Archive for January, 2009

Passion vs. Meh: A Reasoned Approach

This is the third entry in my guest postings on the topic stated here, the question being, “Does less religious passion equal a more peaceful world?” This question was posed by Ariane Sherine, Bitish comedy writer and atheist. She is behind an ad campaign to “get the word out” about atheism. I am posting answers, [...]

Passion as Inspiration?

This is the second entry in my guest postings on the topic stated here, the question being, “Does less religious passion equal a more peaceful world?” This question was posed by Ariane Sherine, Bitish comedy writer and atheist. She is behind an ad campaign to “get the word out” about atheism. I am posting answers, [...]

Is Religious Passion Dangerous?

This is the first entry in my guest postings on the topic stated here, the question being, “Does less religious passion equal a more peaceful world?” This question was posed by Ariane Sherine, Bitish comedy writer and atheist. She is behind an ad campaign to “get the word out” about atheism. I am posting answers, [...]

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If you’re a Christian writer or know one, you should send them to this post on Ted Dekker’s Blog “The Challenge of being Gay”. No it’s not about homosexuality (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and this response won’t be a post about violence vs. sex and why Americans think one is more acceptable [...]

Peace Through Elimination of Fervor

I found this on Religious Freaks. Ariane Sherine, Bitish comedy writer and atheist, is behind an ad campaign to “get the word out” about atheism. There’s a lot in this video on both sides that could be picked apart. The thing I’m interested in talking about though is a statement she made at about the [...]

Matt Selznick Sings!

Matt Selznick, author of the awesome coming of age/superhero novel Brave Men Run, is having a live concert from his house via U-stream on the 25th of January at 3:00 PM PST. More details here. Matt is seeking as many revenue streams as possible, since he lost his job recently. I say that not to [...]

Almighty Heroes

I don’t think abomination is too strong a word here, so I ran into these abominations at ToysRUs today. For a hair less than six bucks you could get a Jonah or a Daniel or a David all of whom seemed built like Rambo. That’s not surprising I suppose since the makers of this are [...]

The Year in Review

This year has been ABSOLUTELY packed. We moved. I launched a couple of podcasts and my author site. I got on Facebook and hooked up with some old friends. We elected the right man for the job president-wise. It’s been crazy. I figured this year I would kick it off with a look at my [...]