Heretical musings on religion and culture from a literary scholar
Here's an interesting mental exercise for you: 1. Let's define Satan as the worst thought you can think. So anything bad, evil, disagreeable, wrong... all that stuff is "Satan" or "Satanic". He's the absolute most vile, ugly, scary creature you can imagine, with fangs, horns, and lots of eyeballs. 2. Ok, are you picturing it? Can you conceive of this idea? Now in your mind, take this concept a bit further by imagining that it exists in reality. This ...
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 wait! Good Christians believe we are in the end of times, and should be watching out for a potential Antichrist. Many people mistakenly believe the Antichrist will seem evil or be anti-religious or atheistic. Not True! ...
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 question assumed notions, admit he doesn't have all the answers, challenge authorities and received knowledge, and teach his students to do the same. sponge bob crucified for teacher's day What is Blasphemy Day International? (From the Facebook page) "Free ...
I'm up late, procrastinating, Greek class tomorrow morning. Enjoy.
What are your Easter celebration plans for Sunday, April 24th? Will you go to a church service? Will you paint and decorate Easter eggs? Aren't you curious about where Easter comes from, or how we went from the resurrection of Jesus to a magical, chocolate egg-bearing rabbit? The relationship is actually not as dissimilar as it first seems; in ancient times people would decorate, hide and find eggs which represented the body of vegetative gods like ...
What happens after we die? How can I achieve bliss and happiness? What is the purpose of life? How can I lead a fulfilling, spiritually charged life? Finally there's a solution to these eternal questions. Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work-Week and The Four Hour Body, has just announced his plans to start working on his next book, The Four Hour Soul: The ultimate guide to getting into heaven, enlightenment, spiritual mastery, and hacking ...
It's no secret that modern teenage girls obsess about having a hunky vampire boyfriend; there are many reasons why the elegant, tragically conflicted, fashionably handsome, beautifully pale undead hunks make thousands of teenage girls all hot and bothered. But before the bloodsuckers became cool, Jesus Christ was fulfilling the same sexual fantasies, for many of the exact same reasons! That Jesus Christ is the perfect boyfriend, not just in a platonic sense, has been recognized by ...
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