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Monthly Archives: January 2010
SF response to Westboro Church
Someone told me that they were in town. They were protesting at the Twitter HQ. Glad to see the Bay Area respond with an “in kind” protest. Apparently they were going to protest in front of the theater where Fiddler … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Politics, Protests, Religion Blog
Tagged Laughing Squid, protest, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church
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Excited about death
Ha! That grabbed your attention. What I’m excited about is how well the PHIL 500 Death, Dying, and Immortality class is going. (Sorry, non-SFSUers, it’s only available for those enrolled.)
Posted in Books, Death and Immortality, PHIL 500
Tagged Death of Ivan Ilych, Tolstoy
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Air Force adds paganism to the list
Well, I’d rather have them do this than be guilty of the intense Christian proselytizing they were doing.
Posted in Christianity, Church and State, Paganism, Religion Blog
Tagged Paganism, US Air Force
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Yoga practices for the young
Time to get those Sun Salutations going kids!
Posted in Religion Blog, Yoga
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Al Sharpton and Archbishop Williams
In case you need to see it with your own eyes. I probably should spend a moment figuring out why this surprised me. I’d feel the same way if I saw Sharpton and the Pope. There is more to Sharpton … Continue reading
Richard Dreyfuss and Moses
I don’t know if I could possibly listen to this and focus on the text. Denzel Washington’s version was done in 2006. Haven’t listened to that either. And then there’s the classic with “himself“. Maybe I’m just a stickler for … Continue reading
Where’s religion at the Prop. 8 trial?
Over at Religion Dispatches, there’s an assessment of the current trial and the absence of “religion” by Candace Chellew-Hodge. Nancy Cott, a Harvard University historian, dismissed the notion that marriage should be reserved for procreation. When Cott was cross-examined, “Jesus” … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Politics, Religion Blog
Tagged Nancy Cott, Prop. 8, same-sex marriage
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Evangelicals and homosexuality
How this tension will work itself out is a mystery. The Anglican communion is “this” close to schism because of a fundamental difference on the issue of homosexuality. Evangelical churches are going through their own convulsions on the issue, too. … Continue reading
Haiti and faith
CNN has a segment on the faith of Haitian parishioners at a Georgia church and Haitians in general.