(I need to think of more things to post about that don’t require copying links and quotes.) Debunking Christianity has a couple of good recent articles, one examining the atonement theory of Christianity (in light of the Chronicles of Narnia). C.S. Lewis’s Theory of Atonement in The Chronicles of Narnia … Most liberal and many [...]
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My wife’s the greatest!
For Xmas, my wife got me Paul Kurtz’s book _Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism_ (I’m on my iPhone, can’t copy links–look it up *grin*) even though she’s more of a religious humanist, herself. What an incredibly thoughtful and giving gift. I love my wife.
READ MORE »Seems kinda Tom Clancy-ish to me….
If you know me you know that I have a love/hate relationship with conspiracy theories. On the one hand, they’re really entertaining! They make for great “X-Files” plotlines, and extra bonus points if they can work in The Illuminati! (And keep a straight face.) fnord But on the other hand, they’re almost always complete bunk. [...]
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Since having to cancel XM Radio, I’ve been doing a lot of catching up on podcasts lately, listening to them in the car. One that I fell way behind on and have been doing some marathon listening to, is Fear The Boot–a role-playing game based podcast. I’ve been a long time RPG’er. Since I was [...]
READ MORE »Basking in a God’s love induced coma.
Saw this news report tonight: Pastor beaten while decorating church In brief, a pastor was visciously, brutally beaten (oh, and robbed) by two men with no provocation, in a cowardly, disgusting act of human cruelty. That alone is tragic. The tragedy is compounded by this comment: “By yesterday afternoon, the bleeding had stopped. And there’s [...]
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