Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
The Arts: Wired reports
on how an artist has created art based on the movements of the London Underground (that's the subway, if you didn't know this.)
Christianity: E. Stephen Burnett heads an insightful
discussion on whether the Harry Potter books teach occultism. (He
doesn't believe so.) There are a lot of comments, almost all done in a respectful manner. Burnett says, among other things, that "trusting [occult
practices] instead of God as a means to manipulate one’s world and control one’s life. (This is the goal behind any real occult/witchery attempts,
including the infamous 'prosperity gospel' heresy.)"
Christianity Today reports that too
many non-Christians don't
even know a Christian.
Computing: A National Public Radio reporter
allowed an MIT professor to examine
the metadata from the reporter's Gmail account, in a way similar to
how the NSA can use our metadata. The professor learned a lot, without reading any of the e-mail.
Education: None of
the more than 24,000 students taking entrance exams for the University
of Liberia obtained a score high enough for entrance.
Science: (And Philosophy, and Christianity) Books
and Culture, sister publication to Christianity
Today, has re-published an essay, by Karl Giberson, a physicist, about
the theoretical work of Stephen Hawking.
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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2 comments:
I'm confused.
Harry Potter does trust in the occult and magic to save him and NEVER prays. He also willingly associates with evil.
This statement seems contradictory to the premise of the article:
"trusting [occult practices] instead of God as a means to manipulate one’s world and control one’s life."
Thanks, atlibertytosay. It depends on how you define occult practices, which Burnett is careful to do, whether you, or anyone else, agrees with his definition.
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