Category Archives: religion

It

“When Republicans say that Democrats ‘just don’t get it,’ this is the ‘it’ to which they refer.”
So what about when net-heads said it about bell-heads?
(the muted horn)

Allah on oil prices

From Peter Arnett’s ’97 interview with bin Laden:
REPORTER: Mr. Bin Ladin, if the Islamic movement takes over Saudi Arabia, what would your attitude to the West be and will the price of oil be higher?
BIN LADIN: We are a nation and have a long history, with the grace of God, Praise and Glory be to [...]

Vague allegory

Cellphone pic of pig and rooster talking on the phone, carved into the capital of a column near a bank of payphones in Riverside Church.

Pope condemns relativism, changes mind, wishes he’d taken notes but decided not to because immaterial office has a smaller carbon footprint

The NYT has an article that says today (20 July) it was published tomorrow (21 July), reporting that the pope—formerly Herr Ratzinger—will have criticized materialism yesterday:

It seemed like only last week he was denouncing moral relativism too, and that it was reported in the NYT. But, according to the NYT, he didn’t do anything [...]

Apocalypse async

Bruce Schneier’s 15 June 08 Crypto-Gram notes the service youvebeenleftbehind.com, which promises to spam dozens of friends and loved ones “6 days after the ‘Rapture’ of the Church.” Early reports stressed the service’s claim that since “[t]here won’t be any bodies … probate court will take 7 years to clear”—coincidentally(?) enough time for “the Government [...]