Archive for October, 2006

Radical Environmentalists?

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Here is an interesting link regarding the encroachment of environmentalist movements on the rights of people to see their lifestyles enhanced through capitalism. I am not at all opposed to environmental regulation at some level (who is?) but if this film lives up to its billing, it will show their true colors.
What concerns me is [...]

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Missionary Martyred in Pakistan

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

As the “war against terror” rages on, the quiet quest to spread the gospel continues as well.  Unfortunately, martyrdom is sometimes the price.  You can read about it in this story (click here).

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The New Atheism

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

The latest issue of Wired came to my mail box today - after, of course, I had read most of the content online.  The cover is a piece advocating “The New Atheism.”  Is it new?  No, of course not.  It’s the same atheism of yesteryear.  The difference is that atheists are being a bit more [...]

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Diversity Factors

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

My mom wrote to me.  She pointed out that I failed to use “religion” as an indicator of diversity.   Whoops…  you would think I would remember that one on the list!

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What do Muslim Fundamentalists and Secular Folk have in common?

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

I am taking an anthropology course and have come across a great quote from Nida contrasting Christianity and Islam:
While the Koran attemtps to fix for all time the behavior of Muslims, the Bible clearly establishes the principle of relative relativism which permits growth, adaption, and freedom under the lordship of Jesus Christ.  The Bible present [...]

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Podcast

Monday, October 16th, 2006

The feed is back. I quit waiting for OurMedia.org to fix their site and wrote up the rss feed myself. You can now subscribe once again. I notice that Apple removed my podcast - I don’t blame them as it was down for so long. I have re-submitted the feed, though, and [...]

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Diversity Factors for World’s Most Diverse Nation

Monday, October 16th, 2006

I am running down some more information on diversity and have received some email from folks who are also interested in this question. I am compiling a list of diversity factors that I will be trying to track. I have also found a mapping program that I can use to post interactive maps [...]

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World’s Most Diverse Nation

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

I am on a quest to discover which nation on earth could rightly be called, “The Most Diverse.” I have noticed that many Americans make this statement about their own country. As we hit 300 million people in population this month, I am wondering about the real stats.
Since I lived in Canada for [...]

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Secular Fundamentalism

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

I came across an article on the leftwing site Alternet discussing decency and morality movements. What struck me about this article (which is an interview about the religious right) was the statement down the page about combatting the religious right by “by bringing out the core meaning of decency, which is inclusion and acceptance.” [...]

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