{"id":1806,"date":"2011-09-07T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2011-09-07T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:24:07","slug":"science-fiction-and-religion-around-the-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/science-fiction-and-religion-around-the-blogosphere.html","title":{"rendered":"Science Fiction and Religion around the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Here are some sci-fi posts from around the blogosphere which are likely to be of interest to readers:<\/p>\n<p><figure style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/westernthm.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/05\/flotsam-and-jetsam-labor-day-edition-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" src=\"https:\/\/westernthm.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/find-droids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"230\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Marc Cortez<\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"http:\/\/cdntheologianscholar.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/science-fiction-in-china\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cheese-Wearing Theology continues reviewing <em>Religion and Science Fiction<\/em>, reaching Fuji Lozada\u2019s chapter on sci-fi in China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scificatholic.com\/2011\/09\/science-fiction-and-religion.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSciFiCatholic+%28The+Sci+Fi+Catholic%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Sci-Fi Catholic responded to an earlier post by his evil twin about the relationship between religion and science fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/religionnerd.com\/2011\/09\/04\/hollywood-images-as-religious-resources\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Religion Nerd discussed Hollywood images as religious resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Loren Rosson has blogged about <a href=\"http:\/\/lorenrosson.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/lets-not-kill-hitler.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the last two episodes of Doctor Who: Let\u2019s Kill Hitler<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lorenrosson.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/night-terrors.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Night Terrors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoncominghope.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/problem-with-ponds.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheOncomingHope+%28The+Oncoming+Hope%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Oncoming Hope evaluates the problem with the Ponds<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/theoncominghope.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/draining-pond-new-doctor-who-drinking.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheOncomingHope+%28The+Oncoming+Hope%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">proposes a new Doctor Who drinking game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bradmatthies.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/more-star-wars-blu-ray-changes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brad Matthies has two posts<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/bradmatthies.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/05\/i-sense-a-disturbance-in-the-force\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">changes to Star Wars for the Blu-Ray edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5837399\/did-close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-launch-post+modernism\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9 asks if <em>Close Encounters<\/em> launched postmodernism<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5837319\/first-new-photos-of-fringe-season-4-whats-wrong-with-walter\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reminds us that Fringe returns this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/randalrauser.com\/2011\/09\/and-if-theres-life-on-other-planets-reflections-on-god-and-e-t-part-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Randall Rauser reposted an old blog entry on God and extraterrestrial life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a 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