Archive for July, 2006

A House Divided

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Abraham Lincoln famously said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” [He was, as one commenter points out below, quoting the Bible.] Does Christianity hold a consistent world view, or is it a mass of contradictions that can be (and is) used to justify any number of obviously contradictory positions? How long can Christianity remain […]

God and Delusion

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

In an e-mail, a friend recently asked:
Why is knowing the truth always better than living with an illusion? What if the illusion is that there is no god and the truth is that there is a mean, unfair, spiteful god? What is wrong with living in a illusion? What makes something an illusion anyway?

Illusion and […]

July 4th: Happy Birthday, Rube Goldberg!

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

A few suggestions for celebratory activities in honor of Rube Goldberg, famous for creating comics depicting insanely complex machines that ultimately perform trivial tasks:

Make ramen for dinner
Play Half-Life 2
Participate in the Democratic process
Watch a Japanese kid’s show
Watch the most amazing commercial and its making
Play with virtual glass
Go insane trying to make your own
Or just follow […]