How the King James Bible Forever Changed English: 400th Anniversary Celebrated with Fun Videos

≡ Category: English Language, History, Religion |1 Comment

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, a translation that influenced the development of the English language as much as it did the Christian faith.

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Google Puts The Dead Sea Scrolls Online (in Super High Resolution)

≡ Category: Google, History, Religion |3 Comments

Thanks to Google and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, you can now fire up your browser and start taking a good, close look at The Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient biblical texts found between 1947 and 1956, right on the shores of the Dead Sea.

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Foo Fighters “Perform” for Westboro Baptist Church

≡ Category: Music, Religion |2 Comments

If you’re not familiar with The Westboro Baptist Church, it’s a hate group seemingly masquerading as a religious organization based in Topeka, Kansas. It has only 71 members, mostly from the same family, and they’re known for tastelessly traveling across the U.S.

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Mr. Deity: The Everyday Life of the Creator

≡ Category: Comedy, Religion |Leave a Comment

Not long after the devastating tsunami of 2004, Brian Keith Dalton began working on a skit that morphed into Mr. Deity, a satirical look at our Creator and his everyday struggle to manage his new creation. The first episode (above) aired on iTunes and the web in early 2007, and straightaway, we encounter Mr.

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Miss USA 2011: Should Schools Teach Evolution? … or Math?

≡ Category: Random, Religion, Science |19 Comments

“Should evolution be taught in schools?” That was the question actually put to participants in the Miss USA pageant held this past June.
In response, MacKenzie Fegan and her friends had some fun with the whole line of thinking, shooting their own mock video in reply.

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50 Famous Scientists & Academics Speak About God: Part II

≡ Category: Religion, Science, Video - Science |3 Comments

Last month, Jonathan Pararajasingham created a montage of 50 renowned academics, including many Nobel prize winners, talking about their thoughts on the existence of God. And boy did it generate some debate. (Watch the video and read the comments here.

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The Sins of the Renaissance, or The History That Shaped Michele Bachmann’s Worldview

≡ Category: Current Affairs, Religion |7 Comments

During the 1970s, Francis A. Schaeffer, an evangelical theologian, wrote and narrated How Should We Then Live?, a ten-part film series that traced the history of Western culture and thought. Lots of art and philosophy were put on display.

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Animated: Stephen Fry & Ann Widdecombe Debate the Catholic Church

≡ Category: Animation, Current Affairs, Religion |2 Comments

Intelligence Squared (iTunes – Feed – Web Site) brings Oxford-style debating to America. Each debate features one motion, one moderator, and three panelists arguing for a motion, and three arguing against. Should Airports Use Racial and Religious Profiling? Is Islam A Religion Of Peace? Is The Two-Party System Making the U.S.

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50 Famous Academics & Scientists Talk About God

≡ Category: Religion, Science, Video - Science |99 Comments

Jonathan Pararajasingham has pulled together a montage of 50 renowned academics, mostly all scientists, talking about their thoughts on the existence of God.

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Stephen Fry on Philosophy and Unbelief

≡ Category: Comedy, Philosophy, Religion |3 Comments

Comedian Stephen Fry has the classic British intellectual voice, much like philosopher Bryan McGee. It turns out that he knows something about philosophy, and this clip is a shortened version of a longer video called “The Importance of Unbelief.

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