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	<description>Scott Bradford has been building web sites and using them to say what he thinks since 1995, which tended to get him in trouble with power-tripping assistant principals at the time. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University, but has spent most of his career (so far) working on public- and private-sector web sites. He is not a member of any political party, and brands himself an ‘independent constitutional conservative.’ In addition to holding down a day job and blogging about challenging subjects like politics, religion, and technology, Scott is also a devout Catholic, gun-owner, bike rider, and music lover with a wife and two cats.</description>
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		<title>Creation and the Null Hypothesis</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/12/31/creation-and-the-null-hypothesis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scientific method is an iterative process of testing hypotheses. The default position on a subject is known as the null hypothesis, and new alternative hypotheses are posited and then tested to see if they better fit observations. For example, it was once generally accepted by scientists and laymen alike that the Earth was flat. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Men Revile You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m the first to admit that I&#8217;m not always the humble, even-keeled guy I ought to be. I&#8217;m very opinionated and very outspoken about those opinions. I often find myself diving headlong into online debates about politics and, occasionally, religion…admittedly, sometimes when I probably ought to keep my mouth shut. But no matter how passionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belated Thoughts on the Feast of All Souls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m having no luck with timely posts over the last couple weeks. So in the interest of consistency, here are my belated thoughts on Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day. I observed with some incredulity this year as some &#8216;evangelical&#8217; Christian groups tried to replace Halloween with the unfortunately-named &#8220;Jesus Ween.&#8221; Intended to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Romney a Christian? Does it Matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in April, I addressed the issue of President Barack Obama&#8217;s (D) eligibility to be President and his religion. For the whole story you should head over there and read it, but the short version is that Obama is a natural born U.S. citizen (and thus eligible to be President), he isn&#8217;t a Muslim (unless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Kill the Killer</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/09/22/to-kill-the-killer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I have discussed the subject of capital punishment on this site. Indeed, my only piece of writing dealing solely with the subject is an 11th Grade English paper titled &#8220;Thou Shalt Not Kill&#8220;—coincidentally, the oldest piece of content still present on this site. If you go read it, please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The One-Liner Bible</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/07/21/the-one-liner-bible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction Many years ago, not long after I embarked on reading the entire Bible, I had the idea of compacting the entire Scripture down to one sentence per-book. I put the idea aside at the time, but it continued percolating in the back of my mind, and I thought it was about time I finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Grand Design</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/06/06/the-grand-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have read quite a bit by and about Stephen Hawking. Hawking, a brilliant theoretical physicist and cosmologist, excels at communicating complex scientific concepts to laymen. His most well-known work, A Brief History of Time, was first published in 1988 and has sold well over ten million copies. It is among my favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Sainthood</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/05/02/understanding-sainthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While somewhat overshadowed by the royal wedding in Britain (may God bless the happy couple!), there has been some media attention directed toward the beatification of Blessed Pope John Paul II. Unfortunately, as is often the case, the media reporting on this event has been riddled with inaccuracies and half-truths about the Catholic process of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Eligibility and Faith (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/04/25/obama-eligibility-and-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/04/25/obama-eligibility-and-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one of those radical right-wingers who thinks President Barack Obama (D) is a Kenyan-born Muslim bent on the destruction of America. No. It is possible that Obama is accelerating our national destruction, but he is doing so with failed Keynesian economic policies and his own apparent lack of historical knowledge. I do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Holy Saturday: Silence</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2011/04/23/on-holy-saturday-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began.… He has gone to search for [...]]]></description>
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