A few weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly had a feature on seminal punk band Bad Religion’s new album. Though it was hardly the point of the article, a small sidebar featured information about a small textbook entitled Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant: A Professor and a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & [...] Read more »
Tonight I watched the documentary Jesus Camp. By ten minutes in, I was disgusted and scared for the future of humanity. It’s not because of the fervor these kids show, but rather the fervor the adults guiding them show.
Before I get into the meat of the film, I’d like to comment about it as a [...] Read more »
Why is it that people can’t help but discriminate against us Jews during the holiday season?
I went to The Sink for lunch the other day with a couple of friends. Besides getting some of the worst service I’ve ever received, on my way out I was greeted by one of the rudest, most ethnically insensitive [...] Read more »
A while back, the CU_Boulder community had an interesting discussion about Phillip Mitchell, a professor at CU whose contract wasn’t renewed and is accusing the school of dismissing him for being Christian. As an offshoot of that discussion, and I began discussing what it means to be a Christian and I ended up asking [...] Read more »
And boy was I disappointed. Because of the way I view this film, I’m going break the following review into two parts:
Let’s start as far from where it matters as possible, with the movie itself. The cinematography is excellent. The framing, cuts, and camera movements accentuate the violence or lack there of nearly perfectly. I’m [...] Read more »