Archive for September, 2008

In The Phaedo, Socrates is reported to have said on the day he dies:
Give but little thought to Socrates but much more to the truth. If you think that what I say is true, agree with me; if not, oppose it with every argument.
With no variation at all, Christians can argue that to be the [...]

New Zoomtard Pages

Now that I am a real theology student I am launching the first major sub-site of Zoomtard ever. It’s called Zoommatics and over the next five years it will see a constant stream of short posts.
As a “real theology student”, I am aiming to do something I have wanted to do for years and read [...]

With Rob Bell (towards whom I am deeply sympathetic) producing a DVD called The Gods Are Not Angry and Transfarmer (with whom I am truly in love [C.S. Lewis style]) questioning the wrath of God, I was reminded of the words of Miroslav Volf (of whom I aspire to be like) by Halden over at [...]

The Church of Bastards

Now that I am officially a student of the Pontifical University, I thought it appropriate, contrary to what Nelly thinks, to remind people about how preposterous the historical roots of the Protestant churches really are. Here to help me is the unsurpassable Eddie Izzard:

Your Correspondent, Would have succeeded if it wasn’t for the pesky internet

An Old Jewish Tale

The Jewish Rabbis would tell a story about the night before Abram answered the call of God and became the father of Israel. Remember that the Scriptures say that when God came to the Iraqi pagan called Abram he told him to leave his father’s household. This didn’t mean move out to a bedsit in [...]

Toga! Toga! Toga!

As of today I am a student at the Pontifical University of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. I am studying for the Baccalaureate in Theology. I will over the course of the next few years learn all about dogma, moral reasoning, liturgy, ecclesial history, koine Greek, ancient Hebrew, a little Latin and an awful lot about [...]

Things I Found On The Web

Firstly, a joke:
What’s the difference between a child in the 3rd world and abstinence-only sex education?
One works.
Ross Douthat writes a great blog if you want to see why being Conservative need not be the same as being brain damaged. In The Atlantic this month he has a great article exploring the ethical implications of porn [...]

Intellectualizing Batman

I had to watch the Dark Knight a second time to make sure I was right. We saw it all together, me and the Triple Entente in a beautiful room in Seattle during the summer. Wife-unit, afflicted with jetlag stayed at home and slept until I burst into the hotel room exhilarated.
Yesterday I took [...]

The Infinite Jest Of Politics

Two days ago I tried to write a blog entry about how the response to Sarah Palin has been extraordinary. A woman remarkably similar to say, Hilary Clinton, is received by her supporters as an Obama-like Messiah figure and her opponents as a Bush-in-drag idiot. The talking heads of the American “left” (a beast as [...]

The Dangerous Idea Of A Church

One of the cool things about living in Maynooth is the number of very smart people around you. It is disproportionate. No one is objective about their own family and no one is objective about their own church but mine is a seriously illuminating community to be a part of if you have an interest [...]




 

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