From the song cycle Unvergänglichkeit op.27 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, one of my favorite composers. Here is another YouTube video of the same song. Read more
From the song cycle Unvergänglichkeit op.27 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, one of my favorite composers. Here is another YouTube video of the same song. Read more
A recent article at IO9 discusses the experience of encountering religion and spirituality primarily through science fiction films. Here’s the conclusion: When I think about what I get out of science fiction, I think back to Star Trek and an unlikely source for spirituality. One of the ironies of Trek is that the alien civilization most associated with logic is also one of the most spiritual. The famed Vulcan control of emotions belies a deep inner life, with a philosophy... Read more
“Action,” said the director. “Blessed are the rich, for they have been blessed by God,” Jesus spoke to the camera. “Blessed are the poor, for through their donations in the hope of miracles, rich preachers can travel conveniently in their own jet plane. Blessed are those who suffer not, for they are clearly blessed by God more than I am. Blessed are the proud, for evidently they are omniscient. Blessed are those who can persuade themselves that they are persecuted... Read more
I just had this drawn to my attention on Reddit: A subreddit for Outside, a free-to-play MMORPG developed by Deity Games and the most popular game, with 7 billion+ active players. Currently NOT looking for other moderators Guide to good comments/submissions: Remember, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature. It’s a lot more fun to explain something if it isn’t written off as a bug. There are no NPCs. Aside from animals, everybody is a “player”. The devs are lazy and rarely... Read more
Ben Witherington shared a comment by Philip Jenkins, making an argument similar to what B. H. Streeter made 90 years ago, and which I myself have made before, concerning the likelihood that the original ending of Mark has become lost, and that traces of it can be found in John 21 and the Gospel of Peter. (See in particular my Bible and Interpretation article on the topic, as well as the blog posts linked to above.) That seems more likely to... Read more
Lots more reviews and discussions have appeared of Bart Ehrman’s latest book. Bart Ehrman shared a brief response to How God Became Jesus. See too Mike Bird’s brief response to the response to his response… Nijay Gupta shared the second and third and fourth parts of his review, and began reviewing the response book, posting on the chapters by Bird and Evans. In part four, Nijay writes: If the earliest Christians said anything, they said “Jesus is Lord” (1 Cor... Read more
This came to my attention via Facebook. It seems to be intended to be taken completely seriously. I wonder whether they accept the stories of giant gold-mining ants in India, too. Note as well that the creator of this was presumably Protestant (most YECs are) and yet they are happy to treat the apocrypha as historical evidence when it suits them (referring to Bel and the Dragon, which is in the LXX version of the Book of Daniel but not... Read more
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