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11/20/07--11:13: An Intelligent Challenge for Intelligent Design (chan 2137032)

In one word: Prove it. Both fascinatingly and worryingly, there is an increasing discourse about the notion of ‘Intelligent Design’ (ID). Rather, and allow me to clarify that previous statement, quote bait for ID proponents, there is an increasing discourse about Intelligent Design within the framework of science and education, notably with very mainstream and [...]


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11/21/07--11:46: Quick Word on Striking (chan 2137032)

So, the French are striking. Old news, huh? It so happens that I’m personally affected. I may or may not be able to travel in two days time to see someone in France depending on whether the strikes are still disrupting rail service. Hence I disclose that: I am personally affected by the strikes disrupting [...]


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11/27/07--15:00: If This Was God’s Doing Then I Contend That God Is An Idiot (chan 2137032)

Today I hit my hand on a lamppost. A banal and innocuous event and I’m glad to say that my finger quickly felt a lot better as soon as I stopped thinking about it. As it happens I was talking with a classmate who believes passionately in God. As it happens, I was pulling his [...]


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11/28/07--09:34: Brief Physics Intercision – Force due to Electric charges between varying dielectrics (chan 2137032)

Allow me to interrupt the (irregular) schedule of the Gospel with a Physics question. I study Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Lausanne, Switzerland. In a recent Electrotechnique I class, the topic of force due to an electric charge came up. Basically, for two positive electric charges and in a vacuum (permitivity , a distance ), [...]


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11/28/07--11:07: Consensus On Morality Aboard A Bus (chan 2137032)

A very interesting friend of mine is a Kurd from Syria who was raised in a private Assyrian Christian Orthodox school and currently studies with me in Switzerland. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Assyrian and Aramaic (which dwarf my own English, Spanish, Serbian, French, Italian combo) and he’s basically a very lax [...]


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egypt. cairo 1

12/29/07--10:30: Please Stop Saying ‘Christians’ – You Owe It To Byzantium (chan 2137032)

A small personal gripe, after a very lengthy interval in posting. We can all agree that Christianity has plenty of denominations. The basic divisions, we can all agree upon, are Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism and Protestantism. There is one point, however, which everyone seems to fall into (as did I, but I’m trying to avoid it). [...]


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you owe it to byzantium

04/11/08--15:10: Gott mit uns (chan 2137032)

One would be hard pressed to believe that a world where superpowers invade sovereign countries because 'God' told them so was a world in the XXI century, and not in the age of the Trojan Wars.


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12/21/08--10:18: Be scared. Be really scared… of zombies! (chan 2137032)

Humans have always been fascinated with death. Death with a capital D. Since the dawn of consciousness, human tribes have had one form or another of cult of the dead. Early paleolithic tribes would bury their dead with some belongings – this custom extended into the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs and nowadays, most cultures [...]


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Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt

zombies on the orange like from flickr/JamesCalder

Left 4 Dead

05/17/10--10:45: Babies Are Born Atheists (chan 2137032)

A blank slate, a fresh mind, ready to absorb knowledge and eager to explore the world around it. I don't wish to offend any parents, but the mind of a 2 year old is very limited indeed, at least compared to the extent of its full adult potential. It can barely walk and might not even have the capacity for producing language - how could you possibly expect a baby to know about something as complicated as a deity when it can't even spell out the alphabet from A to Zed?


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A blank slate

05/23/10--22:25: Blasphemy Is A Victimless Crime (chan 2137032)

I recently received a tip about a very detailed and incisive analysis of the new CNN Religion blog, at Bloggasm. I expected it to be normal CNN fare, in other words, bland, tasteless pulp that panders to the lowest common denominator. In many respects, CNN did not disappoint me in this regard. You just know [...]


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Suleiman the Magnificent