The Pew Report study of Pentecostalism

One magazine that I subscribe to - Touchstone - had a blurb in the back of their January/February issue about a recent study of pentecostalism conducted by the Pew Forum. There they noted the following:


Far fewer "renewalists" experienced or even witnessd "the gifts of the Spirit," healings, and exorcisms than the common definition of Pentecostal and Charismatic experience suggests. In only seven of the ten countries surveyed by the Pew Forum, for example, did at least half the Pentecostals report that their church services included praying in tongues and prophesying, and the numbers for Charismatics were even lower. Even fewer reported that they spoke in tongues, with at least 40% in six of the ten countries saying that they did not do so. The traditional definition of the movement by its speaking in tongues needs to be rethought, Luis Lugo, the director of the Pew Forum, told journalists when he announced the study.

A new version of Train Simulator is just around the bend

I discovered today that Microsoft Game Studios has started working on a new version of Train Simulator based on the new Flight Simulator X engine. I also noticed on one of the developer's blogs that they went on a research trip to the WCRA in Squamish and took a picture of 2860.

Official site: http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsimulator/

Those silly car contraptions

Today, nearing 13 months after I first arrived in Calgary, I finally did something to decrease the aerodynamic efficiency of my automobile. It's finally joined the crowd of cars with a plug poking out the front grill. Waiting close to 400 days from initial arrival time to install one of these has got to score reasonably high on the procrastination meter.

Stargate movies announced

I imagine that Ryan's already seen this, but, for those of us who don't check GateWorld.net every time we touch a computer, I figured that the announcement of details of the upcoming Stargate SG1 movies was worth posting. Names and a few plot details are available.

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