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About four weeks ago, Theo Geyser introduced me to Peter Rollins — unfortunately not personally, he just mentioned his latest book. At home, I immediately took a look at Peter’s blog. One of the first posts I read, as it caught my eye and resonated with my ways and thoughts:
To be an atheist you need [...]

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My previous post took quite a bit out of me. I thought it a good excuse to take it easy for a week. But now more than a week has passed, I thought I should give you something more to read.
Go read The Value of Science by Richard P. Feynman, a legend of a scientist [...]

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There are various uses of the word “evolution”. Some talk about “Stellar Evolution” when referring to the development of stars. (Carl Sagan does this.) Others complain the word is too widely used, and is losing its meaning, suggesting we should only use it to refer to biological evolution. (I’m under the impression that Stephen Jay [...]

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A friend just invited me to a talk organised by an academically-inclined study group at his church tomorrow afternoon. Details as follows:
Subject: Charles Darwin and Human Nature - should Christian Theology care?
Speaker: Prof Wentzel van Huyssteen (Princeton Theological seminar, USA)
Time: 17:00, 10 Junie
Place: Kerksentrum, Uniepark (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
The talk will be in English. From Wentzel [...]

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As I was trying to finish my thesis last year, a number of things came together in a tumultuous mess. Trying to point to one particular cause would be incorrect. It was a concoction of, amongst other things, intense anxiety and stress (the thesis serving as catalyst to dig up material for an early mid-life [...]

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This morning I came across an Op-Ed on the New York Times website by Brian Greene, titled Put a Little Science in Your Life. It’s a pretty good read… and I suspect it might only be readable by non-subscribers for a while, so go check it out now.
Some snippets from this article:
But here’s the thing. [...]

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Thursday saw a small social gathering of four friends, but also an event that I’d like to dub the first official “Think Too Much” gathering. (Yuck, I need a better name for that.) Oh, and no, it wasn’t official at all, it really was just a couple of friends that joined me as I was [...]

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A recent email exchange with a creationist brought up this sentiment again:
He has to believe in evolution because that is the career he chose. He sucked up what they told him.
This creationist tactic is disingenuous. They are taught that the reason scientists accept evolution, is because they would not otherwise get a job, and thereby [...]

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This is a continuation on yesterday’s post, What is God?: The Tribal God. Please read that first. This part is separate, in order to keep that one shorter, and to not ruin it with the silliness below. (I don’t like this post very much, it seems rather frivolous, does it not?)
Your Tribes?
So what tribes do [...]

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Oh the things we (collectively) do to our children…
I remember a particular evening, sitting in the back seat of the car, in tears. I was of single digit age. I’m not sure when exactly, and I’m not sure where, but I suspect it may have been during our first year(s) in The Netherlands. I was [...]

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