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Daily Archives: January 6, 2010
Jesus and John the Baptist Depicted in Their Mothers’ Wombs—with Halos!
This is a trippy Armenian Christian image of Mary meeting up with Elizabeth while Jesus and John the Baptist are still in their bellies: The softness and sympathy of the women’s exchange of glances—so humane and accessible—is rather curiously contrasted with the mature and severe … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, gospel of Luke, Jesus, John the Baptist, Mary, religion, the virgin mary
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Fox News Christian Brit Hume’s Invitation to ESPN Buddhist Tiger Woods
Ah, when television news and sports personalities collide—over religion! This today at National Review: Brit Hume’s comments on Fox News Sunday — “I don’t think that [Buddhism] offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian … Continue reading
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Tagged brit hume, Buddhism, Christianity, God, golf, Jesus, Judaism, religion, sports, television, tiger woods
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Scott Lively’s Role in Fomenting Anti-Gay Hysteria in Uganda
If you don’t think that there is any real danger in the rise of 21st century American religious authoritarianism, watch this: Oh, and how many times have you heard Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, or Sean Hannity speak out against the “anti-sodomy” … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, gay equality, gay rights, glenn beck, God, homosexuality, James Dobson, Jesus, lesbian, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, uganda
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An Apt Quote Against Ireland’s New Anti-Free Speech Blasphemy Law
C. Bradlaugh, quoted in Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner’s Penalties Upon Opinion (1934): Laws to punish differences of opinion are as useless as they are monstrous. Differences of opinion on politics are denounced and punished as seditious, on religious topics as blasphemous, … Continue reading
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Tagged blasphemy, blasphemy laws, censorship, free speech, free will, freedom, hypatia bradlaugh bonner, ireland, John Locke, john stewart mill, libertarianism, the mind
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“Horton Hears a Who”, Alvin Plantinga, and a Tree Stump in Ireland
In Dr. Seuss’s famous children’s book, Horton Hears a Who, an elephant equipped with giant elephant ears can hear the voices of very, very tiny “people” that really are there, lurking among the grasses. Others cannot hear them (because they … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Plantinga, apologetics, atheism, atheist, Calvinism, epistemology, God, horton hears a who, Jesus, salvation
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The Emperor Has No Clothes
And I’m not seeing this either:
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Tagged Catholicism, Christianity, God, idol worship, ireland, Jesus, psychology, religion, social psychology, the virgin mary, trees, veneration
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Pretty Good Reasons Not to Believe in God Watch: Time and Chance—and Space!—Happeneth to Them All
I’ve never heard it put quite this way, and I know that it is implied within numerous arguments for atheism, but I think, by just making it explicitly present to consciousness, that this is a pretty good reason to doubt God’s existence: … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, God, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, multiverse hypothesis, philosophy, religion, space, time
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Prometheus Unbound 