October 2010
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“What are [the Bible’s] underlying values? I would argue that they are...”
– -Michael Coogan, Harvard Divinity School lecturer on the Hebrew Bible-Old Testament and Editor of The New Oxford Annotated Bible, in “Bible has some shocking ‘family values’,” CNN Opinion, 10/26/10.
This is why I love my school. We’re people of deep faith, but not the...
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Goldilocks Planets: A Problem for Christianity?
For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a planet outside of our solar system orbiting within what scientists call the “Goldilocks zone.” (Not too hot, not too cold.) Planets within this zone may have temperatures allowing for liquid water to exist on the surface—a required component for life as we know it.
Of potentially even greater importance, as UC Santa Cruz...
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Most Confusing Ad Ever
I worked in political communications for years, so I’ve seen my fair share of bad advertising. This, however, is by far the most confusing ad I’ve ever seen. Is it for Iron Man? Is it for the Wall Street Journal? Does Oracle want readers of the WSJ to watch Iron Man 2, but not until it’s available on the iPad? Wait, no, they should buy it from iTunes… Oh bother.
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“Socializing on the internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.”
– Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and screenwriter for just-released The Social Network, during an interview on The Colbert Report last night. I wonder what he’d think about Tworship—how is a prayer said online like a prayer said in church?