Not Yet A Buddha

by von SO ANYWAY, I’m wasting a moment and clicking through a couple links and I come upon a piece by Rabbi Marc Gellman on so-called The Jesus Tomb.  Now, I really don’t have a dog in this hunt — my faith, such as it is, really doesn’t depend much on Biblical inerrancy on even … Read more

by hilzoy Via Feministing, a sign that some people need to get a life: “The marquis for Atlantic Theaters advertises a number of plays including, the Masquerade Ball, Band Jam, and now The Hoohaa Monologues. (…) “We got a complaint about this play The Vagina Monologues,” said Bryce Pfanenstiel, of the Atlantic Theater. The Hoohah … Read more

by Andrew "For a warrior there is no other end to the journey." — Alyt Neroon, Babylon 5 Geez, I’m sick for a few days and I miss a thread where I’m actually a featured player. I’m going to lose my egotist’s society membership card if I’m not careful. Fortunately, I’m firmly of the belief … Read more

by hilzoy And now for a change of pace: I was sitting on the airplane reading the NYTimes, when I found a story whose first paragraph just took my breath away: “A 50-year-old Dallas man whose conviction of raping a boy in 1982 cost him nearly half his life in prison and on parole won … Read more

by hilzoy “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.” (cite) … Read more

by hilzoy Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that it’s Rush Limbaugh’s birthday, and Ann Althouse’s too. Feh. Why note these annoying birthdays when there’s a much better cause for conservative celebration? Do you know whose birthday it is? Edmund Burke’s! Ah, for the good old days, when conservatives were conservative, and wonderfully perceptive students of … Read more

by hilzoy According to Ecclesiastes, “In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” Unfortunately for me, this is not one of the passages that makes me doubt the Bible’s inerrancy. Unfortunately for you, misery loves company, and so I’m about to pass on some of that miserable, grief-inducing knowledge. Foreign … Read more

by hilzoy Pam at Pandagon linked to this bizarre article from WorldNetDaily, published at Free Republic. After describing the New Jersey decision on gay marriage, the author gives this amazing explanation for it: “But why? What’s the real goal of the activists, the judges and the radicals who seek to subvert a moral worldview? The … Read more

by Andrew In any relationship, there comes a point where the participants must weigh whether the benefits of the relationship outweigh the costs. That time has come in my relationship here at Obsidian Wings. As the commentary in response to my latest post scrolled in, I was, as I frequently am, surprised by how people … Read more