Charles Spurgeon's famous quote, updated for more recent Bible-reading technology. HT Christian Memes on Facebook. Read more
Charles Spurgeon's famous quote, updated for more recent Bible-reading technology. HT Christian Memes on Facebook. Read more
Rachel Held Evans and Hemant Mehta appeared on CNN talking about why millennials are leaving the church: I find the notion that a comparison of the subscribers to the atheism and Christianity subreddits tells us much. But the actual discussion is interesting. On a related note, Rod the Rogue Demon Hunter offered the best Star Wars pun related to this topic I’ve heard yet. He asked “Why are all the Millennium Falcons leaving the church? Because…It’s a trap!” Read more
GenCon ended today – I was only there on Saturday. I managed to see people I knew, even though the entire convention center, and the exhibit hall, were reminiscent of Where’s Waldo: And so I really liked that one couple decided to wear such appropriate costumes: The above photos were not taken by me, but they are from the GenCon Facebook page and were taken on the day that I was there, I did in fact find the Waldos myself... Read more
I had barely posted on the fact that the story of Noah's ark makes at least slightly more sense when one includes hyper-fast evolution, when the blog The Layman's Answer to Everything posted about the story of Noah's ark being a parable of evolution. When the metaphorical flood comes, the fittest survive. Then Chris Brady shared a cartoon depicting creation in a manner that sci-fi fans and neo-Gnostics alike should appreciate: Meanwhile, Ben Stanhope responded to Answers in Genesis, pointing... Read more
If you're determined to be a Biblical literalist, or at least to pretend to be one (since no one is really one), you don't have to deny evolution. Indeed, there is a better option, that accepts that evolution occurred and says that God miraculously does evolution better than natural causes could! Since there is no way that all the different “kinds” of animals that exist in the world could have fit into Noah's ark, young-earth creationists end up claiming that... Read more
It seems appropriate to mention, during this weekend of GenCon here in Indianapolis, a card game that Jeremy Smith's blog drew to my attention to. “A Game for Good Christians” is apparently a variation of a game I had never heard of, “Cards Against Humanity,” which is a bit like a rude and lewd Mad Libs card game, if I've understood it correctly. I actually spotted the booth of Cards Against Humanity at GenCon, and it must have been popular,... Read more
Several people asked me to share photos from GenCon, and so here are some more, which I took and thus am not in, illustrating some of the costumes and sights. First, there's Doctor Fett with an Imperial Guard, as two universes collide! Redshirts, a clever idea for a Star Trek game: Balloon Cthulhu: A Jawa and an Ewok (who are friends, apparently): The D&D section of a huge gaming hall: A musically-inclined elf: Another photo of Cardhalla: Read more
I had a great day at GenCon today. Here are some more Doctor Who photos, including me grinning like an idiot when meeting Peter Davison! 🙂 And just in case Steven Moffatt doesn’t reunite classic and more recent Doctors for the 50th anniversary, GenCon brought them together, more than once. Here’s one example: Read more
On one side of the exhibit hall, Who North America has a store, with a TARDIS and a Dalek. I will try to get someone to take my picture with them before the end of the day! I'm glad I went to get Peter Davison's autograph when I did. There was no line then, while now the line is pretty long! (Look carefully and you can see him): And finally, here are a few photos of Cardhalla, a charity fundraiser... Read more
Today I've been at GenCon most of the day. There is free wi-fi only in the food court, so I haven't been able to post as I go throughout the morning. I got to meet Peter Davison (I used the good camera for that photo, so it won't appear here until later), and play some games around the exhibit hall. Of particular interest, given my personal and professional interests, was the booth for GameChurch.com, aimed at evangelizing gamers. Here is... Read more
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