On a thread over at Evangelical Outpost, commenter ~DS~ made the following analogy (paraphrased), which I liked: Calling atheism a “religion” is like calling not collecting stamps a “hobby.” As SayUncle would say, Heh!
Archive for November 10th, 2004
Good Comment
Posted in Religion on November 10, 2004 | 18 Comments »
Further Erosion . . .
Posted in Politics on November 10, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Good riddance to John Ashcroft, whose personal quirkiness and contempt for the law turned the clock back on the federal justice system at least to the Hoover years, and in some ways to Salem, Massachusetts of the Puritan period. His complete divorce from legal reality is summed up no better than in his own resignation [...]
A Question About the Rapture
Posted in Religion on November 10, 2004 | 6 Comments »
This has been bugging me for a while, and I sincerely do not understand it: Why are the Left Behind books popular? This is not an attack on the writing of the books (though, Lord knows, they are certainly worthy of attack on those grounds). Tastes differ. I, after all, love Crash Test Dummies. No, [...]
More Bad News
Posted in Reviews on November 10, 2004 | Comments Off
And on a lighter note . . . you know you’re not having a good week when the NY Times reviews your new movie in terms like . . . these . . . [The] new animated feature The Polar Express has already received attention for the advanced technology employed to make the film . [...]
A Famous Victory
Posted in Politics on November 10, 2004 | 14 Comments »
It seems that the leaders of the Fallujah resistance have left the city and are coordinating attacks across the country: Insurgent leaders in Falluja probably fled before the American-led offensive and may be coordinating attacks in Iraq that have left scores dead over the past few days, according to American military officials here. Abu Musab [...]