What was the first picture of absolutely nothing? Those who try to trace the origins of modern art have come up with various candidates. Maybe it was one of the three canvases painted by Rodchenko in 1921, a red, a yellow, and a blue, as a serious and final act of iconoclasm, “reducing painting to its logical conclusion”, so the artist later said
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Garden & Cosmos: The first picture of nothing? (Independent)
New reporting strengthens the claims that former President Bush was driven by theological fancies in his pursuit of the Iraq war: In 2003 while lobbying leaders to put together the Coalition of the Willing, President Bush spoke to France’s President Jacques Chirac. Bush wove a story about how the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Middle East and how they must be defeated. In Genesis and Ezekiel Gog and Magog are forces of the Apocalypse who are prophesied to come out of the north and destroy Israel unless stopped.
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Following God Into War
Paul Harvey Congratulations to our blog contributing editor Luke Harlow, who has completed his dissertation “From Border State to Solid South: Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830-1880″ (Luke will also be decamping from Rice University to take a position as an assistant professor at Oakland University this fall, formerly home to our own Matt Sutton — congratulations on that too, Luke). Luke sent me PDFs of the diss., which I just had the pleasure of reading.
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Forging the White Republic in Kentucky
When we here at the BlogCatalog (BC) offices heard we would be enlisting the services of a new intern, Terry Forch, we were all very excited. We all quickly began writing down our daily coffee orders and getting our dry cleaning slips together for pick up. Then, we found out that our intern would be working remotely from Virginia, and thus we will still be getting our own coffee and dry cleaning. So now you may be asking yourself the same question we were when we heard this baffling news. “What good is an intern that can’t get coffee or pick up our clean clothes?” Well, in actuality we think that she will be a great addition to the team. And, although she won’t be delivering caramel macchiatos or making sure we have clean clothes for our Friday night dates, she will be making some very valuable contributions to the team
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May the Forch Be With You
… beginning in March 2008, argues that it is a pure and blatant ridiculing of Hinduism, the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents a nd a rich philosophical thought….Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, stresses that the Cinematograph Act lays down that a film has to be certified keeping “m…
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"Love Guru" still awaiting certification for exhibition in India
On May 8th, we announced that BlogCatalog members had the privelege of entering a contest to design a piece of promotional material for the release of the movie What Goes Up. Well, many of you responded, and as of yesterday the producers of What Goes Up have chosen their winners! So, without further ado, the winners are: Placements were decided by the producers of What Goes Up and descriptions of the individual projects are provided courtesy of the What Goes Up Movie Blog : First Place — “Countdown” by The Polybore Press While the first place entry submitted by The Polybore Press was titled “What Goes Up Movie HD,” the producers have been affectionately referring to it as the “Countdown” video since they first saw it (and thus, the name change). In addition to combining several elements from the film and BlogCatalog, the promotional video is driven by a portion of “Blue Straggler” by Electrelane, which is featured on the What Goes Up soundtrack.
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What Goes Up Movie Promo Contest Winners Announced
The father of a girl who died after refusing blood transfusions, on the basis of un-biblical teachings by the Jehovah’s Witnesses — continues to battle the cult in court. Some legal scholars observing the case see what could be worrying setbacks for this legally aggressive sect accustomed to mobilizing the courts to block members from receiving life-saving transfusions
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Man sees subtle victory in fight against Jehovah’s Witnesses
Our Gospels for today through Thursday consist of portions of what is sometimes referred to as Jesus’ “priestly prayer.” John’s Gospel for these days invites us to share an intimate experience that takes place between Jesus and His father, as Jesus prays to God in the hours before his arrest. There is something incredibly exquisite about listening to Jesus talk to his father about us
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Jesus’ Priestly Prayer
The title today is surely misleading. A few weeks ago I asked “What font do you preach in?” and received comments with suggestions on the best font to use for powerpoint. Oops, it is a good idea to read the post before sharing your timely tips! Nevertheless, I leave today’s title as it is. I’m going to keep this post short. Again, it is prompted by one of the last chapters in Explosive Preaching. It is prompted by the importance of preaching out of fellowship with God. In the book a fantastic conversation is recounted, a conversation between the author and a Chinese pastor kept in solitary confinement for many years. So much to benefit from that brief conversation – the notion of simplifying life (building a cell), in order to enjoy fellowship with God (the cell becomes a garden, and God becomes a friend). But here’s the simple quote I want to share, a quote that may touch a nerve for many of us: Fellowship pace is a lot slower than service pace.
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Preaching and Pace
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy After making headlines last week with its excitable coverage of Bible verses decorating intelligence briefing cover sheets, GQ has published another story that mentions religion. This time, an 8,700-word profile of CNN’s Larry King touches only briefly, and with minimal understanding, on King’s marriage to Shawn Southwick, an actress, singer — and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Gaseousness in GQ