Dan Dennett: A rebuttal to Rick Warren

Posted by Quixie at 7:51 PM

JHC still online . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 9:57 AM

I had posted these articles before, but the links were all broken. I am posting them again here. They present some of the Tübingen and Dutch...

Sam Harris at Changing Hands . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:26 AM

I attended an appearance by Sam Harris at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe last night. He is in town to partake in a panel discussion at ...

Google To Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online

Posted by Quixie at 10:11 AM

Google To Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online This should finally allay the suspicions of those who smell a conspiracy which seeks to suppress their...

How not to worship (quote of the day) . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:37 PM

You have felt, doubtless, at least those of you who have been brought up in any habit of reverence, that every time when I in this letter h...

The Sound of Science

Posted by Quixie at 9:42 PM

the effect of death on culture . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:01 PM

  This is a lyrical well-written documentary that explores the work of Ernest Becker and its sociological implications.  

a tear in RIP (reaction/review) . . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:29 PM

. Different musics serve different functions. This is an insight to keep in mind when practicing music. Although not mutually exclusiv...

eyewitnesses times two . . .

Posted by Quixie at 2:23 AM

. Found two episodes of a Christian show called "Unbelievable?" which feature discussions between Richard Bauckham and James Cross...

radiocarbon dating works . . .

Posted by Quixie at 1:32 AM

. Recent research shows that radiocarbon dating techniques have been fine tuned, refined to a remarkably high degree of accuracy. The chron...

Submission Part I - Theo Van Gogh Tribute

Posted by Quixie at 3:33 PM

This is the short film that inspired Mohammed Bouyeri to murder Van Gogh in the early morning of 2 November 2004, in Amsterdam, in front of ...

Reading the Unreadable

Posted by Quixie at 7:43 AM

. Some ancient scrolls are so deteriorated that unfolding them would completely destroy them, would pulverize them. Here's a link to a c...

the problem with P-52 . . .

Posted by Quixie at 7:24 PM

I have a cousin named Miriam. She has had a distinctive handwriting for as long as I can remember. It's the prettiest writing I have e...

a year short and a dollar late . . .

Posted by Quixie at 12:36 AM

I stopped staring at television sets 'round '91. Those were the days of Desert Storm and its thousand points of lights in the sky, t...

the evolution of confusion ...(Dan Dennett on "deepities")

Posted by Quixie at 10:33 PM

This guy seldom fails to get a good "amen" out of me.