Biblical Characters Are Superheroes

Exodus is an episodic narrative that takes a powerless, self-doubting man and turns him into a magic-wielding leader. Iron Man is an episodic narrative that takes a powerless, misdirected scientist and turns him into a powerful, technology(is the new magic!)-wielding leader. They’re both slightly engaging tales, each problematic in their own ways, and each capable of selling product tie-ins galore.

Everything In Moderation, Except Religion (Also, Christmas)

I spoke a little about the moderate movement, and the unorthodox spectrum, in this post a few days ago. But I felt as though that post sort of begged the question:
Why is moderation?
In this post I talk a little bit about the “it-ain’t-all-bad” argument (a bit different than the “Piece of Shit Car” argument that [...]

Hey, Everyone, I’m Moving To Portland

Some lighter fare (well, sort of). I borrowed this from the Dawkins blog, who borrowed it from Times On-Line. We all know that numbers can be spun, but this just seems a bit too spot on.

I promise that if you look really close, you’ll notice this. Again, I know that numbers can be misleading, but [...]

Agnostics Debate Atheists: How The Reasonable Religious Argument Never Wins

In apologetics Jews, if not a race and if not a nation and if not a religious creed (all different type of divisions have been made on all different levels, for categorization is the easiest way that one may distance oneself from another’s polemic), have argued that that they can live secular lives under Talmudic law (or at the very least, under the “cultural guidance” of Jewish heritage- which is by nature a religious heritage- but don’t get me started).