Tim Ferriss and Sam Harris are two people I like. And their names are even pretty similar. But I was still surprised to see – on Sam Harris’ website page promoting his new essay “Lying” – a review by Tim
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Rick Perry is the AntiChrist: The Truth about Christian Politics
Rick Perry’s political agenda summed up in 30 seconds: no gays in the military, open celebration of Christmas and prayer in schools, end Obama’s “War on Religion” and restore America’s “Religious Heritage”. Shucks, that sounds pretty awesome for Christians. But
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Johnny Depp’s blasphemous new Christmas Carol with BabyBird: Jesus Stag Night Club
There are many reasons to love Johnny Depp; his stunning good looks, goofy movie roles or charming bad boy personality. But here’s another one: for his outspoken willingness to criticize religion and poke fun in places others dare not tread. Teaming
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The Lie of Satanism: Why Satanists Don’t Exist but Everyone is Afraid of them Anyway
This post is prompted by TWO Yahoo articles concerning Satanism posted within one week of each other. The first, titled “Women Slash Teen 300 Times During Satanic Sex Ritual” (source) is about two Milwaukee roommates accused of slashing and stabbing
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Branding and marketing in religious illustration
Branding and marketing has become hugely important in today’s and competitive business environment. Companies have to find a way to stick in people’s minds, to generate an emotional response, to build trust and rapport. A name and a slogan just
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Which came first, Satan, Michael or Garuda? Christian and Hindu Religious Art
Prepare to be amazed. Today I’ve been looking for pictures of Satan, and pictures of Garuda, for two separate art projects. What I’d never before realized, however, is that medieval depictions of The Devil are basically direct copies of much
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9 reasons why I love Jesus, but don’t believe in him anyway.
I grew up on Bible stories and Christian ethics. To a large extent, I like the stories – Christian literature is pretty good story-telling, usually about a hero, who is brought low, then gets supernatural powers to triumph over his
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Bill Maher on Gadhafi: Does Islam have homosexuality issues?
Take the two most sensitive conversational topics in the world – religion and sexuality – and throw them together. Not an easy topic to discuss, but as Bill Maher pointed out in a recent interview, doesn’t the fact that as
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The Truth about Global Warming, and why it doesn’t matter.
This week a study of the world’s surface temperatures led Richard Muller – a long time, conservative skeptic scientists partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers – finally got him to change his mind. It’s big news
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Preparing for my first Ayahuasca experience: Moses, Parmenides and Aliens
Ayahuasca is a Peruvian vine that has traditionally been used to send visionaries into “the world beyond” for shamanic and spiritual rituals. Although I was in Peru this summer, I didn’t have the opportunity to join a ceremony. Imagine my
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Happy Teacher’s / Blasphemy Day! Dedicated to the constant pursuit of knowledge
In Taiwan, teacher’s day was last week on September 28th; but “World Teacher’s Day” is on October 5th. In between the two (today, September 30th, 2011) is “Blasphemy Day International.” A good teacher, like a good blasphemer, is willing to
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Why Obama is the Antichrist, and why you should vote for him in 2012 anyway.
Apocalyptic fears may decide 2012 presidential election. The New York Times posted an article a few days ago by Matthew Avery Sutton called “Why the Antichrist Matters in Politics” which deserves comment. My liberal, educated, tolerant and open-minded friends and
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