Something is wrong when it's the unbaptized, agnostic member of the family (me) who spent the most time actually at the church service, including  being the only one of his family there for the for sermon.  Wife and child #1 were preparing for the church picnic.  Child #2 got to go to "children's church" during the middle of service.

There's been another addition to my household recently, so we're talking to start baptism. All fine and good, but now the pastor is inquiring if it might be a pair of baptisms. You see, while my wife and kids (except the new one) are all baptized, I'm not.

( Looong entry behind the cut. I won't insist anyone read it, but I could use some feedback. )

Well, that's interesting. The BBC and AP are reporting on the director of the Vatican Observatory, Father Gabriel Funes, saying it's entirely possible that extra-terrestrial creatures, even intelligent ones, might exist in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper. Unfortunately, it appears that at this moment, the article has not ( Read more... )

What follows is an odd thought I found lingering in my mind when I woke up the other morning. Probably another good candidate for a bad science fiction story.

( Musings on the Son of Man not being God's only son, with a sci fi bent. )

My posting really comes in spurts, doesn't it? As seen on wreath_of_barbs' blog:

You scored as agnosticism. ( Read more... )

An odd thought just crossed my mind, which is pretty much all I use this blog for. You know how, when children are behaving themselves, people call them "little angels"? Well, according to at least some Christian ideology, angels, unlike humans, lack free will. They are in the presence of God, thus they do not need faith in his existence; he's ( Read more... )

I was thinking about random things the other day. I came up with a theory that could easily get me tagged as a kook. However, I'm not seriously advocating it; it's just a weird idea I came up with ( Read more... )

It's a long story, but I heard an interesting statement the other day: "Jesus came to tell us to cook our meat." Now I'm not much of a Bible scholar, but my searches at BibleGateway.com are not supporting this statement. Still, I can see the market for a new t-shirt at Christian stores: "Jesus died for your steak." :-)