Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Speculative Faith has a blog
post about The Walking Dead,
and how we deal with death generally. The author closes by saying: ". . . the reality is the absence of sex, gore, cussing, and violence doesn’t make
a book Christian-compatible. How it handles death, however, determines how in sync with the Gospel a book is."
Speculative Faith also has a blog post by E. Stephen Burnett, which discusses six myths about heaven, which are common among believers, and others.
Relevant names the most
important idol worshiped by Christians.
Humor: The funniest video I've ever seen on TV that didn't star an animal or a baby -- a 5+ minute interview of Anne Hathaway, by Jon Stewart, on the Daily Show.
They crack each other up, uncontrollably, and apparently without really
meaning to, about 2 minutes in, and never fully recover. The live
audience was definitely amused. (Unlike some Daily Show scenes, there was no reason to bleep anything out, and there was no mention of politics of any kind.)
Science: A 2 minute plus YouTube video on how large astronomical objects are (and how small the earth is!).
Wired reports on the Rosetta spacecraft's exploration of a comet.
FiveThirtyEight analyzes recent snowstorms in New York city, and finds that it doesn't snow as often now as it used to, but, when it does, it snows more.
Sports: Congratulations to the Gasol brothers, from Spain, who are the first brothers ever selected as NBA all-stars. (They will be on opposing teams.) Congratulations to their parents, too, I guess.
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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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Sunspots 506
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Anne Hathaway,
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