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… 

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… 

Funny, although it misses the point of the Golden Rule.

Dilbert comic strip for 12/09/2012 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogbert’s New Ruling Class and mor… 

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… 

Clearly, Lord Vader has been busy. See Vader Chokes Officer — I find your lack of faith disturbing for details.

Census reveals more people identify as Jedi Knights than atheists

The number of Jedi Knights appears to have nearly halved in the last decade, but still beats the amount of people who positively identify as atheists in England and Wales, according to results of the …