I'm ordering the book and will start posting as soon as I get a chance to start reading it.
Kay

marole428 wrote I just started reading the book and not sure what I think. It's is different than what I used to. Which is the main reason I joined was to find new a different books. Can't wait to read more. I'm with you on all four points. This is definitely a book I wouldn't have picked up on my o...

In that case it makes a lot of sense that Kiernan included a transsexual character where there is no apparent "need" to.

If you enjoyed The Complete Heretic, you will have a lot of fun with these recent episodes of mr. deity.
Give yourselves a 10 minute laugh break.

Mr. Deity and the Hat

Interesting bit of news in the Times this morning: NY Times:Senate Bill on Bias Against Gays Finds Support in Mormons Their support for including civil rights protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people is the latest example of a broader evolution by some of the most visible member...

There have been rationalists throughout time--generally among the educated elite. But with education expanding to the masses over the past century (remember that compulsory education is little more than a century old), we're beginning to see a growth in movements like the humanists. Change begins at...

Well, the Pope excommunicated Galileo--facts have always been given short shrift when they get in the way of theology. When you think about it, religions today evolved in a time when the general populace were very ignorant of science; at one time, priests were the scientists: they used astronomy to ...

Crystalline wrote after leafing through the rest of the book and reading some snippets, I'm sorry to say this book is not for me...I'm putting it down. I know...I know...this is a disservice to the author, but I have no interest in reading the rest of it. I have to say I have mixed feelings about en...

It's sort of like evangelists who are big supporters of Israel because re-establishing Israel is fulfilling Biblical prophecy.

This interesting article in this morning's Times points out what secularists too often overlook: As converts here on the reservation tell it, becoming a Mormon has brought them closer to the fundamental Navajo values of charity, camaraderie and respect for the land. There is a lot of crazy and a lot...