God Can Not Be Proven Yet Knowledge of God Emerges
This article argues that while God's existence cannot be proven, human intuition and inner sense point to a transcendent reality. It cites thinkers like Heschel and Maritain, notes the role of love, character, and free will, and suggests belief grows from wonder and personal commitment beyond empirical tests. It previews the next installment, The Testimony.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
God
Abraham J. Heschel
John A. Coleman
Langdon Gilkey
Jacques Maritain
Emund W. Sinnot
John
Peter A. Bertocci
Martin Buber
Paul Tillich
Lawrence planners review six zoning items at 6:30 p.m.
Lawrence Douglas County Planning Commissioners meet to consider three public hearings on rezonings at 1011 N Third for general commercial to general industrial for a lumber yard, Holiday Hills No 9 parcels on Randall Road from single family to multi family, and Meadowlawn Meadowlea Estates area changes to limited commercial and multi family. Non public items include final plat Farmers Coop subdivision No 2 at East 21st Street Moodie Road, a special use permit to expand Forworth Mobile Village, and the Apco Oil Corp site plan on Massachusetts Avenue.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commissioners
City Commission
General Commercial
General Industrial
Holiday Hills No. 9
Randall Road
Meadowlea Estates
27Th Street
Farmers Coop
East 21St Street
Moodie Road
Forworth
North
Lawrence
Apco Oil Corp
Massachusetts
Today in History December 22 highlights from 1894 1650 and more
December 22 marks events from 1894 when Capt Alfred Dreyfus was convicted in France amid anti Semitism, 1650 New England bakers required to bake standard loaves, 1775 Continental fleet organized, 1864 Sherman gifts Savannah to Lincoln, and 1869 Georgia’s ratification of the 15th Amendment.
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France
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil’s Island
New England
Continental
Erek Hopkins
William T. Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
Savannah
Congress
Georgia
Angela Davis Extradited Under Heavy Police Guard
Angela Davis was moved from the Women’s House of Detention in New York City to California for extradition on murder and kidnapping charges tied to a courtroom shootout. Secret Service reportedly managed the transfer while federal comment remained unavailable.
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New York
Angela Davis
California
UCLA
Greenwich Village
Secret Service
Department of Correction
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey
McGuire Air Force
Boy 6 Becomes First Survivor of Rabies Attack
In Lima Ohio three doctors announced that six year old Matthew Winkler is the first person in medical history to survive rabies after a bat bite on Oct 10. Despite early vaccine and Pasteur duck embryo treatment the boy showed rabies symptoms but recovered with intensive care and is expected to remain hospitalized to continue therapy. The U.S. Public Health Service will conduct further studies.
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Lima, Ohio
Wiltshire
Ohio
Forbes Closing Due Roy Says Forbes Closing
Congressman-elect William Roy of Kansas says an announcement next month will confirm Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka will close. He notes Ft. Riley’s status remains unchanged and calls St. Riley a durable part of the defense establishment likely to remain open longer.
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Junction City
William Roy
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Roy
Ft. Riley
St. Riley
Military Defense Establishment
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Marin County
San Rafael
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