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Leaves a Mark points out a recent interest in theodicy, linking to a Slate piece and a NYT editorial. In the NY Times piece, conservative columnist William Safire (of whom I am not a fan) writes a damn good sermon. He points out that if you read the real deal in the Bible, forlorn Job […]
Incredible. Children in a Mississippi town who were behind on paying their lunch money had their food thrown away in front of them and then replaced by a PBJ. Phew. And to think that before this we didn’t know who the poor kids were! How rich! Now what was that line about the “least of […]
If you’re a blog reader and you’re not using Kinja yet, you should start. Kinja is a free web-based service that lets you track updates to your favorite blogs (assuming they have RSS feeds, which most do) on one page. If you choose to make your Kinja digest public, other folks can see what’s new […]
I just switched over to Firefox, by gum. I’ve had earlier versions installed just to check cross-browser issues, but I’ve never really used it up this point. I’m very impressed so far. Tons of extensions you can download. My favorite extension so far is a weather plugin that runs now on the that info bar […]
Riffing off of Heisenberg, Disputations offers an intriguing Theological Uncertainty Principle: We can make statements about God that are both true and intelligible. The truer a statement, the less intelligible. The more intelligible a statement, the less true.
Here they are, in chronological order. My favorites from 2004: How to renew a vocabulary of reverence The secret of the most wise The adventures of Purple Cowboy Hat Lady, or How I got dogged by my own mother I care Fetal American rights now! Your mileage may vary. Satisfaction not guaranteed.