An Atheist Defends the Bible

My longtime readers know that I like to get many perspectives when it comes to things regarding politics and religion.  Well, this post deals with the latter.  I feel that even though I may not agree with a person’s view, I can still learn from them and I can get a better idea of what people think of my views, unfiltered.

I’ve been following former Christian and current atheist Daniel Florien for a while now.  I like how he writes about his history and find insight on his perspective on things regarding the Christian faith.  He does this with a non-confrontational view and provides a lot of substance with his thoughts, well, at least in my opinion.

Anyways, last week he made a post about defending the Bible.  I know many of you will probably not agree with his post because he takes a very liberal view of the Bible, but then again, you don’t read about an atheist defending the Bible everyday either.

So here’s the piece, and I would be interested in your thoughts.

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Classical Pianist Uses Recycled Chips Bags for CD Cases

Classical pianist Soyeon Lee made a big environmental statement last year when she wore a dress made from over 6,000 juice pouches to her Carnegie Hall recital. Now, Lee is taking her passion for spreading environmental awareness even further by teaming up with TerraCycle Inc. to release her new album, Re!nvented, with the world’s most eco-friendly CD packaging.

Re!nvented CD cases are made from chip bags collected from millions of school children in North America. The bags are shredded and compressed to provide an alternative to PVC, the material most often used for jewel cases, which is petrochemical-based, difficult to recycle and is linked to elevated cancer rates among workers and people who live near manufacturing plants.

EarthFirst.com

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Bag of Randomness

  • When I got back from lunch yesterday I’m waiting for the elevator door to open, and as it opens I see two people waiting to step off, my cubemate and my business hero, the legendary Herb Kelleher.  Herb stuck out his hand and said hello to me as if he knew me for years.  For the rest of the day, I was in a tizzy.  There are just a few people that I actually want to shake hands with, Herb, of course was one of them.  If you are a dedicated reader of this blog, you can probably guess some of the others.
  • Now if I can only get a picture with him.
  • The only adequate thing that I can describe that handshake is to liken it to when He-Man summons the Power of Grayskull.
  • I bet the average American can name more NASCAR drivers than NHL players, which tells you that if the NHL wants to grow its audience it needs to work on getting their players out in the mainstream.
  • DFW seems to always have a new subdivision being built, and in the summers there’s always water restrictions, which makes me wonder why houses aren’t build with some sort of rain water catching device to store water underground to use to water the lawn during the summer.
  • A best friend of mine (a math major) loved the movie Stand and Deliver which starred Edward James Olmos who played the real life Jaime Escalante, a math teacher who took a bunch of  “unteachable kids” in L.A. and created a nationally acclaimed calculus program.  Unfortunately Escalante has cancer and is having trouble paying his medical bills, but Olmos and the cast are doing what they can to help out with the expenses.
  • I goofed the other day when I posted what I thought was a cool looking logo for the London 2012 Olympics.  Thanks to reader Sam, you can view the ugly looking logo here.
  • Most Addictive Sounds in the World
  • I couldn’t help but look at Ellen’s neck last night on American Idol. Her face may not look 52 years old, but her neck certainly does.
  • What comes after the iPad?
  • Rat out a person cheating on taxes and make some money. [Thanks, D]
  • LOST – Simpsons style
  • 67 Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Found Eating Baby Dinosaurs
  • The sun is white not yellow
  • An interesting piece on avoiding suicide
  • Grace
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