From the monthly archives:

November 2009

The Glowstick Testament

November 16, 2009

The Glo Bible aims to update scripture for the iPhone generation (okay, I just decided that there’s an ‘iPhone generation’). This DVD-ROM features HD videos, maps and ‘virtual tours’ of 1st century Jerusalem, and suspiciously like creator Nelson Saba’s iLumina (2002). Odiously, this DVD-ROM isn’t something you actually ‘buy’ for the US$90 price tag, but [...]

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It’s official: belief in anthropogenic global warming is basically a religious belief. Sort of.

November 5, 2009

Justice Michael Burton ruled that Tim Nicholson’s belief in climate change is akin to a religious belief, and can thus file for unfair dismissal on that ground.
While Nicholson sees this as a victory for his cause, I’m still surprised more people aren’t complaining ‘it’s scientific fact, not religious belief’. Justice Burton last year ruled on [...]

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Loosen my religion

November 4, 2009

With apologies to Msrs Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe.
The first story concerns the burgeoning scene of Muslim punk, which goes by the name of Taqwacore after the novel by Michael Muhammad Knight. I posted a story about this on my Facebook a few months ago (before I’d resumed blogging), but it’s doing the rounds again [...]

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