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SF Signal shared the news that a new online Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has been launched<\/a>. It has an entry on religion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I mentioned this article and discussion of it on a previous occasion, but more recently Allan Bevere chimed in on whether God could have died for Klingons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Philip K. Dick and Religion has some quotes by Philip K. Dick on religion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thom Stark is promoting a film which you will supposedly like if you like me (or can tolerate me). It may or may not be science fiction, but one thing is certain: the quote attributed to me in the promotional materials is entirely spurious<\/a>.<\/p>\n

IO9 \u00a0and<\/a> also Scotteriology listed some online courses<\/a> that relate to science, sci-fi, and\/or religion.<\/p>\n

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Finally, a video that is as terrifying as Pokemon is to the fundamentalist Christians who made it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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