a brief on the nature and limits of counterculture

If you’ve read much on here, particularly in my pages (especially About, Anarchy, and Prophetic), you know I’m all about Christianity as counterculture. There are, I think, a number of good reasons for this, not the least of which are rooted in the early church practices and the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, but [...]

some thoughts on truth and religious epistemology

This is part of a discussion I’m having on a Facebook group, via the group’s wall, which only allows 1000 characters per post, so it’s not terribly well-developed, but I think it’s a decent framework for a beginning.
I have a lot of beginnings of ideas, if you hadn’t noticed.
The group is called “Post-Emerging [...]

a brief musing about FOX media

It’s funny… I remember when I was younger that FOX was trumpeted, at least in the circles to which I had access, as being this great socially subversive “liberal stronghold” that presented programs that undermined traditional morality. The Simpsons is the example that most readily comes to mind, but there was also Married… With Children [...]

American Empire

Again, from http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com

Ansell article

By the way, the article by Nik Ansell I referenced in the previous post can be found online in PDF format.

The Liberating Image: Imago Dei in Genesis 1 by J. Richard Middleton

J. Richard Middleton’s The Liberating Image: Imago Dei in Genesis 1 is an excellent exegetical look at Genesis 1 and particularly the “Image of God” section in vv. 26-28. The book was written, I believe, for the completion of his Ph.D at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. It is divided into three parts, [...]

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U.S. to push for global trade pact

U.S. to push for global trade pact - CNN.com
Right, because everyone knows “free trade” did so much good for Argentina’s economy. And Russia’s. And Iraq’s. And, oh, pretty much every country in Africa. And. . .

A telling graphic…

found at http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com. Definitely do read the article the graphic is in.

Gee, where do OUR national priorities lie? Even if you allow for the possibility that military expenditures might be, by definition, expensive, this is still a telling picture.
The real question, which is also the subject of Eve Ensler’s latest book Insecure at Last: Losing [...]

Surprise, surprise - Intel twisted to manufacture link between Saddam and Al Qaida

Pentagon official’s prewar intel faulted | Top News | Reuters.com
Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, this morning, said, “The intelligence relating to the Iraq/al Qaeda relationship was manipulated by high ranking officials in the Department of Defense to support the… Administration’s decision to invade Iraq when the intelligence assessments of the [...]