Category: Religion
Debate on God: "Absurdity of the Converse"
July 10th, 2008I have a long-time friend who I grew up with and is also a fellow bulldog. He knew me "back when" I was a Christian. Somewhere amidst the business of growing up I gave up my beliefs (See my category on religion). However, its only been a relatively re… more »
Full Circle on Foley
October 20th, 2006The Mark Foley scandal comes full circle, back to a sexual interaction between Foley and a late-twenties priest when Foley was a young teenager:
Foley, 52, has said through attorney David Roth that he was molested by a priest when he was between the… more »
The Problem of Public Schools
October 3rd, 2006Public schools are destined for mediocrity simply by existing as institutional extensions of the state. The abominable marriage of education and government fails because it disconnects cost and benefit, thereby severing learning from the powerful forces… more »
The Problem of Evolution: Pope Benedict to Ponder Intelligent Design
August 29th, 2006Per The Guardian's John Hooper on Pope prepares to embrace theory of intelligent design (emphasis mine):
There have been growing signs the Pope is considering aligning his church more closely with the theory of "intelligent design"
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A prominent… more »
Katherine Harris: Christian Politician
August 28th, 2006The blogosphere is a'buzz about House Representative Katherine Harris' remarks to the Florida Baptist Witness. Most bloggers are gabbing about Harris' calling the separation of church and state a "lie" (How dare she blaspheme the Holy Constitution!). H… more »
The Liquid Terrorists and Our Fear-Mongering Governments
August 11th, 2006Per the Irish Examiner, "Terror plot chaos - Police foil plan to blow up 10 airlines" (Excerpts below in blockquote have been numbered for easy reference):
[1] British police and MI5 anti-terror officers swooped in the early hours yesterday, arresting… more »
Our Dollars and Cents: Statist Propaganda
August 8th, 2006With the Federal Reserve in the limelight and having just completed Murray Rothbard’s America's Great Depression as well as the fact that I’m keeping an eye on the yield curve, gold and the stock market, I keep returning to thoughts on our fiat currency.… more »
How to Institutionalize Your Fellow Man
July 17th, 2006Take control. Take control. Take control. Take control by force, as necessary. Otherwise, volunteer to take on the responsibilities of others: the more necessary the responsibility, the more important it is to take control of it.
If force can be u… more »
Gods and Governments
June 30th, 2006Governments and Gods have a lot in common: we pray for things and the government bestows upon us in kind.
If you've seen Bruce Almighty, you'll remember what happened when Bruce allowed everyone to get what they were praying for. It was a complete… more »
Jesus Loves You: Meaningful Love, Part II
June 28th, 2006I concluded Meaningful Love with two questions. Below is my answer to the first. Armed with an understanding of love as a statement of value, supported by action, is the statement, "Jesus loves you," meaningful?
From what I can tell, Jesus and God do… more »
And now for your daily dose of crazy ...
April 26th, 2006After spending a good deal of time on sites where people exercise reason and logic, it's important to be reminded that there are some seriously fucked up folks out there. If there is a better, more concise way to describe these fellow inhabitants of ear… more »
Teen Jesus!
April 6th, 2006I never thought installing Google's AdSense would result in links I might actually want to click on, much less post on. But somehow, my Losing my Religion posts (Parts I and II) resulted in the ad to my left about Teen Jesus.
As the ad says, "What's… more »
Losing my Religion, Part II
March 30th, 2006In Losing my Religion, Part I, I detailed my Christian upbringing. Part of that upbringing was learning to challenge ideas and to have a faith that was internally consistent with a loving God.
Once I left home for college, my lifestyle as a Christian… more »
Losing my Religion, Part I
March 28th, 2006On March 12, 1991, R.E.M. released Out of Time. Possibly R.E.M.'s greatest hit was off this album, Losing my Religion, which actually isn't about abandoning your religion at all, but rather a creepy stalker-like love song a la Sting's Every Breath You T… more »
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