pink and orange
to yellow and brown filled the sky .
The sun disc appearing and disappearing
through breaks in the clouds,
appeared blue or purple,
This incident was reported
in the scientific journal, Weather.
Like blue skies
blue, green or lavender
suns and moons,
owe their color to
scattering of light
in the atmosphere.
The difference is in the size
of the particles doing the scattering.
The sky is blue because the molecules of air
are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light.
Blue light has a shorter
wavelength than red,
and reacts more strongly
with the tiny molecules
than red does.
The blue light is thus scattered more than red,
and we see the scattered light of the sky
as blue and the sun as reddish,
especially when it is low in the sky
and must pass through a lot of air to reach our eyes.
The effect is called Rayleigh scattering,
and it is responsible for what is called Tyndall blue.
Blue eyes, some blue feathers,
and the bluish color of the veins in your skin
are all due to Rayleigh scattering.
Particles that are much larger
than the wavelength
of light scatter all wavelengths
about equally.
Clouds and snow
are made up of particles
several times larger than
the wavelength of light
and they look white.
Blue suns and moons
and pinkish skies
occur when there are particles
in the air whose size
is just a little larger
than the wavelength of light.
These particles can resonate with light
so that certain wavelengths are strongly scattered,
while others are only affected
about half as strongly.
Oily droplets about 1 micrometer across
(a twenty-five thousandth of an inch)
will scatter red light strongly,
while letting blue light pass through,
just the opposite of Rayleigh scattering.
On September 23, 1950,
several muskeg fires
that had been quietly smoldering
for several years in Alberta
suddenly blew up into major
and very smokey fires.
The winds
carried the smoke
eastward and southward
with unusual speed.
The conditions of the fire
produced large quantities
of oily droplets of just
the right size to scatter red
and yellow light.
Wherever the smoke cleared enough
so that the sun was visible,
appeared lavender or blue.
Ontario and much
of the east coast of the U.S.
were affected by the following day.
Two days later...
observers in England
reported an indigo sun
in smoke-dimmed skies,
followed by an equally
blue moon that evening.
Forest fires
are not the only possible
producers of blue suns.
Fine, far-travelled dust
and also volcanic ash
has been known to produce
the same effect.
Many of the scientific articles written
about the blue sun of September 1950
mentioned also the strange optical effects
produced by the eruption of the volcanic
Island of Krakatoa a century ago.
The important point
is the particles
in the atmosphere
must all be very close
to the same size,
and that size must be about
a micrometer across,
a combination of circumstances
that occurs literally
once in a
"BLUE MOON".
One of the best-documented occurrences
this century,happened during September 1950.
"The skies took on strange colors"
Strange sorts of lights,
followed by almost complete darkness.
Varying shades from pink and orange
to yellow and brown filled the sky .
The sun disc appearing and disappearing
through breaks in the clouds,
appeared blue or purple,
This incident was reported
in the scientific journal, Weather.
Like blue skies
blue, green or lavender
suns and moons,
owe their color to
scattering of light
in the atmosphere.
The difference is in the size
of the particles doing the scattering.
The sky is blue because the molecules of air
are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light.
Blue light has a shorter
wavelength than red,
and reacts more strongly
with the tiny molecules
than red does.
The blue light is thus scattered more than red,
and we see the scattered light of the sky
as blue and the sun as reddish,
especially when it is low in the sky
and must pass through a lot of air to reach our eyes.
The effect is called Rayleigh scattering,
and it is responsible for what is called Tyndall blue.
Blue eyes, some blue feathers,
and the bluish color of the veins in your skin
are all due to Rayleigh scattering.
Particles that are much larger
than the wavelength
of light scatter all wavelengths
about equally.
Clouds and snow
are made up of particles
several times larger than
the wavelength of light
and they look white.
Blue suns and moons
and pinkish skies
occur when there are particles
in the air whose size
is just a little larger
than the wavelength of light.
These particles can resonate with light
so that certain wavelengths are strongly scattered,
while others are only affected
about half as strongly.
Oily droplets about 1 micrometer across
(a twenty-five thousandth of an inch)
will scatter red light strongly,
while letting blue light pass through,
just the opposite of Rayleigh scattering.
On September 23, 1950,
several muskeg fires
that had been quietly smoldering
for several years in Alberta
suddenly blew up into major
and very smokey fires.
The winds
carried the smoke
eastward and southward
with unusual speed.
The conditions of the fire
produced large quantities
of oily droplets of just
the right size to scatter red
and yellow light.
Wherever the smoke cleared enough
so that the sun was visible,
appeared lavender or blue.
Ontario and much
of the east coast of the U.S.
were affected by the following day.
Two days later...
observers in England
reported an indigo sun
in smoke-dimmed skies,
followed by an equally
blue moon that evening.
Forest fires
are not the only possible
producers of blue suns.
Fine, far-travelled dust
and also volcanic ash
has been known to produce
the same effect.
Many of the scientific articles written
about the blue sun of September 1950
mentioned also the strange optical effects
produced by the eruption of the volcanic
Island of Krakatoa a century ago.
The important point
is the particles
in the atmosphere
must all be very close
to the same size,
and that size must be about
a micrometer across,
a combination of circumstances
that occurs literally
once in a
"BLUE MOON".
BLUE MOON
BLUE MOON & JUPITER:
According to folklore:
Yesterday's full Moon over North America
was a " Blue Moon "
because it was the second full Moon
in a calendar month.
If you were lucky enough to view the
"Blue Moon",
you also saw its companion
"Jupiter".
All night long,
the giant planet snuggled
next to the Moon.
The bright pair could be seen
with the naked eye.
The moons of Jupiter,
lunar mountains,
craters, and the Great Red Spot
were surprisingly
very easy to see.
A REAL BLUE MOON!
Blue Moons are supposed to be absurd,
but on May 21st,
the Moon over Hungary
really did turn blue.
Onlookers describe it as a
"unique and unforgettable"
experience.
The display was caused by
a Sahara dust storm
that filled the air above Hungary
with dust particles about 1 micron
(one millionth of a meter)
in diameter.
Clouds of micron-sized dust can act
as a color filter,
turning the Moon
truly blue.
According to folklore:
Yesterday's full Moon over North America
was a " Blue Moon "
because it was the second full Moon
in a calendar month.
If you were lucky enough to view the
"Blue Moon",
you also saw its companion
"Jupiter".
All night long,
the giant planet snuggled
next to the Moon.
The bright pair could be seen
with the naked eye.
The moons of Jupiter,
lunar mountains,
craters, and the Great Red Spot
were surprisingly
very easy to see.
A REAL BLUE MOON!
Blue Moons are supposed to be absurd,
but on May 21st,
the Moon over Hungary
really did turn blue.
Onlookers describe it as a
"unique and unforgettable"
experience.
The display was caused by
a Sahara dust storm
that filled the air above Hungary
with dust particles about 1 micron
(one millionth of a meter)
in diameter.
Clouds of micron-sized dust can act
as a color filter,
turning the Moon
truly blue.
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