A duck lands in the Vltava in Prague.
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There’s a lot about religion I dislike: the sectism, the hatred, the jihads, the hypocrisy, the difficulty in changing any of the doctrines that no longer apply, the literal interpretations. The list could go on for eons. [...] Read more »
The gate of Dachau reads, “ARBEIT MACHT FREI.” It means, “work will set you free.”
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“Not yet. Not yet, Ben,” I tell myself. I can feel the tears welling up. “You’ve still got more to see.”
Only 20 minutes ago did I walk through the gate marked Arbeit Macht [...] Read more »
The sun crests over the Jaisalmer Fort as the city begins to wake up.
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It’s 5 AM in Jaisalmer and I’m up too early. A half hour ago, my alarm went off as I dozed on the cool rooftop. Despite being in the middle of desert, the nights never [...] Read more »
The Santos Kiluus shrine sits abandoned off a back road late at night.
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It wasn’t by choice that I’ve received most of my nicknames.
There were five other Bens in my grade in elementary school, three of which played on the soccer team. When I was dubbed goalie for the [...] Read more »
One thing I love about Boulder is that it’s prime ogling territory. In Boulder, the ratio of beautiful and healthy people is incredible. If I’m not getting my facts wrong, Boulder remains the skinniest city in the skinniest county in the skinniest state in the country. And while often that means the women wandering around [...] Read more »
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 »
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 »
As seen on CNN.com…
ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Homosexual marriages are part of “a new ideology of evil” that is insidiously threatening society, Pope John Paul says in his newly published book.
In “Memory and Identity,” the Pope also calls abortion a “legal extermination” comparable to attempts to wipe out Jews and other groups in the 20th [...] 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 »