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Archive for July, 2007

Nice

I saw this on a bumper sticker a while back. Those shirts are tempting, but I can’t exactly where one to work. Nor could I bring myself to wear one in public, really.
Still, very funny. Almost makes up for the Tancredo bumper sticker I saw the other day.

Quiz

Q: What happens when a person sees several people, who unbeknownst to him are undercover policemen, dealing drugs on his lawn and comes out of his house with a weapon to scare them away?
If you answered “the police officers identify themselves as the police, show identification, calm the man down, and leave his property” you […]

Since I got a HDTV, I’ve been watching more TNT than normal, through their HD offering. One of the oddities of that channel is their incessant promotion of a show called Saving Grace, which premiered not long ago (I think). The premise is apparently that Holly Hunter gets a guardian angel and life lessons ensue. […]

Bad bets

I don’t think I’ve ever discussed Pascal’s Wager on here. Mostly because it’s a silly argument, but it was (rather inappropriately) brought up in a comments thread at Colby’s blog. Here’s a description:
God either exists or He doesn’t. Based on the testimony, both general revelation (nature) and special revelation (Scriptures/Bible), it is safe to assume […]

Satan’s bookstore

The crazies are not happy:
A spokesman for the Christian Civic League of Maine (CCL) is calling a pre-release event for the latest “Harry Potter” book — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — a satanically inspired event, an event that was mirrored in bookstores around the globe.
The “Midnight Magic Costume Party” was held last weekend […]

Religion and government

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God on Trial
by Peter Irons
I decided to take a break from my lengthy and slow going journey through Judt’s Postwar and check out God on Trial, a book on recent church-state separation cases that’s getting some good reviews. I was not disappointed; this is a fascinating book that deserves to be read by everyone interested […]

Beep

Your Score: Robot
You are 100% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 14% Arrogant.

You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely […]

Blogging in Montana

So you might have noticed other people mentioning the Association of Montana Bloggers group that is starting up. It’s part of Colby’s grand vision of world domina…I mean, it’s a good idea that I think has a lot of promise.
There’s not much of a defined mission yet, but the general idea is to promote Montana […]

Amazing

So, you know those caricatures of modern conservatives liberals have? Do you ever wonder what would happen if they all got on a boat together? You don’t have to wonder anymore.

Michael Gerson pontificates in the WaPo about atheists:
So the dilemma is this: How do we choose between good and bad instincts? Theism, for several millennia, has given one answer: We should cultivate the better angels of our nature because the God we love and respect requires it. While many of us fall tragically short, the […]




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