http://www.redstate.com/roetenks Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:46:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People who are afraid of overpopulation seem to be very short-term thinkers. Come 2050 (40 years from now) it will be too late. Population will top out, and will begin to fall. By then, we will be scratching our heads and wondering how it all came to this. If one looks ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/12/01/population-control-for-non-thinkers/ Because mosquitoes were almost nonexistent with the use of DDT in places like Africa, elimination of DDT brought mosquitoes back — in force. The 1972 ban of DDT in the U.S. did not help matters at all. Now, many less effective and more costly methods are used — netting, other ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/11/19/ddt-the-silent-killeronly-when-it-was-gone/ Because 23% of Americans actually claim to be Catholic, it should be made crystal clear as to what excommunication actually is. Some look at excommunication as a thorny punishment from the Catholic Church. It actually is a medicinal penalty that is compulsory to help the sinner repent and turn back ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/10/27/excommunication-by-the-catholic-church/        For years, gays have been looking for a gene that would legitimately give them the right to say nature has turned them into the opposite sex. As a result, they believe same-sex marriage should be a natural thing. To gays, same-sex marriage should be something beautiful, natural, and part ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/10/13/the-pill-responsible-for-the-death-of-humanity/                        First, they closed Abu Ghraib (Iraq) in 8/06. Then they decided to “Mirandize” any terrorist prisoners. Then they decided that because of the Abu Ghraib and like scandals, many of the terrorist prisoners should be released. Then they decided that every terrorist prisoner should be afforded all those rights ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/10/01/new-definition-of-terrorism-means-more-deaths/   Thought to be the demonic cause of anthropogenic global warming, CO2 has literally been taking all the heat lately. With CO2 concentrations pushing the 400 ppm range as of late, manmade global warmers believe they have the perfect scapegoat for dreaded global warming. If they’re wrong, then the earth won’t ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/09/22/carbon-dioxide-turns-out-to-be-a-savior/   The Catholic sitting next to you in Church could be a phony. If they proceed to receive communion they may be calling sacrilege and eternal damnation on their soul. One should know no one is capable of judging what someone’s eternal life may be. But with Senator Kennedy and his ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/09/12/kennedy-had-been-excommunicated-years-ago/     An unknown author wrote: “Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.” It turns out that after all these years, CERN is about to prove that statement with the creation of antimatter. It is about to prove that suddenly, there was light, that matter ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/09/03/what-does-cern-have-to-do-with-god/   It is a fact that any nuclear detonation would result in many non-combatant deaths. It could be used as a deterrent threat against civilian populations rather than a known military target. All destruction and lingering radiation violates any representation of a “just war”. The answer is so simple that few ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/08/27/answer-for-a-missile-free-world/   Lately, it seems many Americans despise any Christianity in America. But the proof is overwhelming about our Christian heritage. There seems to be no other country rooted in Christianity. But our president, at a recent press conference in Turkey, flatly stated Americans “do not consider ourselves a Christian nation…” The ... http://www.redstate.com/roetenks/2009/08/20/non-christians-in-a-christian-nation/