Dinosaurs in church? We’re for that
Photos by Andrea Tintori. The small inset box is not in the correct location; it should be under the rail on the far right side. The measuring rod and the fossil itself are visible in the larger photo. The image was taken from discovery.com; this is obviously not Mr. Tintori’s mistake A small-town cathedral in [...]
On peanut butter and the origin of life
Some weeks ago, Alert Reader Ron Taylor brought this gem to our attention. At the time we could think of nothing but snark in the way of response. However, in revisiting the video we’ve found there’s a really interesting — and vital — point to be made about it. Before we get to that, though, [...]
Galileo’s incredible near miss
The sky in the neighborhood of Jupiter as it appeared on the evening of 28 January 1613, as Galileo may have seen it. The four so-called Galilean Satellites of Jupiter are labeled: Io (i), Europa (e), Ganymede (g), and Callisto (c), as is the star HP 59164 (s). All the other points are faint background [...]
The path of disbelief
Thomas Struth, Rothko Chapel, Houston, 2007. Look here for a nice retrospective of Struth’s works; here for an overview of Mark Rothko‘s career; and here for information about the Rothko Chapel In the end, all of us are looking for God. Jesuit priest James Martin has a wonderful little piece in yesterday’s Huffington Post. It [...]
Cleese parodies everyone! What fun!
We at psnt.net have just discovered this marvel, thanks to Eric Reitan at The Piety that Lies Between. Mr. Reitan posted this a few weeks ago. It’s John Cleese on science and religion, so it’s really funny. God knows we all need to sit back and have a good laugh at ourselves. (NB: If you’re [...]
We like Gus
Icon of Augustine of Hippo, provenance unknown. Image source: allmercifulsavior.com Recently, Our Man in Kentucky* Al Mohler posted an article on his blog explaining just how important it is that all Christians reject evolution outright, without exception or qualification. His reason? Evolution contradicts scripture. He writes, I am willing to accept the authority of science [...]
Darwinism as faith
We’d like to direct all Alert Readers over to Rev. Brent White’s blog, and particularly to this nice little post right here. Here’s a teaser: I strongly agree… that philosophical materialists use Darwinian theory to “explain more than it really can,” without evidence or proof. Of course this means “taking a shockingly great number of [...]
Hidden in plain sight
And they stood still, looking sad. Daniel Bonnell, The Road to Emmaus, oil on canvas, 48”x32”. Mr. Bonnell’s work is among the most moving biblical art we here at psnt.net have ever seen. We encourage you to peruse his paintings and drawings here, and, if you have the love, to join his Community of Patrons [...]
Who are you? Explain yourself! Thus spake the Caterpillar
Who are you? Explain yourself! The Caterpillar smokes his hookah and gives Alice the what-for. Image source: Wikimedia Commons This, from the fifth chapter of Lewis Carroll‘s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and addressed Alice in a languid, sleepy voice. “Who are you?” said the Caterpillar. Alice [...]
One day, no religion (also: no church-sponsored orphanages, food banks, hospitals, homeless shelters, etc.?)
Scott Brown, founder of the One Day, No Religion campaign, explains his brainchild via YouTube This is interesting. Scott Brown, of the band doublethink, has started a campaign called One Day, No Religion. The idea, so far as I can tell, is to get those people who are on the religion-atheism fence to Just Say [...]
