Content tagged religion
Blog Entries
Condé Nast acquires Ars Technica for $25m (rumoured). I don’t get Condé Nast’s fascination with tech sites (they also own Reddit)—shouldn’t … gulfstream/2437
Christopher Hitchens: “Why are we so scared of offending Muslims?” This may not be precisely right, but I think he’s saying that there’s no necessary … gulfstream/2317
TV show invites five Pacific tribesman to the UK. What they find strange: homelessness, artificial insemination of pigs, the time spent cleaning and washing … gulfstream/2326
Tony Blair officially converts to Catholicism. gulfstream/2369
Planned Parenthood Southeast Pennsylvania is asking people to pledge them some amount of money for each protestor that turns up outside their clinic … gulfstream/1841
(Largely silent) documentary about a (largely silent) order of monks is popular in Germany. gulfstream/1925
Andrew Sullivan wants to call the view that “religious faith is so important that it must also have a precise political agenda” Christianist (parallels … gulfstream/2085
Pakistan bans The Da Vinci Code; there were protests from Christians, but the official reason seems to be that it blasphemes Islam by criticising one of … gulfstream/2093
An article on the pastor of an evangelical megachurch who preaches that the church should stay out of politics has (predictably) got NY Times readers all … gulfstream/2128
Things I didn’t know: there is still Shaker community, though there are only four of them left. Their website explains why they share all their goods: … gulfstream/2129
25,000 Jews live in Iran, and they seem largely happy there. (Or at least the ones who will speak to journalists.) Could there be something to Mahmoud … gulfstream/2158
Map showing what a more equitable Middle East might look like if it were divided up along religious and ethnic lines (related discussion). This was apparently … gulfstream/2176
Kansas Outlaws Practice of Evolution: “Violators of the new law may face punishments that include jail time, stiff fines, and rehabilitative education … gulfstream/2197
Buildings in Mecca and Medina dating back to the time of Mohamed and before are being destroyed by Wahhabists in an attempt to prevent idolatry. (The … gulfstream/2206
Fun interview/profile of Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, who is frequently described as the happiest man alive. gulfstream/2234
Wikipedia for conservatives! Seems like a lot of effort to go to; of their six commandments, the spelling problem (they want American spelling) and the … gulfstream/2242
on organised religion: Richard Dawkins--very unbecomingly--does his nut ("... testosterone-sodden young men too unattractive to get a woman in … gulfstream/539
Heh: 0.7% of English and Welsh (is there a name for England plus Wales?) give “Jedi” as their religion on census, census takers strike … gulfstream/1041
Right to take photographs in public spaces trumps right to privacy. (And right to practise one’s religion, sort of.) But: only if the photographs … gulfstream/2024
Quotes Collected
"The Simpsons" message over and over again is that your moral authorities don't always have your best interests in mind. Teachers, principals, clergymen, … quotes/327
Supposing we had chosen Chinese or tried to sponsor Chinese, how would we make a living? How would we fit ourselves into the region and into the world? … quotes/310
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute—where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be a Catholic) … quotes/304
The Christians, retaining the Judaic belief in a special revelation, added to it the Roman desire for world-wide dominaion and the Greek taste for metaphysical … quotes/104
[Pepys visits a Jewish Synagogue.] But Lord, to see the disorder, laughing, sporting, and no attention, but confusion in all their service, more like … pepys/98
Discoursing concerning what if the Duke should marry her, my Lord told me that among his father's many old sayings that he had writ in a book or his, … pepys/16
del.icio.us
BBC NEWS | UK | Hindus criticise Christmas stamp
Economics focus | Wealth from worship | Economist.com
EducationGuardian.co.uk | Higher | Richard Dawkins: Beyond belief
The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At Large
"Many of the objects that we think of as archetypally Shaker—the long oval boxes with their lovely triple folds, the clean brooms and chairs—were designed and made largely for outside sale."
Why I Published Those Cartoons
The New York Review of Books: Their Master's Voice
So misplaced are many of his citations from Islamic scripture that in all likelihood, one of the best ways to diminish the al-Qaeda leader's stature would be to publish his words more widely in the Muslim world.
'Pizza pope' builds a Catholic heaven - Sunday Times - Times Online
Sushi and Rev. Moon | Chicago Tribune news | Special reports
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan bans Da Vinci Code film
pakistan bans the da vinci code on the grounds that it offends muslims. (jesus is a muslim prophet.)
The Last Ones Standing - The Boston Globe
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran's proud but discreet Jews
25,000 jews live in iran, and seem vaguely happy there. (or at least the ones who will talk to the media.) gives some support to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim that he is anti-israel ("wipe israel off the map", etc.) but not anti-jew.
TIME.com: Why Tony Blair is Right About the Veil -- Page 1
LRB | Terry Eagleton : Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching
"Such is Dawkins’s unruffled scientific impartiality that in a book of almost four hundred pages, he can scarcely bring himself to concede that a single human benefit has flowed from religious faith ..."
Independent Online Edition > Profiles
is he always this rude? or just when it comes to religion?
:: New Birth - How The World Sees Us ::
full-on & intense church splash page
Foreign Policy: The List: The World’s Stupidest Fatwas
