Happy Good Friday, Everyone
As per my yearly ritual, I took today off in honor of Good Friday, which is the second holiest day in the Christian calendar (Easter Sunday being the first). Posting will be light, as I’m spending the day with my…
Tag Religion/Morals
The Gnospel Of Judas
I’ve actually been fairly amused over the media hyperventilating precipitated by the “recent” “revelation” of the Gospel of Judas, a Gnostic text long thought lost to the vagaries of time, unearthed in 1978 and recently released for translation by the…
A Chilling Vision Of The Future
Author Dan Simmons has penned a riveting short story posited on a time traveler from the future showing up in Simmons’ study offering cautionary tales of the future. A pull quote from the middle of the piece: I tried to…
A Religio-Political Observation
I’ve been a bit mystified by the rabid, unhinged reactions of Lefties (particularly of the Kossack variety) to Ben Domenech’s new Washington Post blog. All manner of ad hominem invective and personal attacks have been leveled at Ben, from truly…
Site-Seeing
Work continues apace, meaning that I’m extremely limited in the time that I can even think about blogging, let alone working up full posts. In lieu of some genuinely new and original content, I’d instead like to offer up links…
Taking A Stand Against Islamism
The Danish paper at the center of the Mohammed Cartoons controversy, the Jyllands-Posten, has printed a manifesto signed by twelve Westernized Muslims and experts on Islam. The prose of the letter is moving and an excellent summation of the issues…
Presbyterian Church (USA) – The Denomination With No Shame
Some days I’m more than a little sad to have ever been a part of a PC-USA church; today, unfortunately, is one of those days. Please don’t read this as an indictment of Presbyterians in general. The vast majority of…
Has The Whole World Gone MAD?
Photo from last week’s anti-cartoon protests in Pakistan, presented without commentary: Note: This is not a Photoshop job. See here for the original.
Snakes, Stones And The Efficacy Of Paedobaptism
Brad recently pointed out a post on Skippy’s Stack discussing paedobaptism (the baptism of children) which spawned a few comments from Skippy’s readers. Much was said about personal preference and opinion, but there was little Scriptural reference employed in order…
Fatwa’d! O RLY?
Those Fark Photoshop goons are so asking for a mullarchic religious beatdown: Sitcom situations for Mohammed. Heh.
