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onoma de mexico have isolated three genes that are believed to prove a biological basis for becoming a practicing southern baptist we were stunned said jose aguilar de la estacionamiento director of basic research at the university at a morning press conference we were actually looking for the determinant gene for sphincter occlusion it s one of those inadvertent discoveries that sometimes occur when you re doing basic science aguilar said the results were so shocking that he withheld publication for two years while the dna was taken from every member of the iglesia bautista hugo chavez mega church in san miguel allende he found a 99 7 percent correlation between the genetic makeup of the baptists in that congregation and the presence of the three mutated genes that normally identify people with a tendency toward stiff necks rigid sphincter muscles and early pattern baldness given the overwhelming evidence aguilar said there was no choice but to announce his findings to the scientific community instantly there were ethical issues raised as mexican catholics besieged parish priests with questions about whether it was possible that their infants could grow up to be baptists continue via the wittenburg door insider ht the raging paradoxidation posted by jadon at 4 48 am 0 comments labels christianity morality religion research satire science what our neighbour really needs if we are trying to love our neighbour to seek whatever is for his or her very best interest and we trust god to help us and ask him to do so we can have complete confidence that what our neighbour really needs will be provided this might seem less than magic ah i see so i can t just ask for whatever i like but now i have to ask for what god wants me to ask big deal instead however it is better than magic stories of magic around the world abound with unintended consequences that result in disaster from midas s touch to aladdin and his lamp to the sorcerer s apprentice prayer is a great improvement upon magic because we are asking an infinitely wise and totally good being to do what is really best either what we want or something better we can be confident literally with faith that only good will surely happen according to these promises and that faith thus impels us to faith ful ness it motivates us to get busy on things that matter rather than quaking with paralyzing fear will anything good come of this or drowsing in slothful complacency what s the use ask and act trust and obey pretty basic and the key to everything else in the christian life so don t bother asking for the moon via prof john stackhouse s weblog posted by jadon at 4 41 am 0 comments labels faith prayer spirituality rumors of competition procter gamble is not in league with the devil via bible belt blogger posted by jadon at 4 36 am 0 comments labels communication evil finances scandal skepticism truth tuesday march 20 2007 the pathology of hope via from my heart out of my mind posted by jadon at 6 24 pm 0 comments labels faith hope realism budgeting for the poor via the eagle child posted by jadon at 5 20 pm 0 comments labels finances generosity morality motivation politics scandal vernal equinot via the wittenburg blog posted by jadon at 5 04 pm 0 comments labels communication definition religion satire time lynching heritage from the post my new favorite photo via the thinkery ht ponderings on a faith journey posted by jadon at 3 00 am 2 comments labels aesthetics art communication history hypocrisy identity justice mercy nostalgia politics scandal truth war monday march 19 2007 where there is conspiracy there is no mystery posted by jadon at 4 01 am 0 comments labels saying friday march 16 2007 i m ok you re ok when i think about this question of whether i m happy or not i simply note that i am not deeply depressed therefore i am happy once you have experienced deep harrowing depression the presence of happiness becomes less important the goal is mostly to feel okay meaning on the other hand this is what makes life worth living i think and i find a lot of meaning in life seeking after truth might initially make one unhappy with what one finds but who needs to be happy if it costs you your soul seeking after truth in time becomes kind of like putting together a puzzle and at forty one it is satisfying to see some of the pieces fitting together in some pretty amazing ways i still haven t figured out how to reconcile the many blessings of my life with the extreme poverty of so many other s lives this fact alone is enough to prevent me from being happy on even the brightest of days via been there still there posted by jadon at 6 10 pm 0 comments labels confession emotions motivation truth presumption of innocence this is something we ve been talking about here quite a bit recently the presumption of good faith that presumption like the principle of innocent until proven guilty in our legal system is terribly important for civil society and democracy if we start instead with a presumption of bad faith then we will be unable to discuss the things about which we disagree if we can t talk then we can only fight with bullets or ballots the presumption of good faith is sometimes referred to as the presumption of charity a reference to the cardinal virtue love but it s also an expression of a different virtue justice it is unjust unfair to presume before the fact that those who disagree with you have evil intent this again is why we have a similar principle innocent until proven guilty in our justice system justice demands a presumption of innocence but note that this presumption of innocence in our justice system does not mean that no one is ever convicted of a crime the standard is innocent until proven guilty prosecutors do not violate the presumption of innocence when they produce evidence and testimony proving that a suspect is guilty of a crime such evidence can lead to a conviction the conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the suspect is not innocent convictions based on evidence do not violate the presumption of innocence imagine there arises a health craze for a new children s vitamin supplement containing large amounts of lead your friend has begun buying this supplement for his kids and you have pleaded with him to stop it s entirely possible in this scenario that you are both acting out of good faith with the purest of motives you both want what is best and healthiest for the children because you are friends you are able to set aside bias and suspicion and the presumption of bad faith and you are able to discuss the evidence the facts of the matter lead is poisonous in such a scenario you would be able to persuade your friend not to poison the children with the lead supplements when talking to your next door neighbor however you do not have this same basis of friendship and so your attempt at conversation quickly devolves into a shouting match in which each of you is presuming bad faith bad motives your neighbor wants what is best for his children so he insists that as the ad says they start the day the heavy healthy way with new pb for kids he takes your disagreement with this practice to mean that you for some twisted reason don t want his kids to benefit from the best that medical science has to offer this accusation leads you unfortunately to accuse him of wanting to poison his children an approach that fails to persuade him eventually you calm down and try to explain that lead is dangerous but he s no longer listening you may think lead is poisonous but you also think he hates his children and he knows you re wrong about that so why should he listen to you the presumption of bad faith is a distraction from a consideration of the facts and because an invalid accusation of bad motive undermines your credibility it prohibits the consideration of the facts via slacktivist posted by jadon at 5 57 pm 0 comments labels communication idealism motivation realism reason strategy truth when god locks a door he breaks a window via living martyrs posted by jadon at 5 55 pm 0 comments labels humor saying wednesday march 14 2007 and i m almost 35 years too featuring interviews of moby bruce cockburn and simon conway morris also includes such things as sitting on the promises minutes of the february meeting of the choir subcommittee of the music committee of the first community church my favorite things biblical child care centers the wittenburg door review of bishop john shelby spong s jesus the meandering scholar holy dough tithe lottery what s your church class and of course worship choruses almost anyone can sing the last word reflects on 35 but who s counting happy 35th wittenburg door posted by jadon at 7 32 pm 0 comments labels satire wittenburg door magazine thursday march 08 2007 blog for sexism via bringing up baby posted by jadon at 4 37 pm 0 comments labels children family gender relations humor parenthood sexism woman woundedness and wonder the cut female genital mutilation via bluechristian com blog against sexism my journey via onehandclapping vagina vagina vagina vagina vagina via grrrl meets world jesus and cross gender friendships via faith dance coulter christianity via ponderings on a faith journey web girls will be girls via the wittenburg blog posted by jadon at 3 39 pm 0 comments labels christianity community friendship gender relations justice religion darn floor big bite by da 1 you touch my hair and cheek sometimes feel in yourself this flesh and blood my poor flesh and blood my poor flesh and blood i think i met an angel once but i cannot really know for sure do i know you now do i know you now 2 illuminate my muddled heart sweep the shadows from my mind so i might imagine what you are like and understand the great design darn floor big bite you are earth water and light 3 darn floor big bite can i ever hope to get it right can t get it right i believe i ve had a vision or two could have been a dream i guess it could have been a dream could have been a dream i saw the wide world crack where you touched down and bodies wash up on a mythical shore will you save me now will you save me now in not quite earth in not quite heaven i ll imitate love like lovers do in not quite art in not quite living i ll pray that writing it down is part of loving you 4 darn floor big bite you are twilight dark and bright darn floor big bite you are beautiful terrible terrible sight repeat 1 darn floor big bite you are love fire and light repeat 3 4 no i can t get it no i can t get it right repeat 2 words and music by terry taylor tim chandler and greg flesch 1987 broken songs ascap dig by adam again i had big idea i had a lazy eye i broke the sacred seal i told a lazy lie i ve had my conscience bent i ve had my patience tried i ve been up in the desert and down by the riverside will the eagle try if the sky s untrue do the faithful sigh because they are so few remember when i cried remember when you knew remember that look in your eyes i know i do and count the stars to measure tme the earth is hard the treasure fine to the sea i ll crawl on my knees feel it coming in feel it going out water covers sand blood covers doubt so i begin again again the healing bow there was a time that i might have surrendered but not now consult the cards to measure mine the earth is hard but the treasure fine at the sea i ll wait on my knees posted by jadon at 3 50 am 0 comments labels lyrics music wonder bitterness a meditation via ben witherington speaking of bitterness the prayer of jael via tallskinnykiwi ht from my heart out of my mind posted by jadon at 3 00 am 1 comments labels christianity emotions grace healing humility wednesday march 07 2007 the two greatest commandments were easier via mr deity posted by jadon at 7 48 pm 2 comments labels humor religion satire theology video god man and civilization iv via getreligion posted by jadon at 1 33 am 0 comments labels creativity faith game religion technology monday march 05 2007 civil communication bring up the subject of civility and you will inevitably wind up in a sideshow having little to do with the subject civility does not mean never having to say you re sorry it does not mean baby proofing all conversation to ensure its inoffensiveness for the most delicate of sensibilities nor does it mean couching all claims as tepid statements of personal preference that cannot be refuted or defended or cared about one way or the other by much of anyone since they don t actually claim to say anything about the actual world rudeness is of course rude as such it can distract from and therefore undermine whatever point you re trying to make impoliteness can be impolitic but sometimes it is called for sometimes it is just the thing to jar your listeners into considering that which they were previously unable to consider and sometimes it is funny and therefore beautiful and therefore true and good all of which could be a fascinating subject for discussion polite or impolite but none of which is what civility is really all about civility has to do with citizenship which is to say it has to do with responsibility to speak as civilized people as citizens requires that we be responsible to one another and to the truth and the good and the beautiful it requires that we be responsible for our words that we be willing to stand by them this is why i m impatient with the whole i statements approach it has its place i suppose in family therapy and the like but it undermines responsibility it aims to force us to phrase statements in a way that cannot provoke offense but it winds up also forcing us to phrase statements in a way that makes their content irrelevant via slacktivist posted by jadon at 9 30 pm 0 comments labels communication motivation politics realism purim leonardo emerges from talpiot tomb to redo last supper via the jerusalem post posted by jadon at 8 40 pm 0 comments labels christianity satire skepticism sunday march 04 2007 no doubt j c no seriously i was just walking through this graveyard near los angeles and i look up and there it was clear as day jesús written right on a grave stone and as if that s not enough to let you know that i of all people have found the very grave of jesus himself look at the top the grave stone has a cross right there on it how much more obvious could this be read the rest via middlebrow ht restorative theology posted by jadon at 5 04 am 0 comments labels christianity confession satire skepticism theology too good to be true soul survival liberating the antichrist via mt2mb posted by jadon at 4 03 am 0 comments labels christianity evil faith idealism politics theology specious skepticism i m not usually one to whine about skeptical attacks on christian faith we worship one whom we claim died and then was raised from the grave that s a pretty amazing claim and i do not blame folks for skepticism what annoys me is the recent trend of the last few years to hype alternative theories that are at least as far fetched ...