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The Only Horoscope You’ll Ever Need
By
Jason Boyett
A couple of weeks ago, the Internet blew up when Parke Kunkle, an astronomy instructor in Minneapolis, noted for the Star-Tribune that due to the Earth’s axis wobble and something called precession, astrologers are currently one month off in their Zodiac signs. Which means EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT WHO YOU ARE (based, of…
Geocentricity, Creationism, and Taking the Bible Literally
By
Jason Boyett
Back in March I interviewed Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh about his book Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. It’s a pretty great book offering a hilarious, honest outsider’s assessment of American Christianity. I recommend it to Christians and non-Christians alike. Anyway, this weekend Radosh posted at The Nervous Breakdown…
Stephen Hawking, God, and Twitter
By
Jason Boyett
Last Thursday, in an excerpt from his upcoming book, The Grand Design, world-famous physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking revealed that he no longer believed the universe needed a creator God. “The universe can and will create itself from nothing,” he wrote. That’s a fairly simplified statement, and one he will no doubt expand upon in…
Pastor Fight! Evolution vs. the Bible
By
Jason Boyett
A couple of weeks ago, ordained United Church of Christ minister Michael Dowd spoke at three churches in Oklahoma City. The author of the book Thank God for Evolution, Dowd delivered a talk he called “Thank God for the New Atheists” (download the text here). In it, he praises Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard…
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