Two videos hit me this week dealing with the same principle of radical uncertainty. The first is a comedic interview between Stephen Colbert and Andy Schlafly, who is creating Conservapedia. Andy is a hoot to watch but Stephen throws out a line that captured my attention. He said, “Who are these people who are the …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
“The irony is that even within Christian churches, we’re already post-denominational. Christian churches are already seeing that the issues that defined the denominations are mostly dead issues for people today. The connections are across denominations. Amazing movement called the emerging church. Not only says, ‘to hell with denominations but to hell with church building, traditions …
Why New Atheism Thrives
A few months ago I was in Borders and picked up a copy of Christopher Hitchens God is Not Great. I thumbed through it for about an hour digesting portions of it. And I liked it. Yep. Let me explain. There’s a reason why the New Atheism is thriving. It’s not because of what Hitchens, …
The Ilustion Of Stuff
I really wonder how much of our stuff is just an illusion that sates us into thinking we have it all together. Last night I was watching television and one of the pinnacle 80’s movies came on. The graphic, F-work laden Scarface. (My friend once counted the F words and there are 365.) I couldn’t …
Not Cut Out For Religion
This was insightful and deeply creative from Jude Simpson.It explores the nature of following Jesus and our insipid desire to dumb it down. I ask you, what’s the answer, and you just ask me questions, and I’m like, “hello, I thought you were God?” Can’t I just download you, pay-as-I-go to decode you – a …
A New Word for Postmodern
The Tall Skinny Kiwi asks a really good question in this post. He wrestles with the lack of language for a post-modern world. “I wish there was a better word for it than “post-modern” (meaning AFTER the period of cultural modernity) but I just cant think of one.” I’m a language guy. I appreciate semantics …
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