Eat More Chicken
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Lady and The Tramp Guinea Pig Style
The sound effect really cracked me up.
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Christian Bookstore Puts Warning Labels on Certain Christian Books
To nobody’s surprise, LifeWay Christian Stores sells Christian books among their many products. As any reader of these books knows, however, the authors can range anywhere from super-fundamentalist to relatively-liberal.
To help their customers out, LifeWay now puts a label on certain books stating “Read With Discernment“:
While we recognize that almost every title requires some measure of discernment, certain titles should clearly be read with extra discernment.
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We want you to know that the authors of books marked Read with Discernment may have espoused thoughts, ideas, or concepts that could be considered inconsistent with historical evangelical theology.
Read the full Friendly Atheist article here. If you weren’t aware, Lifeway is part of the Southern Baptist Convention, as indicated at the bottom of every page on their website. This was also the same store that would not display the magazine Gospel Today because women pastors were on the cover. Article
The “Discernment” page lists several authors, and I found it interesting that they referenced a Wikipedia entry on their Donald Miller page.
They have also dedicated a page voicing their concerns about the Emerging Church Movement.
I guess they are worried about their “flock being lead astray,” but I think customers should be able to decide and discern for themselves without a disclaimer. One may argue that is the reason for the disclaimer, but I think the disclaimer itself is a negative connotation. It all seems very judgmental, something I don’t think these Christ loving authors deserve. And yes, I’m a fan of most of these listed authors on their disclaimer.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the future to see the author’s denomination next to his or her name, which I guess wouldn’t bother me as much since this would apply to all authors and would give the reader a bit more background on the author. I know that last point might sound a bit hypercritical, but I think there’s a difference.
I haven’t spent money at one of their stores in years, and don’t plan on spending any money there ever again.
Chalk all this up for another reason why I’m a Recovering Baptist.
Man, I went on a rant.
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Gallup: Most and Least Religious States
An analysis of more than 350,000 interviews conducted by Gallup in 2008 finds Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas to be the most religious states in the nation. Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts are the least religious states.
I would have thought Texas would be in the top three, and always thought of the state as being the belt buckle of the Bible Belt per my experiences, but that tells you what I know. But overall, the South sure is pretty religious and per this data.
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Gun O’Clock
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Great Pageant Talent
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School can expel lesbian students, court rules
After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law.
In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to comply with a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating. A lawyer for the girls said Tuesday that he would ask the California Supreme Court to overturn the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal.
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1983 Macintosh Software Dating Game with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
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Hungry Loris
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Bag of Randomness
- I have a feeling there’s a hydrogen bomb inside this statue, but I’m not sure why it only has four toes.
- I’m talking about the TV show Lost in case you were wondering.
- I bet the women Ben was talking to in the church is Faraday’s mother, and she knows that Desmond will reach her in 72 hours. You may be thinking that there is no way Desmond and family can sail from the UK to L.A. in that amount of time, I think we are seeing two different time lines.
- Why can’t coffee always greet you with a smile.
- I finished our taxes and the refund should be direct deposited shortly. It felt great getting that out of the way.
- I’m not a fan when Super Bowl commercials are introduced to the public before the Super Bowl. I prefer the anticipation and surprise.
- Brian Williams makes a great guest on any talk show, the man is funny and looks great for being 50 years old.
- Real life Monopoly. Link
- I watched the beginning of Jeopardy yesterday and was surprised at the new intro, I likeded it when that sphere exploded inn ten thousand pieces but that is no longer the case.
- I got an email for a package deal to travel to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas to view the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders swimsuit calendar photo shoot and be a VIP guest that includes a meet and great. That whole idea just seems kinda pervey, but it includes two free dolphin interactions which does sound cool. If you are interested, check it out here.
- The GOP isn’t as popular as it use to be, and appears to be heading for even more trouble. I recall my blogging friend Barry predicting this a while back stating the growing minority population as the reason. But who knows, It was only six years ago everyone was saying the Democrats were dead and buried. It just seems these things go in cycles.
- Heinz is saying good-bye to the pickle.
- The projector phones seems cool, but I don’t think I would ever need that function. Check out a video review of it here, the projector piece comes in about the six minute mark.
- The Clergy Letter Project is trying to broker peace with science and religion, in particular, evolution. And yes, I’m one of those that happens to be a believer in evolution.
- I had a dream that I was the new host of the Wheel of Fortune. I wonder when Pan and Vanna will step down?
- Storm Troopers riding dogs. Link
- I think there are certain parts of the recently passed stimulus package that could have been better allocated. But I give props to Obama for meeting with the Republicans even though he didn’t need their votes to get the bill passed. I also liked how his administration contacted Citi before the bought that new luxury jet.
- If you want to keep up with the fashion of the first lady, there’s a blog devoted to it: http://www.mrs-o.org/
- There’s rumors of her being pregnant, which was the reason why she wasn’t wearing a form fitting dress at the inaugural balls.
- Politico has a section in which they track the president’s schedule, I found it kind of interesting. Link
- The ultimate British male. Link
- There’s a lot of concern about Jessica Simpson’s weight, but I was actually more surprised that she was singing at a chili cook-off.
- Looking for a tune? Try JustHearIt.com
- The story of the Google Chrome logo. Link
- There will be a day when we will tell the youth that the mail was delivered six days a week. Article
- Rice Krispies sushi. Link
- A British company offers a red-neck free vacation. Link
- The most spiritually literate films of 2008. Updated Link
- The Emergency Yodel Button. Link
- Today’s random TV show theme song intro always cracked me up because of the special effects, even as a child. YouTube
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