August 2010
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Goodness, I almost sound like I strongly believe in and relate to God in that last post. What a strange place I am in.
azspot:
“Either Scripture was true and evolution was wrong or evolution was true and I must toss out the Bible.”
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Christianity and Evolution
Okay. I generally am intrigued and find azspot’s posts interesting and useful, but first of all, this quote is completely out of context: the linked article was strongly contesting the notion that Scripture and evolution are mutually exclusive,...
WatchI don’t know if Rush is intentionally being stupid here, but just to clarify, listen to the first 30 seconds of this clip, and then consider these facts. The first two are perhaps excusable as a slip of the tongue, but then consider the rest:
Japan’s major religions are Shinto and Buddhism.
Hindus comprise approximately 0.0001% of the Japanese population, generously
The Japanese...
“With all due respect, this ‘Christian’ nation has been illegally...”
– Rollo Tomasi, in comments at SCCL
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Harvey Danger and my hometown
Note: As the title implies, the following is some rambling about free music, Harvey Danger, and my hometown that overflowed from my Twitter. It has little to no spiritual, political, or philosophical value, and questionable comedic value. Consider yourself disclaimed.
So today I was browsing LyricWiki, which for many reasons is starting to supplant the excellent-but-sometimes-spotty...
“How ironic is it to see a bumper sticker that says ‘Jesus is the answer’ next to...”
– Shane Claiborne (via graceisred) (via irresistiblerevolution)
“[Do I believe that gay marriage is] a threat to the country? No, I don’t. ...”
– Glenn Beck, in response to Bill O’Reilly’s questions on the O’Reilly Show
“…when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought...”
– Issac Asimov (via azspot)
Love this. I must, however, add the disclaimer that the West knew the world was round starting around 300 BC in Greece (and therefore knew so in Medieval times). That doesn’t change this quote or make it any less true, but I don’t want to perpetuate...
“Where the “Ground Zero mosque” is concerned, opposition is roughly proportional...”
– Park51, the proposed mosque near Ground Zero (via azspot)
Tumblr is awesome.
Well, it’s actually kind of crappy right now, because it’s having a hard time staying on two feet. But the people is what I’m talking about.
Because in addition to the posts I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been reading up and found out that unimaginableyou is a geek and fights against the God-as-exclusively-male fallacy. She’s officially my new favorite...
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Everything is Broken
I’m frustrated.
I was just telling my girlfriend last night about how Tumblr is good for my soul - people like irresistiblerevolution and jefferyoverstreet and especially zurik remind me that there are Christians out there who are caring about people, wrestling with God, thinking about their faith, and mostly caring about people. Not their souls, or their eternal destiny, or what they...
Americans split evenly on gay marriage
“This is one of the few instances when independents side with one party rather than falling in between the Dems and the GOP. 56 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Independents think the Constitution conveys the right to marry to same-sex couples. Only 25 percent of all Republicans agree.”
—CNN: “Americans split evenly on gay marriage”
This is a significant...
Emerging from Evangelicalism
This post was inspired by a post from azspot on Rodney Stark’s take on how churches break (due to Evangelicalism), and was originally going to just be a reblog, but then my comments just kept going. It initially caught my attention because my girlfriend has read and hates Rodney Stark, but (as usual with azspot) was a good read in and of itself.
Most of what he said is pretty much what I...
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FOX Opinion: Conservatives should rethink gay... →
Margaret Hoover posted an excellent opinion piece that I didn’t see before Prop 8, and today posted a follow up - both on straight-up FOXNews.com, no less. Both urge her fellow conservatives to reconsider their staunch opposition to gay marriage and Prop 8. Some key passages below, click through for the full post:
The case was presented by a constitutional conservative, Ted Olson, who...
“Your eyes are closed when you’re praying,
You sing right along with the band....”
– Jon Foreman (via graceisred) (via zurik)
Oh my, I love this song. I first saw it in this video, just because it’s so raw - I think it’s the first time he publically performed it, at some aftershow at a coffee shop.
I would love “The Sound” too, but there’s an...
“… Proposition 8 was premised on the belief that same-sex couples simply are not...”
– Judge Vaughn Walker, overturning California’s Proposition 8 in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (via savingpaper)
(via tart-tart)
(via daisies-and-vervain)
(via zurik)
Thank you, good sir.
“There is another choice besides rejecting religion outright or adopting an...”
– Frank Schaeffer (via azspot)
The Politics of Stupidity Strike Again →
azspot:
The notion that when we are fighting two wars, we’re not supposed to consider raising taxes on such Americans is one sign of a country that’s no longer serious. Why do so few foreign policy hawks acknowledge that if they lack the gumption to ask taxpayers to finance the projection of American military power, we won’t be able to project it in the long run?
And if we are unwilling to...
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