All Praise the Delicious Tenticles of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Tonight, I'm scoreing free wine, cheese, pizza, and a movie. Yes, I have learned my grad-student-foraging lessons well. The wine and cheese is being sponsored by the grad student association, and it is accomanying an art show. Wee!! I think it will be fun.
The free movie sounds entertaining. I just hope it's not one of those religious propaganda films meant to convert people who only showed up for the free food. (a bit nervous) If need be, I plan to contribute a dose of rational naturalism to the duscussion.
The movie, Resurection, is being sponsored by this organization. A summary of the movie and others:
Free Film: "Resurrection"*
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 - 7 p.m., Wrench Auditorium, South Memorial
Union - See this drama about a woman who briefly experiences the
afterlife after a car accident. As she begins to physically heal, she
discovers she has the ability to heal others. Her lover becomes mentally
unbalanced and dangerous when she doesn't place the healings within a
religious context. Part of the "Spirituality & Health" film series.
Discussion moderated by Dr. Brick Johnstone, MU professor of Health
Psychology. Johnstone researches relationships among spirituality and
physical and mental health. Upcoming films include "Yoga Unveiled,"
"Worlds Apart," "Flight from Death," "Acting on Faith" and "Swimming in
Auschwitz."
So, I decided to scope out this organization. The CORP. I had hoped the organization had a goal to teach non-religious folks hailing from the ivory tower how to interact with religious clients/people. This could be helpful. Instead, this oragnization seems to attempt to legitimize the interminglying of religious doctrine with professional beliefs.
Part of the CORP mission:
"Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals."
A page that annoyed me (because of the attempt to intermingle religion and science: Propaganda on religion and chemistry
Is it a serious joke, or simply ironic, that Zygon: the Journal of Religion and Science shares a namesake with an empire of shape-changing humanoids from the Dr. Who universe?
I feel distrubed and stunned that researchers at MU are publishing in such venues. But, I am also amused.
The free movie sounds entertaining. I just hope it's not one of those religious propaganda films meant to convert people who only showed up for the free food. (a bit nervous) If need be, I plan to contribute a dose of rational naturalism to the duscussion.
The movie, Resurection, is being sponsored by this organization. A summary of the movie and others:
Free Film: "Resurrection"*
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 - 7 p.m., Wrench Auditorium, South Memorial
Union - See this drama about a woman who briefly experiences the
afterlife after a car accident. As she begins to physically heal, she
discovers she has the ability to heal others. Her lover becomes mentally
unbalanced and dangerous when she doesn't place the healings within a
religious context. Part of the "Spirituality & Health" film series.
Discussion moderated by Dr. Brick Johnstone, MU professor of Health
Psychology. Johnstone researches relationships among spirituality and
physical and mental health. Upcoming films include "Yoga Unveiled,"
"Worlds Apart," "Flight from Death," "Acting on Faith" and "Swimming in
Auschwitz."
So, I decided to scope out this organization. The CORP. I had hoped the organization had a goal to teach non-religious folks hailing from the ivory tower how to interact with religious clients/people. This could be helpful. Instead, this oragnization seems to attempt to legitimize the interminglying of religious doctrine with professional beliefs.
Part of the CORP mission:
"Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals."
A page that annoyed me (because of the attempt to intermingle religion and science: Propaganda on religion and chemistry
Is it a serious joke, or simply ironic, that Zygon: the Journal of Religion and Science shares a namesake with an empire of shape-changing humanoids from the Dr. Who universe?
I feel distrubed and stunned that researchers at MU are publishing in such venues. But, I am also amused.