Category Archives: Religion
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
New Dillinger Escape Plan record Option Paralysis available for streaming. First impression: sounds like another first class work of state of the art face melting. Rejoice!
Tolkien stickin’ it to the Nazis
Although it might seem unlikely that anyone would wonder whether the author of The Lord of the Rings was Jewish, the Nazis took no chances. When the publishing firm of Ruetten & Loening was negotiating with J. R. R. Tolkien … Continue reading
Filed under History, Linkslinkslinks, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion
“I’ve always thought that the perfect symbol of Christianity is the broken phallus…”
Cool little quasi-documentary from 1979 featuring Vidal, amusing as ever, at the height of his pre-flippant curmudgeon period. He discusses writing, religion, politics, his only encounter with the Mafia, and the vicissitudes of throwing Norman Mailers. Some of the the … Continue reading
Wild, wacky stuff
Video of a 2005 discussion between Cornel West and Slavoj Zizek has been posted on youtube. Just in time to disrupt my final exam flow. Awesome.
Filed under Philosophy, Religion
Prayer
I recently spoke with someone very close to me concerning the subject of prayer. I have relatively little traditional background when it comes to this aspect of the religious experience. As an adolescent, I regularly attended Hebrew school and Shabbat … Continue reading
Filed under Autobiography, Religion
Question for the religious, non-religious defenders of religious belief, and people who just really dislike Richard Dawkins…
If you knew an intelligent, open-minded young admirer of the New Atheism heroes (Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris…), and could only give them one book to help them develop a more sophisticated appreciation of religion/God/etc., what would you choose? I should probably … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Religion
I am the lizard king, I can do anything…
…except figure out what (if anything) these have to do with each other: 1. ‘I am the Lizard King I can do anything I can make the earth stop in its tracks I made the blue cars go away…’ –from … Continue reading
Filed under Music, Pop Culture, Religion
