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Category Archives: Religion
XTC – Easter Theatre (1999)
In my mind, within the craft of songwriting, “Easter Theatre” is as close to perfection as is humanly possible. Odin mounts the tree Bleeds for you and me Splashing on the lamb Gamboling with spring’s step Buds will laugh and … Continue reading
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London’s Culture War: EDL vs. Muslims
ABC’s Nightline has a surprising video report on what is essentially the coming race war in England, between British whites and ‘British muslims’ (the latter an incompatible contradiction in terms.) Ahh… yes… the ABC reporter is herself muslim (most likely … Continue reading
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Jesus Christ’s Married Life Revealed In Rare Footage
There’s been a major discovery which will impact Christian theology: Speculation that Jesus Christ might have married is an ancient one and, however often theologians and historians throw cold water over the idea, it will keep cropping up – most … Continue reading
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Spain: Holy Grail
Two Spanish historians claim they’ve found the Holy Grail in a church in Leon, in northern Spain. It has been the subject of theological and historical argument for centuries, but Spanish historians now claim to have tracked down the Holy … Continue reading
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John Frum Day
In Vanuatu, Feb 15th is John Frum Day. If you’re unfamiliar with the notion of a ‘cargo cult’, read this lengthy piece in Smithsonian. In the morning heat on a tropical island halfway across the world from the United States, … Continue reading
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Bigger Than Phil
Writing in The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik has a typically well-written essay cum book review on various tracts studying atheism’s rise in modernity (“Bigger Than Phil: When did faith start to fade?”) Of the battle between ‘ayes’ (believers) and ‘nays’ … Continue reading
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Why Bach Moves Us
From a NY Review of Books piece by George B. Stauffer (“Why Bach Moves Us“) .. Bach’s identification with Martin Luther that made all the difference. Luther’s earthy German translation of the Bible, a “prose of the people,” provided Bach … Continue reading
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Development of Children’s ‘Prelife’ Reasoning
Here’s the abstract of a Boston University study led by postdoctoral fellow Natalie Emmons and published in the January 16, 2014 online edition of Child Development: By examining children’s ideas about “prelife,” the time before conception, researchers found results which … Continue reading
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The Source Family (2012)
I watched The Source Family documentary the other day. Great stuff. It’s about a cult in L.A. circa 1970, their lead being a charismatic type called ‘Father Yod‘, who founded The Source restaurant (one of the first ‘health food’ restaurants … Continue reading
Ghosts of Christmas Past
While I’ve gotten to the article belatedly, in “Ghosts of Christmas Past” Richard Spencer discusses the Germanic influence on medieval Christianity: We have become so accustomed to Christmas rituals—and so accustomed to them in the form of kitsch—that we forget … Continue reading
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