Daily Archives: January 16, 2009

Brace Yourselves: We May Live in a Hologram

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

This has been a big week for science announcements. First, there was the announcement that there may be life on Mars, and now New Scientist is reporting suggestive new evidence that the universe may be a holographic projection, in three dimensions, … Continue reading →

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“Everything great done in this world is done by passionate people”: Rick Warren Likens the Contemporary Jesus Movement to Leninism, Maoism, and the Hitler Youth Movements

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

In the video clip above, hearing Rick Warren appeal to mass totalitarian movements as MODELS for passionate mass organizing, I couldn’t help but think of W.B. Yeats’s poem, “The Second Coming,” specifically this line: The best lack all conviction, while … Continue reading →

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Feeling the Love?: Charles Krauthammer Confesses to a Bit of Obama Tingle

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer has a bit of Obamamania: What is interesting is the fact that he would want to do this [have dinner with George Will and conservative columnists]. And you see that since his election he has kind … Continue reading →

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Question of the Day

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

If Jesus could (and did) heal individual blind people, as the gospels assert, why didn’t Jesus just go ahead and heal blindness as such? After all, either Jesus had the power to do it, and did not. Or he wanted to … Continue reading →

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