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In-Flight Viewing
July 12, 2011 By 3 Comments
I got to see several movies I had been wanting to during my recent flights: The Adjustment Bureau, The Green Hornet, Limitless, I Am Number Four, and The Eagle. There are plenty of things that could be said about most of these films in relation to religion. But I’ll leave it to readers to start [...]
The Doctor Who Experience
July 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
One of the non-conference-related highlights of my recent visit to London was taking my son to the Doctor Who Experience. This post will contain some spoilers which, if you are planning on going, you might want to skip. Then again, I remember thinking as I was waiting in line to go in, and the guide [...]
Congratulations to Joel Watts!
June 14, 2011 By 27 Comments
One reliable sign that a blogger is taking a stand for truth and open to following the evidence where it leads is when a negative post about them appears at Answers in Genesis. Joel Watts has now had this honor. Keep up the good work! Joel and Rod already have responses and comments posted. I [...]
Harmonizing Judas With Doctor Who
June 13, 2011 By 45 Comments
This post isn’t about singing harmony on a Lady Gaga song, but about turning a favorite conservative Christian passtime into a fun blogging activity. The discrepancies between the accounts of Judas’ fate, what happened to the 30 pieces of silver, and how the “Field of Blood” got its name are well known. If you aren’t [...]
A Sense of Wonder
June 9, 2011 By 4 Comments
I had the privilege of contributing the entry on “Religion and Science Fiction” to a brand new textbook on science fiction. The volume consists of a mix of classic and less well known sci-fi stories, interspersed with scholarly essays about the genre. The volume is edited by Leigh Grossman, and its title is A Sense [...]
Continuity Errors in the Bible and Star Trek
June 8, 2011 By 10 Comments
An interesting post at the blog Undeception compares continuity errors in two canons – the Bible and Star Trek – and notes the similarity between the attempts at harmonization among die-hard fans of both. I can also share under the heading “religion and science fiction” a humorous video about Calvinism (HT Hacking Christianity), because at [...]
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