Yesterday’s vote in North Carolina has been followed by all the usual (and predictable) punditry. Supporters of Amendment 1 have pointed out that in every state where it’s been put to a vote (31 and counting), a clear majority have voted to ban gay marriage. Whereas the eight states which have legalized gay marriage have [...]
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Everybody brainwashes…
Christians do it. Atheists do it. Even people who are adamantly opposed to brainwashing their kids end up doing it — or letting someone else do it. So says Jared Byas… We will all “brainwash” our kids. We are mimetic; we imitate… I have talked to several friends who have felt tricked by religion into believing [...]
Posted by Ben Irwin on 29 March 2012
http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/everybody-brainwashes/
About Leviticus 18…
Leviticus as a whole might be foreign territory for the average Christian, but most of us have heard Leviticus 18:22 (and its sister passage, Leviticus 20:13). It’s one of a handful of “clobber texts” used to argue that homosexuality is unacceptable. For many, Leviticus 18:22 is one of the Bible’s most straightforward, least ambiguous condemnations of homosexual activity. [...]
Posted by Ben Irwin on 5 March 2012
http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/about-leviticus-18/
Leviticus: handle with care
For Lent, my wife and I are reading our way through the first several books of the Old Testament, sometimes known as the “historical books.” Today’s installment covers that gem of Bible weirdness known as Leviticus. __________________ Most Christians act as if Leviticus isn’t in their Bibles. To the extent that we read Scripture at [...]
Posted by Ben Irwin on 1 March 2012
http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/leviticus-handle-with-care/
What’s the worst that could happen? (A cost-benefit analysis of climate change)
A follow-up from yesterday’s post… If the earth is God’s temple, why aren’t Christians more concerned about environmental issues like climate change? According to one survey, only a third of Christians see preventing climate change as part of our obligation to protect God’s creation. Though, encouragingly, a majority of Christians think preventing climate change is [...]
Posted by Ben Irwin on 29 February 2012
http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-a-cost-benefit-analysis-of-climate-change/
Creation 2.0, interior decorating, and the genocide that (maybe) wasn’t: the resolution of Exodus
For Lent, my wife and I are reading (and I’m blogging my way through) the first several books of the Old Testament, sometimes known as the “historical books” or the Covenant History. Today’s installment is the last from Exodus. __________________ The second half of Exodus features (among other things) some very specific interior decorating tips, [...]
Posted by Ben Irwin on 27 February 2012
http://benirwin.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/creation-2-0-interior-decorating-and-the-genocide-that-maybe-wasnt-the-resolution-of-exodus/
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