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Guest Blogger: Jason Helopoulos. “We are moving into a post-denominational age” or so we are told. If that is the case, I for one don’t think it is good news. Denominations serve a real purpose and ar…
Category: Of Random Interest
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Is The Lord of The Rings racist? I’ve heard people suggest it before, but this is the first serious discussion I’ve found of it.
Indistinguishable From Magic — (Reposted to be rebloggable!) Any time Tolkien… |
(Reposted to be rebloggable!) Any time Tolkien has south/eastern people as antagonists, it’s because they’ve been coerced by guys like Sauron (nor are non-white people the only cultures to be…
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This is fabulous. I’m a junkie for comedians talking about how they hone their craft.
Richard Browne originally shared this post:
I love learning about the creative process in others.
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This is a straightforward and thoughtful rejection of the Apocrypha as inspired.
Why Do I Reject the Apocrypha?
It may surprise you to know that I don’t have much of a problem with the Apocrapha. I enjoy reading it. As well, as a Protestant, accepting or rejecting it does not really affect my standing …
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This is a helpful way to think about the relationship between theology and faith.
Theory Ain’t Belief–Thank God! | John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Philosopher Alvin Plantinga buries a little gem of insight in a footnote to his massive Warranted Christian Belief (Oxford, 2000) that pertains to Christmas and Easter especially: But aren’t there man…
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Bwahahah. I love this.
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Funny, although it misses the point of the Golden Rule.
Dilbert comic strip for 12/09/2012 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.
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Basic Instructions delivers again.
Basic Instructions — Basic Instructions — How to Graciously Receive an Honor
As I told the subscribers when they saw this comic, someone I know asked me to be the executor …
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This is one of the most marvelous examples of people responding to incentives that I can think of. Surprising and yet obvious in retrospect.
Snitching markets in everything
The prisoners in Atlanta’s hulking downtown jail had a problem. They wanted to snitch for federal agents, but they didn’t know anything worth telling. Fellow prisoner Marcus Watkins, a…
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I find this argument plausible.
Roger Ebert on the media’s coverage of school shootings
From his review of Gus Van Sant’s Elephant, a fictionalized account of a Columbine-like school shooting, here’s Roger Ebert on the