Adventures In Church-Going
Those of you who know me and my “bad mojo” will not be surprised to hear that our adventures in power were by no means restricted to home this past weekend. My wife, Will and I arrived at church Sunday…
Category Religion/Morals
Lileks, Environmental Trusteeism And Parental Responsibilities
From today’s Bleat: Actually, it was a reminder of another obligation and duty of parenthood: to teach your kid to believe in something – in this case, conservation & ecological good-citizenry – based on rationality and facts, not emotion and…
A View We Infidels Were Never Meant To See
There is apparently a prohibition on cameras at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia, supposed final resting place of Mohammed, and, since the entirety of Mecca is off-limits to kafir (Arabic for “infidel”) such as myself, there’s precious little visual…
I’m Not The Only One!
I’ve been a bit put off by the generally positive reviews of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by other Christian bloggers, thinking that perhaps I was too harsh on the movie. However, having stumbled across Steven Greydanus’ review,…
Aslan Is On The Move, But, You Know, Who REALLY Cares?
As I noted yesterday, I went to an advance screening of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe put on by my church last night. In brief, here’s my one sentence review: I don’t know how it’s possible, but I…
Aslan Is On The Move
Our church meets in a movie theater, which means it is in a bit of a unique situation at certain points. For instance, in the past, we were able to get an advance screening of The Passion of the Christ;…
A Question For My South Carolinian Readers
What the heck is wrong with your governor? First, refusing to recognize Pope John Paul II and now, Rosa Parks? I don’t believe that the South is inherently more racist than the North, as many of my fellow Yankees seem…
There’s Regular Crazy And Then There’s Moralizing Crusader Bat Guano Crazy, Apparently
For those of you not in the know, Jack Thompson is a man-on-a-mission, a ragin’ crusader set to save us all from the Evils Of Video Game Violence and Ourselves, of course. Personally, I think he’s a flaming idiot, but…
File Under “D” For “Duh”
Starbucks introduces coffee cup with quote from a gay author expressing regret that he repressed his homosexuality for so long at Baylor University (a Baptist institution). What could possibly go wrong?
Photoshop Funnies In “Hail The Swirly Cone” Land
Let’s pretend, for a moment, that you are an organization tasked with putting a positive spin on your medieval religion so as to make its largely anti-democratic, misogynist and xenophobic tenets seem almost palatable to Western audiences. However, you’ve also…
