Bad Christians and Bad Atheists

I Sold My Soul on eBay author Hemant Mehta has a blog called “Friendly Atheist”.  Some of his posts are indeed of a friendly nature while others, especially recently it seems, are a bit less so.
Two recent entries are worth looking at:
Christians hurting Christianity 
Hemant asks: “Have any of you (Christian or atheist or otherwise) had [...]

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Another Relusional Christian Takes a Look at Dawkins

My friend Nick Fox is also doing a series on Dawkins at his blog.
I am trying to read all 374 pages of The God Delusion and comment along the way; Nick is taking the easy way out and commenting on various interviews with Dawkins. (joking)

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The God Delusion – Part 2

Teach Your Children Well
Dawkins hypothesis of why someone like me is of the same religion as my parents involves what he calls “childhood indoctrination.”
“If you were born in Arkansas and you think Christianity is true and Islam is false, knowing full well that you would think the opposite if you had been born in Afghanistan, [...]

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Smashing Brickworld: Rob Bell’s "Velvet Elvis" – Part 3

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What is lost?
Ultimately the question raised by the quote is this: What do we lose if we lose the virgin birth?
I will attempt to answer it: We lose Jesus. We lose his divinity. We lose his claims about himself and the claims of the apostles about him, and that has infinite and [...]

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Book: Mind Set! – by John Naisbitt

Noted futurist John Naisbitt is ready to give up the secrets of his trade. The author of Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 has proved himself one of the most far-sighted and accurate prognosticators of our hi-tech world. In this book he reveals the 11 “mindsets”- or processes of thinking – that enabled him to make such [...]

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Smashing Brickworld: Rob Bell’s “Velvet Elvis” – Part 2

All the content of this blog has been moved to: http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/
The following content can be found by clicking below:
Richard Dawkins The God Delusion click here.
Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis click here.
Pedro The Lion
Enjoy!

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Smashing Brickworld: Rob Bell’s “Velvet Elvis” – Part 1

All the content of this blog has been moved to: http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/
The following content can be found by clicking below:
Richard Dawkins The God Delusion click here.
Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis click here.
Pedro The Lion
Enjoy!

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Donald Miller

Donald Miller… why can’t he stick to personal reflection (which he is great at) instead of waxing theologic (which he apparently has no talent for)?
“If we hold that Jesus wanted us to ‘believe’ certain ideas or ‘do’ certain things in order to be a Christian, we are holding to heresy.”
What?
( source – http://www.donaldmillerwords.com/searching.php )

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A Couple of McLuhan Quotes

"News tends to be bad news because it gives the viewer the thrill of survivor emotion."
 
"The need for bad news is very strong, especially when there is so much good news in the form of advertising."

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Quotes and Thoughts from "The Art of War" by SUN TZU

Read entire text online or buy it here
 
"When you see the correct course, act; do not wait for orders."
 
"All war is based on deception therefor when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity."
 
"There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited."
 
"What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the [...]

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