In flashbacks, we see Sayid being walked through Heathrow Airport in handcuffs. The CIA wants Sayid to infiltrate a terrorist cell in Sydney, in exchange for being told where Nadia is. We later see him in a mosque engaged in prayer, where he is reunited with someone he knew, Essam. He says he is working as a treecutter – and adds “so much for my philosophy degree.” When Sayid spots a bug in a smoke detector at Assam’s house, and then... Read more
I am grateful to Tavis Bohlinger for drawing attention to the fact that the University of Durham Department of Theology and Religion has a new blog. The address is: https://durhamabbeyhouse.wordpress.com/ This will definitely be worth keeping an eye on! Read more
One popular objection in our time to evolutionary biology is a bogus distinction between observational science and historical science. It is a slightly more elaborate – but no more persuasive – version of Ken Ham’s infamous “Were you there?” The irony is that this approach represents an attack on Christianity even more than it is an attack on science. What kinds of evidence supports evolution? Remnants of past organisms, and the genetic code in those alive today which shows our interrelatedness.... Read more
Via Episcopal Church Memes on Facebook. Read more
The episode starts with Boone’s injuries. Jack tells Boone that he is going to fix this – that he will save him. But he struggles with the lack of needles, blood, and other things he needs. Sun tells Jack that he can’t save Boone, even if he amputates the leg, since he is bleeding internally, and Jack responds with Locke’s catchphrase, “Don’t tell me what I can’t do.” Eventually Boone lets Jack off the hook from his promise and asks... Read more
I had the privilege of visiting the rare books room at Christian Theological Seminary yesterday. One item that caught my eye is the one I took a photo of above, Matthias Norberg’s Lexidion Codicis Nasaraei. It is a dictionary of the words in the Ginza Rba (Great Treasure), the principal sacred text of the Mandaeans. The Mandaic words are rendered in the Serto (Syriac) script, and then translations are provided in Latin. As with many out-of-print and out-of-copyright books, there... Read more
A Polite Bribe: See the Movie, Meet the Filmmaker A showing of the critically-acclaimed film “A Polite Bribe” by Robert Orlando will take place onThursday, November 13, at 7pm, in Gallahue Hall, room 108. The showing will be followed by a Q&A discussion, featuring Robert Orlando himself, together with Dr. James F. McGrath of Butler’s Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Dr. Perry Kea of the University of Indianapolis. This event is sponsored by the Center for Faith and Vocation as... Read more
I was looking for pictures to go in posts I have been writing about LOST, and I found the one above, as well as the one below, which comes from a t-shirt. Read more
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