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Church Sign Offers Churchy Medical Advice

26 April 2013by Allen O'Brien 3 Comments

“Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever […]

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Science, Theology
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3 [Untrue] Christian Stories – Know A Parable When You See One

12 March 2013by Allen O'Brien 2 Comments

“There’s nothing wrong with stretching the Truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.” – Stephen Colbert You’ve seen the stories; the one about the little girl […]

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Science, Theology
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Astronauts, Spacewalking, and a Universe Too Big For Our Gods

4 September 2012by Allen O'Brien Leave a comment

The euphoric visions experienced by some space-walking astronauts might speak profoundly of the panentheism which I wrote about earlier- that all things exist within God. In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar […]

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Science, Theology
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11 People Who Shaped Me

18 May 2012by Allen O'Brien 4 Comments

These eleven people never knew me, but shaped me in irreversible ways (see if you can name any of them).

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Education, Science, Theology
Ripping the Rug Out: How I've Come To Understand the Bible and the Atom

Ripping the Rug Out: How I’ve Come To Understand the Bible and the Atom

20 August 2011by Allen O'Brien 3 Comments

Sixth grade was bulky desks, black tops, and best friends, cool teachers, commanding yard duties, and cheeky principals.  Sixth grade was the year we figured out homework actually sucked and […]

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Education, Science, Theology

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