I bought Bertrand Russel’s “Why I Am Not a Christian” today. I had gone in looking for some Kierkegaard and a book of logic puzzles (they’re calming for me), I think I shocked myself with the selection I walked out with. (I did get the logic puzzle book though) Why would I pick up “Why [...]
A lot has been said, at least in the circle I run in, about the Pew Forum study on the approval of torture. Most of what I have read is a condemnation of Evangelicals for their apparent lack of moral standing on the issue. Beyond that first topic I’ve also read calls from evangelicals to [...]
It seems that, often times, we find out things about ourselves not from introspection, but from listening to others views on their own lives. It so happened that by her own introspection, last night, my wife made me realize something about my religion. Mostly… that it’s dead. I don’t mean dead in the sense that [...]
If you live in the states, you’ve likely seen a commercial from the recent campaign launched by Marshals in which the catch phrase is “It pays to be shamelessly shopportunistic.” The general layout of the commercials (I have now seen two of them, but doubtless there are or will be more) is basically: A Manufacturer [...]
So, two more news stories came out today regarding the SBC, and I thought I’d address them both. (USA Today & AJC) In the USA today article, Frank Page, who had been trying to reform the party during his term, was quoted saying: “I have admonished — lovingly but firmly — our convention not to [...]
So to make another push for the Indian Taxi Fund, Josh came up with an idea to sell books for $25. He’s got a few posted on his site if you aren’t a fan of anything you see over here, I’m offering basically the entirety of my bookshelf from the past six months. If you’re [...]
For some years now you have viewed yourselves as championing the cause of Pro-Marriage legislation, which is more plainly stated: Anti-Homosexual legislation. You have felt the turning tide of public appeal fall favorably on Gay marriage, and see this trend as an affront to your very core being. Your leaders have imposed if Homosexuality were [...]
Have you ever taken part in changing the world via Kiva? If you have, then you know what a micro-loan is and how it works, for those of you who don’t heres a quick run down. It starts with a small business owner in need of money to grow his or her business in some [...]
So we have a problem here in America. It’s called americanism. It’s a religion, it’s a lifestyle, it’s a drug. The way it’s progressing, it doesn’t seem like it will stop. There’s always been voices against it, but those voices somehow always seem to get silenced. It’s like we’re scared of the voices offering dissent [...]
Watching sicko… I’ll post my thoughts when I’m done and processed it. email2friend