Posted in atheism, public religion on 29 January 2007 | 3 Comments »
A follow-up from a previous post: A.C. Grayling is offering another history lesson clarifying the role of Christianity in stunting the intellectual growth of Europe. He issues a challenge to “name one - even one small - contribution to science made by Christianity in its two thousand years”. Thankfully this challenge has [...]
Posted in pluralism on 25 January 2007 | 17 Comments »
I just came across an article/post by Brian McLaren where he attempts to answer the provocative question “What’s the good of having a religion if you can’t feel superior to anybody?”
McLaren’s answer is in the following rhetorical question: “What is religion for? Is it for creating an in-group that feels superior? Or is it for [...]
Posted in atheism, politics, public religion on 23 January 2007 | 2 Comments »
There is a common caricature of Christian faith that sees it as inherently opposed to the idea of progress and that anything worthwhile and good in the world has been achieved in the teeth of opposition from the church. A good example of this is latest musing of British skeptic and philosopher A.C. Grayling. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 January 2007 | 3 Comments »
Craig MacTavish (coach of the Edmonton Oilers) trying to explain his team’s 4-0 loss to the mighty Calgary Flames: “We made too many mistakes and they capitalized. They were more capitalistic.”
Confused vocabulary or subtle social critique of Alberta economics? You be the judge.
Posted in blogging on 19 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Another new blog to pass along, my brother has finally relented to public pressure and begun posting. I’m quite confident that this blog will be worth reading but then again we do share the same DNA.
Posted in blogging on 18 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for this artless new presentation. I experimented with Blogger’s updated format and pressed ’save’ when I shouldn’t have (why oh why?). I repent of my ignorance and ask all loyal readers to forgive my technological naivete.
Posted in hockey on 16 January 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another highlight for the vault. I don’t think I’ve seen a better save than this one.
Posted in Uncategorized on 14 January 2007 | 4 Comments »
My apologies for the silence in recent weeks. There really is no explanation other than the fact that I haven’t had a lot to say. The Christmas rush was followed by a week in Calgary and there hasn’t been a whole lot of time to think or post about anything all that interesting. [...]
