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Category Archives: Writing
Twitter and religion
I’ve just begun using Twitter, almost every day. Politicians, educators, artists, business people, and many others use Twitter for networking and for learning all sorts of new stuff. But religious groups are using it, too. I recently came across “tweet-a-thons”, … Continue reading
Reading the Bible
I followed a little bit of David Plotz‘s blogging the Bible on Slate. Here’s Plotz’s discussion of both the weird and enduring aspects of the Bible. (The clip starts about 20 minutes into the bloggingheads and stops after this segment.)
The Virtues of Godlessness
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education takes a look at the connection between religious belief and non-belief in a society and that society’s well-being.
Posted in PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Writing
Tagged PHIL 500, Religious Belief, social well-being
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Updates to follow
I’m way behind in my blog posts. The semester is nearly half over. It’s hard to believe. Anyway, this is a promise to myself and my class to fill in the blanks, so to speak and update the blog over … Continue reading
Posted in Convent Blog, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Writing
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I don’t believe in atheists
I got a new book out of the library. It’s by Chris Hedges and it’s entitled I Don’t Believe in Atheists. I don’t know exactly what Hedges is implying with his title so I look forward to discovering it as … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Coffee, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Writing
Tagged Atheism, Chris Hedges, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris
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Coffee calls
I know I should finish the James post. But I’m off to go get some Peet’s coffee. I am running a slight coffee deficit. The Sisters drink Folgers or Safeway’s best. I did bring some Peet’s Las Hermanas (cute, huh? … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Writing
Tagged Coffee, Convent living, fountain pens, moleskine, Peets
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