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Philip Pullman, addressing an audience at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, was asked about whether his latest book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, was offensive. Read on, or watch the video to hear his reply… Philip Pullman on censorship and free speech — pithy and wonderful via Boing Boing
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Here’s an interesting way of look at the conflict between science and religion: there is no conflict. Practically speaking, the conflict exists, but maybe only due to a huge misunderstanding of what religion and science are. A fairly recent misunderstanding that even people living in Darwin’s time would not have been confused by. The questions [...]
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A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements [claiming] the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. Sounds creepy, huh? [...]
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I can’t stand Andrew Sullivan. He derives way too much pleasure from being a contrarian, and is easily prone to hyperbole and smugness, but his blog is where I found this compelling video of young Iranians protesting the result of their recent presidential election: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (via The Atlantic) Says [...]
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Holy Christ!! This guy is in-fucking-credible. (Sorry, I only have an undergrad degree in English so my vocab is limited.) Wayne Martin Belger is so many artists wrapped into one that I am in utter awe. (Thanks for sharing this with me, Bo!) A photographer who constructs exquisite pinhole cameras from metals (aluminum, brass, gold), [...]
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Duelity is two cute animated shorts, pitting evolution against creationism, that dovetail very slickly into one another. Watch it…err, both at the same time.
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Heh, heh. Too easy a joke to make. I can imagine Peter Jennings on the news tonight asking some higher-ups in the cult–er, I mean “church”–what the death of Cardinal Sin means for Catholics. In all seriousness, Cardinal Sin was a good guy: An ethnic Chinese, Sin shot to global prominence in 1986 when he [...]
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Ever wonder if it’s OK to drive on Shabbat if it is your only way to get to the synagogue? AskMoses! (I was pointed to the site by the Web comic Shabot 6000.)
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The U.S. Government has resorted to asking its citizens to fast and pray so that God will help it win the war.
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