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July 2015

July 24, 2015

The Importance of Theology and Science Fiction

This round-up of posts began when W. David O. Taylor shared his syllabus for an...

July 14, 2015

Proof These Are The Last Days?

This came my way via Facebook, and I thought I would share it here. I appreciate...

July 08, 2015

Orthodox Alexithymia

Richard Beck wrote recently about a condition which he calls "orthodox alexithymia." Here is a...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Science Fiction Theology

I am grateful to Baylor University Press for having sent me a complimentary copy of...

June 24, 2015

Pun-al Substitution

Andrew Perriman blogged about the interaction between myself and Michael Bird about the penal substitution...

June 17, 2015

Problems With Penal Substitution

DISAMBIGUATION: This blog post is not about penile substitution - for information on that topic, go...

June 05, 2015

Philosophy News Network

From Existential Comics. Be sure to read the scrolling headlines at the bottom.

June 04, 2015

The Hand on the Mirror

I confess that when I was included in the book club discussing Janis Durham's book...

June 01, 2015

Prophets of the Technological Future

I had been meaning to blog about the movie Ex Machina for a while now....

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Spoiler or Revelation?

From People in White Coats. The expectation of an apocalyptic return of Jesus in the...

May 15, 2015

The Very Condition of Humanity is to be Wrong about God

When Rachel Held Evans shared these words on Facebook, I was immediately struck by how...

May 08, 2015

The Message of Left Behind

I just watched the Left Behind movie with Nicholas Cage. I won't bother summarizing the...

May 03, 2015

At The Pearly Gates

A cartoon by John Atkinson. St. Peter could have used this one by Colby Jones:

April 2015

April 29, 2015

LOST Rewatch: The End

Rewatching LOST from the beginning has been an interesting experience. We have to go back...

April 23, 2015

LOST Rewatch: Ab Aeterno

The episode begins with Jacob's visit to Ilana in the hospital. The continuation shows Jacob...

April 22, 2015

LOST Rewatch: Happily Ever After

The episode begins with Zoe talking to Desmond, who had been drugged. Charles Widmore tells...

April 16, 2015

Wow Factor

Today's Non Sequitur. One of life's mysteries is where the missing socks go. But apparently...

April 12, 2015

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

This comic from Cyanide and Happiness relates to both religious ideas of punishments in an...

April 12, 2015

Religion and Death

Hemant Mehta drew attention to a statement by Larry King, to the effect that religion...

April 11, 2015

Faith as Hallowing

A few days ago I shared a proposed definition of Christianity from Richard Beck. Now...

April 07, 2015

Staring at their Hands in Despair

April 1st's Bizarro is funny, but also problematic. How can people who are engaging in...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

An Even Greater God

This cartoon from XKCD requires some knowledge of the philosophy of religion. The ontological argument for...

March 25, 2015

Update Your Calendars for October 1st, 2018

A friend shared the above flyer on Facebook.Does anyone else remember 88 reasons Why The Rapture...

March 25, 2015

The Most Embarrassing Verse in the Bible

I saw the above quote on Facebook and wanted to comment on it, since it...

March 24, 2015

The Concept of Heaven

I am pretty skeptical of ideas of an afterlife. So is one of the characters in...

March 18, 2015

Making Christianity Easier

Benjamin Corey wrote a post that offers an explanation of the popularity of end-times Christianity:...

March 11, 2015

Eternal Darnation

March 07, 2015

The First Rule of Being God

I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the depiction of powerful godlike beings on...

March 04, 2015

Proof of Heaven?

I am delighted to be part of the Patheos book club about Eben Alexander's book,...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Fifty Shades of God

The above graphic came to my attention on Facebook. I appreciate attempts to introduce nuance...

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