Apparently, there's a service for that.

Magical thinking and psychology

Article here.
Cause, y'know, we can't have an interfaith service that's actually... interfaith.
Kudos to Congregation Beth Israel for stepping up.

Even CNN is feeling His Noodly Appendage.

There are those who see their bible as a bludgeon with which to beat people into submission.
And there are those who see their bible as a collection of love letters.

Am I really agreeing with the actions of the National Association of Evangelicals?

I'm sure they did and said lots of other things at that meeting that would piss me off, but I have to respect them for standing up on global warming and terrorism.

A review of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.

So, Ken and I read The Da Vinci Code a year or so ago. Now there's the movie coming out, and there are specials on the Discovery Channel about the various claims made in the book. I enjoyed the book, and I'll probably watch the movie eventually, but that's wholly on the basis of the fact that it's a good story. Lord of the Rings was a good story ( Read more... )

This post has some interesting views about the whole Danish cartoons / Muslim outrage fiasco ( Read more... )

I talked with Andrew's teacher at school, and then I talked with the director of the school. It turns out that all the classes at the school say the "God is great" prayer before lunch. Andrew probably just didn't pay any attention to it before, but now he's repeating it at home. The director says it's part of their program (they're not NAEYC ( Read more... )