It ain’t so

Maybe we should start a movement to identify and expose popular myths. We could call it STULTUS, for “STamp out Urban Legends Totally (US)”.
You’ve probably heard this one before: a frog dropped into boiling water will jump out, but a frog placed in tepid water and slowly heated will fail to notice, and eventually succumb and become frog soup. This is usually presented as a warning against becoming too tolerant of evils.
Numerous preachers who have used the example will be disappointed to learn it’s not true.
That’s not a big deal, but a few times I’ve heard a preacher repeat an urban legend that’s embarrassingly false or even slanderous. So what do you do then?

One more thing before I go to work

Moveable Type rocks. It kicks blogger’s behind up and down the block. You should all give it a shot. RC might be able to help you find a friendly home for you blog at stblogs.org. That was the plan, RC, wasn’t it?