MetaFilter posts tagged with God and religion

Losing my Religion

notsnot — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:21:38 -0800

Deconversion 2.0. A series of Youtube videos detailing the author's separation from his faith. His diction, with...pauses, is a little odd to get used to but worth getting around.

Harvey Cox Says Atheism Won't Last. Here's Why You Should Care What Harvey Cox Thinks...

jefficator — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:21:40 -0800

Harvey Cox, one of the foremost American theologians of the twentieth century, recently retired from Harvard, where he held the oldest tenured professorship in the nation. You've seen him discussed here before for more bovine pursuits. But more importantly, he has argued that atheism is a passing fad; his new book contends it emerges in response to factors that will change the face of faith in the coming generation. Why should you care about an old theologian's last hurrah? His prior predictions have been right.

Kind of a biggie

nola — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:57:22 -0800

Some late night fun with Mr. Deity- Mr. Deity Episode 1: Mr. Deity and the Evil Mr. Deity Episode 2: Mr. Deity and the Really Big Favor Mr. Deity Episode 3: Mr. Deity and The Light Mr. Deity Episode 4: Mr. Deity and the Messages

Genesis Revisited

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:41 -0800

Genesis Revisited scientifically summarises the scientific field of Creation Science (warning: science) [transcript]

A Moment in Time

nola — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:53:18 -0800

AronRa has done some really nice YouTube vids on science (previously). In this latest vlog An Archaeological Moment in Time, he take(s) a look at how different societies are advancing at different rates on the same date in the distant past.

Culture & Barbarism

Dumsnill — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:25:40 -0800

Metaphysics in a Time of Terrorism. (via)

Jesus who?

Brandon Blatcher — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:02:29 -0800

The End of Christian America. The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.

RaDaK

tellurian — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:27:07 -0800

The manuscripts of David Kaufmann, Jewish scholar extraordinaire. Wonderful illuminations, inventive typography and even a little bit of naughtiness.

Children's Letters to God? Check.

Lacking Subtlety — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:03:02 -0800

Children's Letters to God? Check. Came across this and if they're real, they're very funny. Even if they're faked, they're very funny... That is all.

Blood of the Lamb, motherfucker.

Pope Guilty — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:43:38 -0800

Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun.

"You can't sue God if you can't serve the papers on Him."

homelystar — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:21 -0800

The case against God brought by Ernie Chambers (previously on MeFi) has been thrown out. (title via News Now Network, although I added a capital H.)

Dear God. Prayers for the modern world.

ColdChef — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:25:59 -0800

Dear God is a global project for people around the world to share their innermost hopes - and fears - through prayer. Some photos NSFW.

If You Brought Your Partici-pants, You Better Put Them On!

Del Far — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:25:07 -0800

God's Pottery is described on their website as "a Christian acoustic duo formed to spread the Word while addressing the issues facing today's Youth and the Spiritual Community at large." But actually, they're one of the funniest new up and coming musical comedy acts, already nominated for an ECNY award in Best Musical Comedy Act. They workshop with the audience to get to know them better and sing songs about Pre-Marital Sex (The Pants Come Off, When The Ring Goes On), Alcoholism (Jesus I Need a Drink!), and they're always playing for Team Jesus. They went to the "Eden-berg" Fringe Festival and even stayed in character when interviewed by ITV2, because they are that good.

Swimming upstream.

allkindsoftime — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:47:40 -0800

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism is a book released last month by Tim Keller. Its faired reasonably well (NYT, login req'd), which is interesting, considering the wide success of books preaching the opposite message, as of late (Dawkins, et. al.). A little more from Newsweek. Coming soon to a uni near you.

The Four Horsemen

empath — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:52:08 -0800

The Four Horsemen: Just in time for holidays, enjoy a pleasant chat between the world's most famous atheists - Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett.

Give us this day our daily Google.

loquacious — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:01:48 -0800

I knew it would eventually happen. I didn't expect it so soon. The Church of Google.

Neuroscience and Mysticism

homunculus — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:14:43 -0800

Searching for God in the Brain. "Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith." [Via MindHacks, which points out a few niggling omissions in the article.]

In God we doubt

veedubya — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:15:52 -0800

In God we doubt.

This is not an intellectual game. Even if we know what is true – and we don’t – you cannot reduce life to a set of provable realities. Humanity is too complex for that. In the end, it comes down to whether the world would be a better place without religion; and that is a matter of judgment, not certainty.

The Smell of Virtue

SansPoint — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:05:30 -0800

Scents from the Bible The world's first spiritual perfume, "Virtue® was conceived out of our desire to provide a perfume that would allow a person to be reminded of their Spiritual Self, by a simple whiff of it's fragrant essence." Smell the holy! (Post not inspired by previous )

Oh my God

inconsequentialist — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:49:08 -0800

Darwin's God. "A scientific exploration of how we have come to believe in God." This article tracks the possibility that belief in a higher power is the product of evolution.

God made me do it.

Brian B. — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:49:59 -0800

Increased violence linked to scriptures. University of Michigan psychologist Brad Bushman and his colleagues suggest that scriptural violence sanctioned by God can increase aggression, especially in believers.

Ancient tsunami devastated Mediterranean

Kickstart70 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:29:49 -0800

Ancient tsunami devastated Mediterranean possible root of flood myths and current major religious belief.

AtheistFilter (oh God not again!)

Rufus T. Firefly — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:10:24 -0800

Youtubes of Dawkins lecturing from Lynchburg, VA, reading excerpts from 'The God Delusion' in Pt.1 & an entertaining Q&A session in Pt.2; in related news, Sam Harris elucidates the dangers of religious moderation...

PenguinBukkake — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:15:26 -0800

P2P is a sin [bugmenot]

Dear God

caddis — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:46:33 -0800

Kids say the darndest things.