Archive for April, 2005

Taboos and Hersey

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Paul Graham has an interesting essay on moral fashions and heresy.

Some quotes:

The people you can say heretical things to without getting jumped on are also the most interesting to know.

And that’s why I like you guys- because you listen to us when we say things that would be considered by many to be heretical.

A lot […]

Episode #6 Status, Other Podcasts

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

It seems that Murphy’s Laws are alive and well here at Outchurched. Ryan and I recorded Episode #6 this past week, but this time my audio is quite bad. I managed to screw it up… bigtime. /sigh We’ll get the process down, hopefully soon. Sorry for another delay… we’ll re-record […]

Some Fundamental experiences

Friday, April 8th, 2005

Update: added a title. Sorry for the bad pun.

Via the Grace Pages, I’ve just come across a great new (to me) blog, called Growing Pains, which is detailing one man’s experience with Christian Fundamentalism. Currently, he’s talking about his college years. Here are some random, out-of-context highlights:

From The Beginning: Bible College Days:

I was testing […]

SFist on Faith, Freedom, Morality

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

SFist, talking about a conservative youth group, says:It’s just so courageous for these youth to stand up for what they believe in — especially in such a blatantly hostile liberal environment where deviance and body parts put into the “wrong” places is the norm. We thought these ideals and values had gone the way of […]

Can religion listen?

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

Peter Hirshberg asks:

is the world ready for a belief system that amasses followers because it listens and interacts?

Well, is it?