Michael Sattler: An Anabaptist Martyr, Preserving History of 16th Century Catholic Church

Michael Sattler (1495 – 20 May 1527) was a monk who left the Roman Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation to become one of the early leaders of the Anabaptist movement. He was particularly influential for his role in developing the Schleitheim Confession. Title page of the Schleitheimer Confession (1527), bearing Sattler’s name. Sattler was born in approximately 1490 in Staufen, Germany.[1] He […]

444. Commandment – O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace

444. Commandment – O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace [33:57] Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace. [37:80] ‘Peace be upon Noah among the […]

The Machines Are Coming

Source: NY Times CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — THE machine hums along, quietly scanning the slides, generating Pap smear diagnostics, just the way a college-educated, well-compensated lab technician might. A robot with emotion-detection software interviews visitors to the United States at the border. In field tests, this eerily named “embodied avatar […]