Archive for January, 2006
Wrestling with God
Sheena’s come through with wierd christian story of the week…
What believest thou? I believe thou hast me in a full nelson – Unusual Tales
Ultimate Christian Wrestling has taken off in the southern states, where pro-wrestling is popular entertainment and the battle for believers’ souls shows no signs of letting up.
Check out their website it’s … [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2006 under Blasphemy.
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Phone Taps
This was at the end of an article by a technology commentator that I read.
PBS | I, Cringely . January 26, 2006 – The Falafel Connection
“Here’s one more tidbit on wire-taps: They get you free phone service! The feds tapped the phone of the Sisters of Mercy in Washington D.C. because of some anti-war stance [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2006 under Offtopic.
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Naomi Wolf
Article about Naomi Wolf’s spiritual experience. Thanks Sheena…
Naomi Wolf
Revered as a feminist icon, then slated for being an intellectual lightweight, Naomi Wolf has experienced highs as well as lows … and then she met Jesus
It’s a pretty wierd vision she recounts. I remain as ever skeptical but I’m not ruling out that this [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2006 under Offtopic, Big Questions.
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Black Jesus Film Preaches Politics
This film looks interesting…
Entertainment: Movies: Black Jesus Film Preaches Politics
“The truth is that Christ was born in an occupied state and preached equality at a time when that wasn’t very acceptable.”
By portraying Jesus as a black African, Dornford-May hopes to sharpen the political context of the gospels, when Israel was under Roman occupation, and [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2006 under Big Questions, Social Justice, Blasphemy.
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Modern Myths
This article on The Ooze looks at two recent movies and how they can be read from a christian point of view. The main focus of the meaning of the movies is to do with how to deal with anger.
THEOOZE – Articles: Viewing Article
In The Empire Strikes Back, Vader tells Luke: “You have controlled [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2006 under Big Questions.
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How to Become a Priest
Why would someone in this day and age think about becoming a priest in the Anglican church? Surely the traditional church is dying out, to be replaced by pentacostal churches. The mystery of the growing popularity of pentacostal churches bothers the mainstream agnostic/ atheist population because it seems backwards – a sign that [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2006 under Offtopic, The Institution.
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The Passion of C.S. Lewis II
More of that article on C.S.Lewis…
The New York Review of Books: The Passion of C.S. Lewis
Many critics who first read The Chronicles of Narnia as children report being unaware of its Christian meanings or of any other hidden messages, but several complain that when they reread the books as adults they were shocked and dismayed. [...]
Posted: January 25th, 2006 under Offtopic.
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