Posted in Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Science, Society & Culture, tagged Abbott and Costello, Atheism, Ben Stein, Creationism, God, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science, Theory of Evolution, Who's on First on 14 April, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Costello: I’m asking YOU who’s on first.
Abbott: That’s the man’s name.
Costello: That’s who’s name?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Abbott: That’s it.
Costello: That’s who?
Abbott: Yes.
We all know the famous routine. But have we stopped to think about why it is so funny, and why we can all relate to this kind of humor? Abbott [...]
Posted in Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, tagged belief systems, fairy tales, Religion, storytelling on 28 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Lend me your ears and I’ll tell you a story…” (opening line of a song written by my father)
Stories are powerful. Stories can shape our entire outlook on life, our belief systems, our sense of identity. Storytelling ’round the fire has been an integral form of human communication from time immemorial. Think of all the [...]
Posted in Middle East, Philosophy & Religion, Society & Culture, tagged Christianity, Civilization, Islam, Judaism, Middle East, Religion, terrorism on 24 March, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A reader recently left the following comment on my “about” page. (Sorry, Marjana, I’m going to delete it since I’m addressing your question here in a lengthy post and, well, no offense or anything but I kind of like my about page to just be my personal “about” statement). Anyway, here is the question:
Hello. I [...]
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