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Mixing science and religion, in an artistic way

Posted in art, religion, science on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Artist Jonathan Keats is debuting the Atheon, a religious-like tribute to science. So I have to wonder, what do science and religion really have in common? Both can inspire a sense of awe and wonder. However, science inspires awe in the natural order of things, whereas religion adds in awe in a mysterious higher power. [...]

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The Hitchens-Turek Debate

Posted in Charlottesville, atheist, cool, events, religion, science on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On Tuesday night, I joined my VAA fellows in going to Richmond to see Frank Turek and Christopher Hitchens debate the existence of god, as mentioned in an earlier post. And I took notes. Boy did I take notes. I was jumping up and down in my seat at some points with retorts and comments [...]

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A God Gene?

Posted in Monty Python, humor, philosophy, religion on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

John Cleese explains. Man, he is so amazing. After watching that, laughing hysterically, then watching it with my friend, I went to check my Gmail and strangely enough I see this headline in the reader above it: “Human Infidelity Linked to Gene.” Priceless.

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Palin-mania

Posted in bsg, politics, religion on September 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »

So with the recent announcement of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate, the media and new media have been running wild on her history, background, views, and anything else they can dig up. Some things in particular stick out in my mind. To start off, I disagree with John McCain’s foreign policy stance. Frankly, [...]

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An ex-fundie speaks against moderate Christianity

Posted in atheist, religion on August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I read an interesting blog post on Steel City Skeptics, passed down the Twitter from Anadart. It’s an interesting take on the full meaning of Christianity. And it brings up some good questions about labels. Most Christians, in my experience, are decent, tolerant, good people. They choose to take the parts of the Bible that [...]

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A few fun things…

Posted in astronomy, cool, fun, religion on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

First, on a recent episode where a guest talked about the overuse of brands, Steven Colbert brandished a bottle of Play-Doh cologne. And I thought, really? That’s got to be some kind of joke… but I was wrong. Next, some funny and some scary church signs from around the US. I particularly loved driving along [...]

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Wafergate 2008

Posted in atheist, religion on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was totally being productive today! And then PZ had to go through with his cracker desecration. Okay, pulled myself away from the comment thread for now. Seriously, read his whole post. He’s got a very good point! I have to say, he’s also got cajones for doing this. After the first death threat I [...]

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The Frakking Cracker of ’08

Posted in atheist, free speech, rant, religion on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(Update at the bottom from 7/12) Wow. So the Catholics are royally pissed at PZ Myers. Those who frequent Pharyngula know PZ’s style of blogging. Some of it is super-cool biology, and some of it is commentary on the science-religion debates in the world and other topics. And frankly, his style can be abrasive, despite [...]

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Sicky in Green Bank: Updates on Darwin, napping, and Christian presidents

Posted in astronomy, evolution, politics, religion, science on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Greetings the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank! I’m out here for a week working hard with collaborators on our awesome low-frequency radio astronomy project, when I fall victim to some weird cold virus. I lost a whole day in bed, flipping between the Sci-Fi Channel and Discovery Channel when I wasn’t sleeping, and [...]

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Questions about Theology

Posted in childhood, religion, science on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So I was thinking this morning about religion, I’m not sure why I was thinking so such about it. It may have to do with the fact that I was at a covenant ceremony (read: non-wedding) at a church yesterday, but it was a fun, open, fantastic ceremony in a Unitarian Universalist church… so a [...]

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