Heretical musings on religion and culture from a literary scholar
Vin Diesel's new Riddick movie (2013) is just the type of movie I don't like: a sequel with no plot where nothing happens. He wakes up on an abandoned planet, and finds a way to get off it. That's it. The whole thing could have been accomplished in 3 minutes, but then the writers would have come up with something else. So it's a 1hr 59minute stall. It's watchable, because there's lots of action and cool stuff happening. ...
When I first heard about Richard Dawkins’ “out” campaign I thought it was a joke. Dawkins and others secular leaders are encouraging atheists to “reveal” themselves and “come out” to their families and neighbors. “Atheism is the new gay” I thought, without fully understanding all that this implied. More recently I had the opportunity to experience anti-ungodly prejudice first hand when I was applying for an English teaching position at a private university in Taiwan. It ...
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