deebeedee

• Stand to Reason on YouTube STR.org videos featuring Greg Koukl is now on YouTube
• Usability.gov Your guide for developing usable & useful Web sites
• The Golden Compass Controversy “…it is generally unwise to criticize a movie until you’ve actually had the chance to see it. In this case the concerns are understandable in light of Pullman’s statements that he wrote in His Dark Materials trilogy… to promote his atheistic views.”
• Nehemiah’s wall uncovered | Jerusalem Post

• In Europe, God Is (Not) Dead - WSJ.com Christian groups are growing, faith is more public. Is supply-side economics the explanation?

Former atheist Antony Flew will be receiving an award from Biola University, a Christian institution, “for his lifelong commitment to free and open inquiry and to standing fast against intolerant assaults on freedom of thought and expression.” He is hardly a Christian, however, preferring to call himself a deist.

An aside: I had this post’s title already in mind when the news of Flew’s change of mind broke in 2004. For one reason or another I failed to write about the matter (it was most likely due to being swamped with things to do, as has been happening the past few weeks). But when Flew showed up in the news again, no matter how insignificantly, I saw a chance to use the title here. You’ve got to admit it’s pretty funny, even if it pokes fun at believers. Hey, it goes with the territory, I suppose. We’ve been accused of having a crutch by the likes of Ted Turner and being weak-minded by Jesse “The Body” Ventura; we’re intoxicated by the opiate of the masses; and we’ve been called fools for Christ.

Another aside: Anthony Flew was C.S. Lewis’s contemporary (yes, he’s that old) and it just so happens the kids and I are watching the Chronic(what?!)cles of Narnia DVD, which came out today, boyeee!

via STR.org

Just discovered this podcast called “A Christian and an Atheist” while browsing iTunes. It’s a “show where two friends discuss God, faith and morality.” In their website, they say that “often Christians and atheists attack caricatures of each other, which do not represent what the other really believes.” They’re hoping that through the podcast both sides will understand the other a little better. Sounds interesting enough. I’m downloading the episodes right now to take them for a spin.

Magician Penn Jillette gives his reasons why he believes “There is No God” on NPR’s “This I Believe” series. Animator Doug TenNapel offers a response on his blog.

TenNapel is the creator of Earthworm Jim and the new Catscratch show on Nickelodeon. He and Jillette are both six and a half feet tall.

(via STR.org)