http://maxvan.vox.com/library/posts/tags/religion/page/1/ When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. -Joe Strummer en Vox Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:53:13 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss religion http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/the-devils-advocate.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/the-devils-advocate.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/the-devils-advocate.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:53:13 -0700 I use the phrase sloppily, as a kind of joke. I'll say things like 'I'm working for the devil", and mention the "dark overlords" at places i've worked. But I don't seriously believe that Satan worshippers run the world. That would be really crazy.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/the-devils-advocate.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41426798b3c7f00f48ced05e50002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion politics http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-moment-for-intolerance.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-moment-for-intolerance.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-moment-for-intolerance.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:29:47 -0700 Speaking of making things right: I hope the parents of Matthew Snyder are successful, and sue the clothing off of Westboro Baptist Church. I realize that this is an extremely bad idea for free speech. I realize that, in the long run, I don't wan... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-moment-for-intolerance.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398b727e90004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion politics http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/believe-it-or-not.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/believe-it-or-not.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/believe-it-or-not.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:00:27 -0700 You know that thing about the ninth configuration that creationists like to cite? The thing about how amino acids couldn't form on their own, and that the chances of it occurring randomly were incredibly unlikely? Well, Homer Jacobson has retract... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/believe-it-or-not.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398b6d5dd0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science religion politics http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-thought-about-disaster.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-thought-about-disaster.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-thought-about-disaster.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:56:43 -0700 Oh, and speaking of "Home"; anybody else notice that the fires up by Malibu were at least half contained, if not completely by yesterday, while the fires on the southern end of San Diego aren't contained at all? It could be because Malibu is White... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/a-thought-about-disaster.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398b6c0370002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion politics fire http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/now-that-youre-angry.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/now-that-youre-angry.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/now-that-youre-angry.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:16:27 -0700 I suppose I've been a bit of a world traveller. I truly have seen many places that people who live next door to me have not. The opposite is true, as well. My neighbors have seen places I'll never see. It's part of the beauty that is the human ex... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/now-that-youre-angry.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41426798b3c7f00e398b247780001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/so-i-guess-ill-never-learn.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maxvan) http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/so-i-guess-ill-never-learn.html?_c=feed-rss http://maxvan.vox.com/library/post/so-i-guess-ill-never-learn.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:47:50 -0700 I'm friends with a fair number of people. Some are very conservative, some are very liberal. Some are quite religious in one direction, others are quite religious in another, and some aren't religious at all. 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