Category Archives: Science and Technology

Not your Mom’s Christmas ornaments

I don’t think I’m the squeamish type, but I’m not quite ready to embrace this idea, although I am working on seeing the beauty in all creation. It’s a struggle sometimes. (lobster eggs from Waiting for October)

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Virtual preachers

Someone once asked me, “Does everything have to be a theological issue?” I’ll let you guess what my answer was. But this development in 21st century worship does raise some thorny issues. I understand both sides. I think the technology … Continue reading

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Church signs

I must say that it requires skill to compose weekly church signs. This one (from the CNN website) had me scratching my head. It’s hard to know where to begin with this one. If man evolved from monkeys, why are … Continue reading

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Where science and religion meet

This just shared by those lovable geeks @freakonomics: Take a closer look. Scan-ti-bodies? Scanty Bodies. Checkout the Freakonomics folks over on The New York Times.

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Can an animal commit suicide?

On Andrew Sullivan’s blog there’s been a thread on this question. I’ll track back and read it from the beginning, but the question is interesting. In the Death and Immortality course we’ve touched on suicide here and there, mostly when … Continue reading

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Religion and technology

A discussion of the long relationship between religion and technology. “Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God’s infinite love for all people will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological … Continue reading

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