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Daily Archives: September 24, 2008
Eros and Thanatos: A Gorgeous Image of Dionysus, Discovered at Pompeii, Standing Alongside a Tranquil Vesuvius BEFORE It Had Exploded
A two thousand year old image of Dionysus, discovered at Pompeii. Dionysus giveth, and Dionysus taketh away:
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Tagged Apollo, Camille Paglia, Dionysus, Freud, Greek mythology, literature, mythology, poetry, Satan, snakes, Vesuvius
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“Those of us who teach at Christian colleges write with the knowledge that our books may get us fired.” Christianity Today Reviews Richard Dawkins’ “The Oxford Book of Science Writing” and Brings Up the Delicate Issue of Intellectual Censorship at Evangelical Colleges
Under the ironic and provacative title, “No Science Please: We’re Evangelical,” Christianity Today just gave Richard Dawkins’ new anthology of science writing a POSITIVE review. The review also urged Evangelicals to stay open to the discoveries of science, including those … Continue reading
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Tagged Antigone, censorship, Christianity Today, Expelled Exposed, James Dobson, John Macarthur, Karl Giberson, literature, Richard Dawkins, science, Sophocles
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Big Bangs Before The Big Bang?: Testing the Multiverse Hypothesis
Over at Physorg.com, a science news website, there is an article on how scientists are trying to bring pre-Big Bang speculation into the realm of the empirical. For example, one of the theories that has been bandied about by scientists is … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, Big Bang, creationism, evolution, Mama Jane, philosophy, physics, Sarah Palin, science, Stephen Hawking, witches
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From Darwin to Dawkins: A Book Review of Edward Larson’s “Evolution”
Edward Larson’s book, Evolution (Random House, 2004), is scientific, intellectual, and social history at its very best. The author seamlessly weaves: 1. basic recountings of the SCIENCE undergirding evolution, the BIOGRAPHIES of the scientists making contributions to evolutionary science, and the social CONTROVERSIES generated by evolution … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheist, biology, Charles Darwin, creationism, Edward Larson, evolution, geology, Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Palin, science
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Prometheus Unbound 