A friend forwarded me the link to the video above. It is pretty funny, even if (like me) you actually enjoyed the sequels. Some parts will offend – you are especially advised to not watch until the end, when the “trailer guy” says things at commenters’ request. Read more
Yesterday in my First Year Seminar class, we're discussing the ending of the Book of Job, as well as the chapter “Rebellion” from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. I have long found the beginning and ending of the Book of Job to be particularly intriguing (and there have been at least three separate posts by RJS at Jesus Creed on this topic recently, suggesting that she finds it fascinating too). The prologue and ending share in common their appeal to... Read more
I had this Unitarian Universalist hymn drawn to my attention by Ian in a comment. The tune will be familiar, but the lyrics deserve a close listen. Read more
Marcus Borg has joined the Patheos collective! His introductory post is called “Meeting Marcus Borg Again for the First Time” (many will get the allusion to the titles of a couple of his books). Given that a while back Patheos was compared to the Borg from Star Trek, I foresee numerous puns in that vein in the near future. And as I mentioned earlier today, the blog Formerly Fundy has also been assimilated into Patheos. Read more
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The latest Biblical Studies Carnival is up on the blog Cataclysmic! The Hebrews Carnival is up at Polumeros kai Polutropos, and the Septuagint Studies Soirée is up at Words on the Word. Also related to blogging, the blog Formerly Fundy has moved to Patheos! The first post in the new location is about why people respond to the questioning of their beliefs with anger. Read more
I shared this clip once before, but that clip was removed from YouTube for copyright reasons. I suspect that this one may also have the same thing happen. And so before it does, I thought I would share it one more time. Today in my religion and science fiction class, we discussed mutants and the mythologization of evolution in TV shows such as Heroes and comic books and movies such as X-Men. Read more
Plenty of others are discussing the government shutdown in the United States, and so I won’t try to cover the whole story. What I consider most noteworthy is just how much it says about our priorities. Not everything that is part of the government’s budget is actually shutting down. “Essentials” such as military activities are continuing without interruption. It is only “non-essentials” such as many health services, and national parks (I know of a school that had to cancel their... Read more
The text comes from a comment by GakuseiDon on a post about the relative merits of the so-called Silver Rule, Golden Rule, and Platinum Rule. Read more
The Butler University Seminar on Religion and World Civilization got off to a wonderful start this year, with a session focused on freedom of religion as defined in the first amendment to the United States Constitution. Our three guest speakers were Sheila Seuss Kennedy, Rick Garnett, and Dan Conckle. Some who have attended many of these events described this as the best they had been to. And so I am delighted to be able to actually share the video of... Read more
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