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• Alien Jesus

  

  While trawling the internet over the weekend, I came upon an interesting article that ties together religion and paranormal belief. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION

• Do You Mind?

  

  Seems a lot of people are deluded these days. I know I am. Still, every great once in a while I read a book that helps me cope with the morass of everyday life... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 SCIENCE

• More Fun Than a Barrel

  

  To mere mortal eyes, a traffic barrel on a Manhattan street might seem like a pretty gritty object, hardly worthy of religious veneration. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Twilight Zones

  

  It was twilight last night when I drove into Binghamton. My thoughts naturally turned to The Twilight Zone since one of my childhood heroes, Rod Serling, had... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Grendel’s Gods

  

  Sometimes I think that if I had to do it all over again, I might’ve chosen Beowulf instead of the Bible. Let me define “it” here: if I had to pick a vocation... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Crowing Up

  

  Whether we climb up or down the evolutionary scale, one factor remains constant—our human sense of superiority. Despite the castigation of biblical-era... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Shut Down? Shut Up?

  

  So, what does it mean really?  Can you tell the difference?  Although it is undoubtedly a pain for many government workers, and a huge, colossal waste of... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Heat’s Up

  

  I must admit being perplexed. Days ago, although many of us have long known it to be true, climate scientists announced unequivocal evidence that human... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Booked Up

  

  I remember places by books. Perhaps it is a sickness, but it is a wonderful illness—I love being surrounded by books. When I travel to a new place, a book... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 BOOKS

• Ban Ban Go Away

  

  I always seem to discover banned book week in retrospect. With the insane amount of time put into getting to and from work, and actually working, my daily bus... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible According to Batman

  

  Biblical tropes are alive and well in popular culture. Many would choose the flight option rather than admit they enjoy a good Bible story. They may anyway,... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Monsters Are Due on Main Street

  

  Now that the slow descent into darkness has begun, my mind naturally turns to monsters. In the early days of this blog I felt as though I had to justify... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Darwinian Dawkins

  

  Richard Dawkins seems like he’s probably a nice guy in person. You can tell quite a bit about somebody from their writing, and even when Dawkins is being... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What’s a Sukkot?

  

  It’s not every day you see a lulav and etrog, even in Manhattan. You can tell life’s too busy when you miss that it’s sukkot. Not that I’m Jewish, but I have... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Civil Lies a Ton

  

  Often I began my classes by asking a basic question: if something pervasive, invisible, and very powerful were affecting you daily, in all aspects of your... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Singing Matter

  

  A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr., is one of those books that I read years ago, and when I picked it up again found that I remembered very... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Com-Passion

  

  I suppose it is always premature to hope that ancient institutions are likely to improve. Like many other followers of developments in religion, I was pleasantl... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• From Darkness

  

  All things being equal, most religions side with light. Let there be light. Enlightenment. Dewali, the festival of lights. The light of heaven is as much the... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Certain Man Went Down

  

  Among the progeny claimed by Wabash College is Dan Simmons. I’ve read a couple of Simmons’ ghost novels, although in reverse order. I read A Winter Haunting,... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Our Lady of Culture

  

  So I’m in the land where sport and religion become one.  Notre Dame is an intimidating university for a small Protestant like myself.  Like on a first date,... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY