Ironwolf

Animusic is a project that sets real music to “virtual instruments.” Technically, it’s all a matter of custom software used to sync animated instruments to a pre-existing MIDI track. So essentially the music itself is controlling many aspects of the animation. The result is an amazing, imaginative, and wonderfully surreal experience for all ages. I […]

No, I’m not going to refute atheism for you.
But over at edge.org, the conversation started at the Beyond Belief 2006 conference is continuing with a lively debate between Scott Atran and Sam Harris. A worthwhile read, but I want to focus on something Harris said near the closing of his rebuttal:
If there is an argument […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gE8fGpCck

That phrase keeps coming up lately.
Traditionally, “beyond belief” has been used to denote things that are literally unbelievable, as in “totally, completely, or utterly beyond belief.”
But I’ve noticed the phrase is now becoming adapted for a more contemporary issue: what lies beyond religious faith?
If you’re a Christian, then you might use this phrase to mean, […]

Read the original and make up your own mind whether this video is parody, or just a slightly condensed retelling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPg3kjKBRc

OK, if you follow these things this is old news. But here’s a quick video roundup of the Ted Haggard… affair.
Ted Haggard Speaks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_dQ5KJ8rgA

I say we give the man some sympathy. I mean, haven’t we all gone to gay prostitutes for a massage, bought some crystal meth and tossed it away from time to time? What […]

For an additional tweak, listen to this song with the Jesus Camp trailer running muted in a separate window. They’re almost identical in length, so start them close together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8i_TKMyOM8

Bad Religion — Come Join Us
So you say you gotta know why the world goes ’round,
And you can’t find the truth in the things you’ve found,
And you’re scared […]

I had an interesting conversation with a friend today. He had just finished reading Sam Harris Letter to a Christian Nation, and being a (rather liberal) Christian himself, I was quite interested in his take on the book. Essentially, he thought that Harris was protesting too much over religion as a root of evil, and […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-er9FqhYA

He died for our sins on the cross,
Technology not on his side,
He’d had much more luck in a Ford pickup truck,
That’s what Jesus would drive.
Terrain in the desert is treach’rous,
In a Honda you’d barely survive,
God’s only kid needs a ride that won’t skid,
Ford is what Jesus would drive.
Twelve disciples don’t fit in a Pacer,
A gun […]