David Bruce

Science and Religion: 250 Anecdotes and Stories (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book consists of many anecdotes and stories about science and religion. It is, I hope, interesting with some humor. For example: 1) When aerospace engineer Burt Rutan was growing up, he was obsessed with aircraft. He would take the model airplanes his older brother crashed and use their parts to create his own designs. To test the aircraft, he persuaded his mother to drive the family car at high speeds while he held his newly designed aircraft out the window to see how it acted. Later, he started designing plans for aircraft that could be built at home by hobbyists. To test the designs for parts, he would tie the parts to the top of his car, and then drive the car at high speeds. His business was very successful, and he enjoyed working there so much that he called his aircraft factory the "candy store." 2) Larry J. Crocker, minister of the Marbach Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas, had a daughter named Jennifer who was impatient. When she was five years old, she saw her brother get baptized, so she wanted to get baptized, too. He explained to her that she needed to be older to be able to understand the commitment that baptism represented, but she still wanted to get baptized right away. That night, he heard a lot of splashing coming from the bathroom where Jennifer was taking a bath, so he called to her, "Jennifer, what are you doing?" She shouted back, "I told Jesus I loved Him and baptized myself."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David Bruce
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798230865810
• Artikelnr.: 72812053

Autorenporträt

It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a cry rang out, and on a hot summer night in 1954, Josephine, wife of Carl Bruce, gave birth to a boy me. Unfortunately, this young married couple allowed Reuben Saturday, Josephine's brother, to name their first-born. Reuben, aka "The Joker," decided that Bruce was a nice name, so he decided to name me Bruce Bruce. I have gone by my middle name David ever since.

Being named Bruce David Bruce hasn't been all bad. Bank tellers remember me very quickly, so I don't often have to show an ID. It can be fun in charades, also. When I was a counselor as a teenager at Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, Ohio, a fellow counselor gave the signs for "sounds like" and "two words," then she pointed to a bruise on her leg twice. Bruise Bruise?

Oh yeah, Bruce Bruce is the answer!

Uncle Reuben, by the way, gave me a haircut when I was in kindergarten. He cut my hair short and shaved a small bald spot on the back of my head. My mother wouldn't let me go to school until the bald spot grew out again.

Of all my brothers and sisters (six in all), I am the only transplant to Athens, Ohio. I was born in Newark, Ohio, and have lived all around Southeastern Ohio. However, I moved to Athens to go to Ohio University and have never left.

At Ohio U, I never could make up my mind whether to major in English or Philosophy, so I got a bachelor's degree with a double major in both areas, then I added a Master of Arts degree in English and a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy. Yes, I have my MAMA degree.

Currently, and for a long time to come (I eat fruits and veggies), I am spending my retirement writing books such as Nadia Comaneci: Perfect 10, The Funniest People in Comedy, Homer's Iliad: A Retelling in Prose, and William Shakespeare's Hamlet: A Retelling in Prose.

If all goes well, I will publish one or two books a year for the rest of my life. (On the other hand, a good way to make God laugh is to tell Her your plans.)

By the way, my sister Brenda Kennedy writes romances such as A New Beginning and Shattered Dreams.