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Dilemma

Question for the day: Why is it that we care less about the people farther away from us than those closer to us? An old episode of Twilight Zone, to illustrate.  I’m taking this verbatim from David Eagleman’s new book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, which is great, by the way. We all […]

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Something to Gnaw On

You know I’m here to make you think, right?  You know I’m here to ask the tough questions?  Here’s another one. This bit is from Atheism: The Case Against God by George H. Smith. Talk amongst yourselves. [Post image: Elf by juliaf on stock.xchng]

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Parable

This is from Why I Believed: Reflections from a Former Missionary by Kenneth W. Daniels.  Just something to get your brain juices going this morning.  What are your thoughts on the story below? [Post image: Clouds by grzessiek on stock.xchng]

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With or Without God

I finished reading Gretta Vosper’s With or Without God last week, and I can’t stop thinking about it.  If we admit that humankind is evolving just as everything else is, then we need to assess where we’re at (Vosper’s contention is the church) and make some changes, based on what we know to be true […]

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Sexual Honesty

Tony Jones’ blog post “What’s a Christian to do with…Dan Savage?” got me thinking. Maybe it’ll do the same for you. My favorite part of all this?  One of Jones’ parting comments: …many Christians are ready for our conversations about sexuality to expand beyond “what to do with the gays,” and instead have a more […]

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