Archive for July, 2007
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
Fiacharrey Sends His Child to Jesus Camp?
I haven’t seen the movie Jesus Camp yet, but I’ve seen this video about it, and I am aware of the phenomena: children being brainwashed into joining an army for Jesus. I don’t know why, but I thought that somehow I was far removed from this… until today.
This morning, I went to “show off” [...]
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
And the Winner of the Unintended Irony Award is…
Alton Verm of Conroe, Texas for his recent attempt to have the book Fahrenheit 451 banned at his daughter’s school. The classic book by Ray Bradbury is basically about banning books. And, to top it all off, Mr. Conroe’s request comes during “Banned Books Week.”
Alton Verm’s request to ban “Fahrenheit 451″ came during the [...]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Faith and Logic
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the relationship of logic to faith, as if they are somehow inimical to each other. But, in fact, faith is accounted for in logic all the time. A thing that is taken on faith, in the language of logic, is simply called an “axiom.” It is [...]
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Four Generations
The Daily Journal has a fascinating article that illustrates the shrinking radius we give our children to explore over the years by looking at the childhoods of four members of a British family. Great Grandfather was allowed to roam some six miles away from home to go fishing at the age of eight. [...]