Monday, October 18, 2010

Heathen | The Big Round-Up

A collection of items related to issues of Faith.

Holy Primer: Kottke reads the Bible. [kottke]

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Demographic Analysis: Agnostics and Atheists know more about religion than religious people. [pew] [via kottke] [cbc]
Demographic Analysis: Evolutionary Psychologist announces Liberals and Atheists more highly evolved... yet fails to see irony that other side doesn't believe in evolution. Or evolutionary psychologists, for that matter. [NatlGeo]

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Digging in the Holy Dirt: King Herod's VIP skybox uncovered. Graffiti says Canucks sucked even then. [NatlGeo]
God Hates Hollywood: New doc on religion and politics in America panned by NYT. Not enough pictures of people going to Sunday school. Obviously, NYT trying to look "balanced." [nyt]
The Dove has Left the Building: Israel says "two-pronged solution" required for peace, leaves out the "we hit Palestinians, Palestianians hit the ground" joke. [UN]
The Hawk has Entered the Building: In new book, Hawking states God was not necessary to create the universe. Holy shit-storm ensues, more surprising no one has yet said it was God that gave Hawking LG Disease, probably to avoid counter-argument that it was God that kept him alive so long past usual prognosis outcome just to mess with religious-types. [nyt] [bbc] [cbc]
Hate Crimes: List of the greatest massacres in the Bible. [du]

The Dove has left the Building: Activist Ken O’Keefe gives an eyewitness account of the Israeli raid on the Gaza Freedom flotilla. Eloquent and unflinching, O’Keefe cuts through the Israeli spin and tells it like it is. Part two and three of the interview are also available online. [via AdBusters]



In Witch-hunter News: There are still witch-hunters. Knights Templars yet to comment. [nyt]
In Witch News: Wiccan human-rights complaint tossed out. [cbc]
Schoolyard Call-out: Jesus was lazy, and Paul was a real go-getter, is what I got out of this. [NewYorker]
Demonology Studies: 10 people who sold their soul to the Devil. [ListVerse]
Usual Nutbar Announcements: Noah's Ark found! [ctv]
Digging in the Holy Dirt: Jesus-era house uncovered in Nazareth. [cbc]
Demographic Analysis: Christopher Hitchens describes what he has learned from debating religion with religious people. [slate] [via kottke]
Digging in the Holy Dirt: Underground chamber with crosses found, guessed to be early Christian refuge. [NatlGeo]

Drawing on the Bible: R. Crumb releases his version of Genesis. [nyt]
Telephone Game Revealed: Noah's flood may not have been so epic. [NatlGeo]

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