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Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’

Good intentions and all that

If you follow my blog at all you will know there hasn’t been much to follow as of late. And this semester is always busy for me with with graduation for honors students, recruitment of new students, and this year I was chairing the search for one Dean while we were completing the search for [...]

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Why do Christians seem to need a body?

Given that we are in the last days of Lent and almost to Good Friday, this is perhaps providential. My automatic Google notification for “Aramaic” brought up a curious article from Psychology Today, “It’s in the Bible…Isn’t It?“ This is not a publication I read so I am unfamiliar with Stephen Mason, Ph.D. who is apparently [...]

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Defining religion (or economics)

The late Johnny Hart, creator of BC, was known for his outspoken Christian beliefs and incorporating them into his comic. His Easter strips were notorious and his theology (as stated by himself) was fuzzy at best. Since his passing last spring the strip has been taken over by his grandson Mason Mastroianni and rather than [...]

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The second (and third, fourth) coming of Jesus

Warning: while I do not find this comic particularly offensive, if you peruse this sight you will find (very funny) comics of questionable taste. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner Each comic is followed by a little “afterward:”

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“Anglican Collider Breaks Down”

I was just directed to this wonderful parody. A great post from September at a very interesting blog, Pluralist Speaks. I wonder if he does all that artwork himself. They seem to be original. Be sure to read the whole thing but here are a few snippets. Anglican Collider Breaks Down The Anglican Collider will [...]

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