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I attended a talk at NG Gemeente Stellenbosch-Sentraal’s discussion group for “Our Religion and Science”* before, it was quite interesting to see what they were up to with their discussions. (*That doesn’t translate well. “Die Wetenskap” is “The Science” – incorrect in English, and it isn’t the plural, “the sciences”.) In any case, of particular [...]

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This post is for the purpose of continuing the conversation from the previous post, whose comment thread was getting too long. (A new cutline supports WordPress’ paged comments, but looses comment numbering, which we use a lot.)

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I long wondered what the Blue Man Group was. Those blue-head posters… the name of the group… just the kind of thing to pique my curiosity. Possibly first heard them back in April, from a friend’s ipod or CD or something, can’t remember for sure though. And then, earlier this week, I came across this, [...]

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The next post I’m writing will quite possibly turn into a series. I need to let some of the words and ideas mature in my head, maybe rewrite it once or twice. So I’m leaving you with this for the time being. Real Live Preacher wrote a post a couple of weeks ago, titled So [...]

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Back in February, this humanist introduced me to Family Man, a graphic novel (aka comic) by Dylan Meconis. I’m not exactly sure how to sell this, but I’ve known for many moons that I will eventually try – it was just a question of when. Let’s give it a shot: It’s brilliant! There, that should [...]

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Thanks to Cobus for providing a link to this video clip in a comment on the previous post — John Dominic Crossan on The Dangers of Fundamentalism: Please watch this video clip, especially if you are religious. It contains the food for thought that we need to think carefully about the dangers of certain ideological [...]

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A blog newly added to my neglected reading list is teo @ UP, an Afrikaans blog by a couple of theology students at, or from, the University of Pretoria. (One of the bloggers is Cobus van Wyngaard, who also blogs in English at my contemplations.) A recent post by Cobus, generasiegapings, emerging, en ander dinge [...]

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Tomorrow morning I’m off to work. My first full-time job, at a wonderful company, in a wonderful city (Zurich, Switzerland), a wonderful new experience in life lies before me. Tonight I sleep in a bed in my new temporary home (home for no more than 30 days, hopefully), in my new home town/city. Tonight my [...]

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This month I participated in the inaugural edition of the new Carnival of the Africans by submitting Creation Ministries International Strikes Stellenbosch Again — Noah’s Flood?, in order to share my posts on the March CMI seminar. The Carnival of the Africans is an attempt to encourage scientific and skeptical blogging in South Africa. The [...]

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[Wrote first draft in Heathrow. One editing pass and the addition of the explanation of how one could perform a double-blind study, was done from my "fully furnished" temporary flat -- furnishings include Wi-Fi, yay!] In a post two months ago, I decided to poetically end the post on a little climax, to leave a [...]

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