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

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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.)

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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.

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Yoga practices for the young

Time to get those Sun Salutations going kids!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Haiti and faith

CNN has a segment on the faith of Haitian parishioners at a Georgia church and Haitians in general.

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On dying and fighting for your ideas

I found this article on Copyblogger.com some time ago. It’s by Jonathan Morrow. It caught my attention because of the “dying” keyword. As some of you know, the theme of this semester’s PHIL 500 Philosophy of Religion class is Death … Continue reading

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