Some Corey Chisel and some wandering links, including: the many faces of Orson Welles; al-Qaida's TPS reports; the 43-year-old freshman; the southern belle who wasn't; dubious prophets; a few good punchlines and a lazy, but colorful bit of evolution. Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: The right of the firstborn. Read more
The semantic game of immovable object vs. unstoppable force is intended to be just that, a game -- an impish bit of wordplay that most people recognize is not an actual attempt to say anything meaningful about anything real. The sad thing about the "I demand you tolerate my intolerance!" harrumphing is that those folks don't seem to realize that what they're saying is just a semantic game. Read more
Regarding science and technology conferences, Rebecca Rosen says, "Refuse to speak on all male-panels. Just say no." That's an excellent idea that applies just as well to church and theology conferences. Read more
Suem on those who flaunt their evangelical lifestyle; Daniel Horan on Jesus and breaking the rules; Rachel Held Evans on "The Scandal of the Evangelical Heart;" Catholic law professor Charles Reid on the politics of abortion; Samara Azam-Yu on learning to listen with respect. Read more
"Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire." (Oh, and plenty of links.) Read more
"We support biblical families," Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy says of his fast-food corporation. So let's take a look at some of those biblical families. Today's entry: Slaughtering heirs of the previous dynasty. Read more
Silent movie actor Louis Bennison met an unhappy, violent end, while some of his happier memories took place at the site of what is now Eastern University. Those seem to me like the raw materials for a new campus legend involving the ghost of the Smilin' Cowboy. Work with me here, people. Read more
A great many white evangelicals have a delusional persecution complex. That delusion is an expression of a desire to dominate others. Thanks to Barna's survey, we know that's not just a theory or just an argument, it's a fact. Read more
People in Knoxville, Tenn., are more likely to tell a pollster that they read the Bible regularly. That might possibly correlate to higher levels of actual, regular Bible-reading, or it might just indicate that living in Knoxville carries a higher level of the sense that regular Bible-reading is a commendable activity that one ought to report to pollsters. I would guess that the latter is more likely. Read more
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