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If There Is No God

I don’t understand the argument below.  Do you?  Please enlighten me. I’d give Geisler and Turek a hard time about it, but this kind of argument is rampant in all the existential literature (on all sides), and I, for one, am flummoxed concerning it. The following excerpt is from I Don’t Have Enough Faith To […]

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When God Doesn’t Explain

Today requires few words.  I found this piece hilarious, especially because it validates how I felt after doing the many months of research for Eve. Roz Chast crystallizes the moment just so.  [This is from The New Yorker, March 8, 2010.] It would have been wonderful to clear this up right away… [Post image: Partial […]

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Is Your Soul Weighing You Down?

Okay, so Dan’s reading The New Yorker last night, and suddenly he says, “You have to do this on your blog!”  He hands the magazine to me and points in the upper right-hand corner.  It’s an advertisement for The Soul Storage Company with the caption: “Is your soul weighing you down?  Store it!  In a […]

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A Genesis Comic Book (For Adults Only!)

The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb came across my desk this week.  Who knew?  R. Crumb illustrates the whole of Genesis, using the unabridged words of the Bible. I’d give you more pictorial examples; however, I’m not sure who in my audience will be offended at seeing nudity, so I’ll hold off.  [I’m showing […]

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