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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 you [...]

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Four weeks ago I shared a YouTube clip of John Dominic Crossan. Today, a clip by the other author of the book I’m busy reading (for months): Marcus J. Borg:

For now, I’ll let this clip speak for itself. We should return to this topic a couple of posts hence.

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UPDATE: See the comments for more on the saga. The MySpace group mentioned has been restored.
Skeptico has a post titled Sniveling Cowardly Christians. And yes, the title is justified:
Early this month, MySpace again deleted the Atheist and Agnostic Group (35,000 members). This deletion, due largely to complaints from people who find atheism offensive, marks the [...]

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Tolerance without understanding seems dishonest. Many “atheists” simply do not understand religion. How could they? They either have not been exposed to it and do not know what it is about, or they come from a fundamentalistic background and have been hurt badly by religion. Many “atheists” simply do not understand religion, but are very [...]

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After finding a couple of good links on the matter, and seeing a good (virtual) friend deal with it, I thought writing my own complete blog post would not be necessary. But then he ended with “I look forward to your blog post on this topic”. So here we go.
This train of thought started with [...]

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On Facebook, there is a group titled “I’M A CHRISTIAN AND I’M PROUD TO SAY IT!” (Say it then, shouting isn’t necessary, y’know… )
This is a case of finding identity in the label, instead of the concept that the label is supposed to point to. What do other people hear when you say [...]

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Hi! My name is Hugo. I am completely fluent in the following languages: English, Afrikaans, Christianspeak, Atheist, and Whale. I can understand and read Dutch quite easily. Next year I hope to learn some French and some Muslim. (Eventually, some Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, German and Taoism will come in handy.)
For the time being, I’m providing [...]

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This is the third post in a series of three, aimed at making evangelicals in the field more successful in their ministry to atheists. The previous post was Get the Good News Right. (Getting the Good News right is really the crux of the issue.)
The only difference between theists and atheists, is that we speak [...]

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