I recently watched Blood Diamond, twice in two weeks. That’s rare for me. The first time I watched it I watched with my aunt who mentioned that missionary friends of hers had to leave Sierra Leone because of the conflict portrayed in the movie. So here, in the words of Kenneth Wiebe, is a personal [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2007’
The God Delusion – Part 4 – Pick a Side, Einstein
Theist – believes in a supernatural intelligence who can be personally known and is interested in human affairs Deist – believes in a supernatural intelligence with no specific interest in human affairs Pantheist – does not believe in a supernatural God at all, but uses the word ‘god’ as a non-supernatural synonym for Nature, or [...]
Pedro the Lion – Achilles Heel
Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan has kind of made a name for himself by cussing. In particular it’s the juxtaposition of his Christian faith with his willingness to openly cuss that has brought an excessive amount of attention his way. In the song “Foregone Conclusions” from the album Achilles Heel he sings: “You were [...]
Bad Christians and Bad Atheists
I Sold My Soul on eBay author Hemant Mehta has a blog called “Friendly Atheist”. Some of his posts are indeed of a friendly nature while others, especially recently it seems, are a bit less so. Two recent entries are worth looking at: Christians hurting Christianity Hemant asks: “Have any of you (Christian or atheist [...]
Two New Books about Google and Mennonites
Amidst the thousands of trashy romance novels and old magazines, thrift stores occasionally offer up books that are actually worthy of purchase. I found two such books tonight. The Google Story by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed The title pretty much describes the book, yes? “Inside the hottest business, media, and technology success of [...]
Seen and Heard (July 6, 2007)
Scott “Dilbert” Adams just put a post up that goes well with the discussions we’re having here regarding religious and Atheist violence and the body counts of each. I imagine there will be many comments there so go join the fray. ***update – Scott Adams says he accidentally deleted his own post. The post and [...]
Childhood Indoctrination
Over at the blog Piece of Mind, in a post called Doubt is a Higher Calling, Mark Tokarski has challenged me to define my thinking about childhood indoctrination a little more clearly. It’s a valid challenge. It’s worth reading his post before you read the following response: Mark, I’m glad we’re having this conversation… and [...]
