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Henry Imler June 16th, 2008
Mental Floss Blog :: Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek - I love me some sci-fi comparisons. Scott Miller looks at how BSG differs from STNG. Star Trek explores our hopes and dreams, a vision of why humanity wants to be; while Battlestar Galactica explores our flaws and our realities, a vision of what humanity is. It is a really good read. While you are at it, check out the following peices of lesser quality:
Wikipedia :: The Resoration Movement - When is a denomination not a denomination? When it says denominations are morally wrong, as the body of Christ is to be a unified body. This is the religious tradition in which I grew up. There are three wings of this denomination movement:
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Churches of Christ (a cappella)
- The (instrumental) Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
I link to this movement because it came up several times this past week in our 14 hour van rides. One of my friends, has some history in the Churches of Christ (a cappella) movement and I have a long history in the Independent Christian Churches movement. I often get blurry when recalling the differences between thevarious movements within the larger Campbell-Stone movement. As I was telling some of my friends in the van, I really like most of what the C-S movement has to say on paper, but I have huge problems with the application of those values and secondary beliefs.
The Times UK Online :: Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - The first line gives me great hope: “Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide ‘renewable petroleum’” What?! Wait, even if this is as good as they promise, isn’t it just more of the same environmentally devastating oil? Nope, for “[t]he company claims that this “Oil 2.0” will not only be renewable but also carbon negative – meaning that the carbon it emits will be less than that sucked from the atmosphere by the raw materials from which it is made.“
I am all down for stuff like this. As a matter of fact, I think I remember reading about the early phases of a similar project in Discover a few years ago: Anything Into Oil. While it is great to see the progress made on this front, pessimism rises within me. As my buddy Jake Jones put it when I emailed this article to him, “that is pretty cool. I wonder how long it will before the big oil companies buy the tech and screw it all up.”
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I don’t know about the other branches, but the non-instrumental Church of Christ continued to splinter and now has several sub-branches that don’t recognize each other as sound churches. These splits are over important theological questions such as kitchens, sunday school, how many cups to use for communion, can a church support an orphanage, etc.
Exactly the kinda stuff I am frustrated with, the lipservice to unity and the action of divisiveness. It is due to an over attachment to primative biblicalism only. They completely forget about the last two parts of their motto “In essentials unity, in opinions liberty, and in all things love” they miss the libery and love part.
Good points. I’m actually coming to appreciate the Catholic stance on the Bible. The Restoration Movement idea that anyone can read the Bible and see the plain meaning on any issue and be in agreement is kind of a myth. I respect the Bible for what it is, but when people try to use it as a book that plainly teaches one group’s doctrine, they get in trouble.