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Keith E. Buhler

How scientific is the myth? Part I

Matt’s brother and intellectual spar-partner, Jim, engaged with me in a friendly and fruitful debate, some months ago, about “World-Origin Myths,” and which might be the most scientific. The two main competitors, it seems, are the Genesis myth (“In the […]

Keith E. BuhlerScience

How scientific is the myth? Part II

Jim, if you'll join me again, I am picking up the world-origins debate. I am reading through Briane Greene's book The Fabric of the Cosmos,

Matthew Lee AndersonChurchTheology and Practice

Blogotional and the Church

John has an incredibly sensible thought today on the Church. Drawing from Jollyblogger's extensive critique of George Barna's new book, John writes: God does not change,

Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophyLiberal Arts

Pensées

Have you ever read Pascal's "Pensées"? (French for "Thoughts") It is a delightful, interesting, and often challenging panoply of little thoughts, aphorisms, maxims, questions,

Tex

Intolerant Tolerance Revisited

A few weeks ago, I offered some thoughts on the rabid dogma of tolerance in the Air Force and America generally. The flurry of comments on my post have driven me to continue delving into this question: “What is the […]

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Weeeeeeeeee!

Doug Greshm, as Matt mentioned, is in town. My brother passed on to me a story he heard from someone who attended a talk Greshm was giving at Mariner'

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Walker, Texas Ranger

This clip from Walker, Texas Ranger, is hilarious. Watch it once. If you don't laugh, watch it again. By the 6th or 7th time, you will be dying

Shea RamquistFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Johnny Depp is The Libertine

“Allow me to be frank: you will not like me,” a foppishly dressed Johnny Depp growls directly into the camera. So ends the trailer for his latest picture, The Libertine.

Keith E. BuhlerScience

Three mysteries in science

1. What is light? How does it work? 2. What is gravity? Seriously, why do things fall towards massive objects like the Earth? 3. What is smaller than electrons and

Matthew Lee Anderson

Douglas Gresham at Biola

No apologies for making it all Narnia, all the time at Mere-O. I am unashamed to say that I’m terribly excited about the new film. Feeding that excitement was Douglas Gresham, Lewis’s step-son, presence at Biola today. He was interviewed […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Narnia's Cashflow

Maurice Chrittenden in the London Sunday Times points out that Lewis's stepsons sold his estate. Someone is going to get very wealthy off of the movie, but it&

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

Academics in the News

Professor John Haldane of St. Andrews in Scotland has been appointed consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture. From the article: Western society, he said, had lost its sense of