Nothing Means What You Think It Means

How do we find meaning, and what is the real significance of pop culture? This article touches on Michael Jackson, Claude Levi-Strauss, Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, and Terry Eagleston.

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"Embryonic" by The Flaming Lips--A Review

The Flaming Lips have not always been an easy listen. Their earlier records like "Transmissions From The Satellite Heart" and "Clouds Taste Metallic" take a few listens before you get into the groove....

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Why IKEA Sucks and is Destroying the World

An article on the industrial revolution, a consumerist and wasteful world, and the death of craftsmanship.

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A Self-Indulgent Musing on Jazz

The writer relates his conversion to Jazz, and why pop music is so empty in comparison with it.

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Bibles and Bullets: The Ugly Legacy of Christian Missionaries

Launching from a recent SMU lecture, the author show how missionaries have used the Bible as a tool for subjugation and the Christian call to evangelism as leverage for imperialism.

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Remembering God's Mercy

How shall we judge one another? What should christology tell us about damnation and tolerance?

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Book Review: McGrath, The Only True God

James McGrath writes on the primitive Church and the continuity of its Christology with Judaic monotheism. This article reviews his book.

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Evaluating Intelligent Design

This article discusses the scientific status of Intelligent Design by delving into the philosophy of science. It then recommends a course of action for the Intelligent Design movement.

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Problematic Words: Facts, Theories, and Proof

What is a theory and how do you prove it? This article gets at the the underlying language of science and its philosophy.

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More Atheist-Bashing

Why are so many thinkers "embarrassed" by Richard Dawkins? What's wrong with his arguments?

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Monsters, Ghosts and Gods: Why We Believe

Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever.

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Why Is Coke Glamorous and Heroin Scary? Because of Halfwits Like Nikki Sixx

Review of The Heroin Diaries and commentary on drug culture and celebrity.

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The Case for Judas, Continued

Harold W. Attridge writes on: Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King Viking, 198 pp., $24.95; $15.00 (paper) and The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed by Bart D.

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Cognitive Dissonance in Monkeys - The Monty Hall Problem

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Is Darwinism Kosher? - FORA.tv

Jonathan Rosenblum of the Jerusalem Post speaks at the Discovery Institute on evolution from a Jewish perspective. He covers Torah interpretation, Jewish religion and science, scientific objectivity, and the philosophy of science.

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Ian Fisher Answers Questions About Benedict XVI

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The Philippines' taste for civet coffee

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Chris Matthews - Profile - New York Times Magazine

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Petraeus Update Before Senate Committee

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Susan Jacoby: Is America getting dumber?

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