Are Quotes as Good When Misquoted

I was recently sent a motivational email - you know the type - that attributed the following quote to Maya Angelou.

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

I thought to myself, ‘This is a powerful quote.’ So, I took a moment to look up the lady and read her short biography. Then I did a search to find the association of her and the quote. What I found was that not only is the quote not from Maya Angelou, but the quote has actually change slightly also.

The actual original quote is apparently from Max Lucado:

‘A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.’

In my search, I also came across a poem entitled ‘Christians’ attributed to Maya Angelou, but was actually the original writings of Carol Wimmer entitled ‘WHEN I SAY, "I AM A CHRISTIAN".’

I’m not placing blame on Maya Angelou, for I don’t believe she has tried to acquire fame through the writings and quotes of others. What I would like to say is, for I have been guilty myself, if we as Christians wish to take the time to pass along motivational emails and such, we should at least take the time to check out the original author, original writings, and ensure such are indeed Biblical. Author Unknown is really just the easy way out, and attributing it to someone other than the author is simply deceitful at worst and sloppy at best.

Back to the quote, both the original and the variant are well spoken in my opinion. But whereas the original with author is worthy of note, the variant and invalid association makes it unworthy of repeating.

Simply put, variant misquoted quotes lose meaning, and just aren’t as good.

Rapture - Spam Mail!

Posted at a group I often visit, we come across an interesting website entitled: You’ve Been Left Behind

I will not question the sincerity of these persons’ Christianity, but I do have to question such an idea.

For $40 for the first year, claiming “Re-subscription will be reduced as the number of subscribers increases,” it is suggested that 6 days after the rapture of the church one will be able to send “150mb of encrypted storage that can be sent to 12 possible email addresses” and “another 100mb of unencrypted storage that can be sent to up to 50 email addresses.”

Honestly, this sounds like one is simply paying for document storage on a server.

So, one may ask, “How exactly will the system know the rapture has occurred?”

The site states: “We have set up a system to send documents by the email, to the addresses you provide, 6 days after the "Rapture" of the Church. This occurs when 3 of our 5 team members scattered around the U.S fail to log in over a 3 day period. Another 3 days are given to fail safe any false triggering of the system.”

Isn’t there a possibility that one of the 5 may be unsaved, and/or that within the 3 ‘fail safe’ days one could keep the system running to keep the revenue coming in?

Witness to your family and friends today, even in email if you desire, don’t put it in the hands of an email storage system that will be sending it out much later than necessary.

Human Statue of Liberty

Photo by Arthur S. Mole & John D. Thomas (1918) / Source of scanned image unknown

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F. William Engdahl Sees Seeds of Destruction

A friend of mine sent me an article entitled "Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic, by F. William Engdahl.

“No project is more interesting at the moment than a curious project in one of the world’s most remote spots, Svalbard. Bill Gates is investing millions in a seed bank on the Barents Sea near the Arctic Ocean, some 1,100 kilometers from the North Pole. Svalbard is a barren piece of rock claimed by Norway and ceded in 1925 by international treaty (see map).

On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates is investing tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the ‘doomsday seed bank.’ Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard island group.”

The article is a little long, but sort of interesting.
Enjoy!

Check Out This 'Fly' By

Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs.

Do we get billed, if we accidentally kill one?

“No agency admits to having deployed insect-size spy drones. But a number of U.S. government and private entities acknowledge they are trying. Some federally funded teams are even growing live insects with computer chips in them, with the goal of mounting spyware on their bodies and controlling their flight muscles remotely.”

A Few Brothers and Sisters

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas couple had a baby daughter Thursday — their 17th child and seventh girl — and the pair say they're still not ready to give it a rest.

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."

Is There More Behind The Discovery of Penicillin

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Write Your Own News Article

A friend of mine sent me this link.
Just thought I would post it here for others to enjoy.

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp