HT John DeNardo. Read more
HT John DeNardo. Read more
I spotted this on Facebook about a week ago, but IO9 mentioned it today and so I thought I’d share it. It’s an interesting bit of trivia, making for a nice addition to the “most interesting man in the world” meme. Read more
OK, the argument above is cute. Can it be used to prove not only that there is a Santa Claus, but also that there is a God – indeed, an infinite number of them? Or does the apparent absence of Santa from our universe suggest that there are not an infinite number of universes? And if the multiverse idea ends up needing to be discarded, what are the implications for atheism and for various religious beliefs? Since I have mentioned... Read more
A friend shared this on Facebook. I am not sure whether it is real or a spoof (I have seen kitchier Christian marketing gimmicks). But I am confident that it isn't what Revelation 7 had in mind – or John 4, for that matter. Read more
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Dietrich Reinhart OSB Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) announces the establishment of the Dietrich Reinhart OSB Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies, to be awarded annually for three years beginning with the Academic Year 2013-2014. The fellowship has been established through the generosity of Rebecca Haile and Jean Manas of New York, New York, in memory of Br. Dietrich Reinhart OSB (1949-2008). Br. Dietrich, 11th President of Saint John’s University, was a... Read more
It is sometimes assumed – rightly or wrongly – that people naturally vote for a candidate who most resembles them – in religious affiliation, appearance, background, and many other respects. A photo I saw on Facebook made me reflect on how true this may be, and whether it is how things ought to be. It is rarely mentioned that, in one respect, Barack Obama is the most traditional candidate running in the quickly-approaching presidential election. The majority of presidents and... Read more
When I saw this cartoon on the blog The Egyptiana Emporium, it made me reflect on how easy it is to revise what we write nowadays compared with in the past… Once it was a matter of starting over carving in stone the entire tablet. Then it was “simply” a matter of typing one or more pages over, in a best case scenario. Today, we can go in and change one word, and the “worst case scenario” is having to... Read more
The BBC released a video indicating the contents of a final scene that was written for the Doctor Who episode “The Angels Take Manhattan” to bring Brian’s story to closure, but ultimately not filmed: Many wondered about this. How do you feel about what the writer envisaged? Read more
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