Archive for November, 2007

A Little More on Pullman

For any who are interested in this Philip Pullman - Christianity conflict (I’m not sure that I am anymore), Christianity Today put up a an article called The Chronicles of Atheism. It’s written by a film critic (not a philosopher or theologian), which engages the thoughts and controversies fairly evenly, even if I thought that […]

Ooh, Gravatars

The short: want an image of yourself associated with comments you make on this blog (and many others)? Read on.
Gravatar was recently acquired by Automattic, the company that supports WordPress development and runs WordPress.com. I never bothered with it before because it was notoriously slow, but Automattic beefed things up and it’s actually usable now. So […]

Two Years (Minus 3 Days)

So, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for two years now… as of three days ago, that is. I was going to make some kind of post about it on the day of, but I forgot to pay attention. Oh well.
All I’ll say is that this strange little journey of having a multi-faceted blog (some might […]

The Evolution of Human Reason

The following quote will probably be gibberish to many people, as it’s loaded with insider philosophical language. If your eyes glaze over, you’re normal. If you don’t, you’re some strange little creature called a philosopher that thinks of their body as a transportation device for their head. Have pity on these poor creatures.
If you’re still here, […]

Do Schools Kill Creativity?

If you went to a “normal” school, chances are you’ll answer yes without hesitation. I know that I would. In this 20 minute talk, Ken Robinson helps us to understand why this is the case and how tragic it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

There’s a lot I could say, but it would be much better to let this brilliant video […]

Jesus for President

Shane Claiborne is up to trouble again with a book entitled Jesus for President. (HT: Generous Orthodoxy ThinkTank) It looks like he and other contributors are trying to inject some authentic, Jesus following politics into the upcoming American collection. Here’s some of their ideas for campaign buttons:

See these buttons (and others) over at the Jesus for […]



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