Buried Treasure in an "A La Carte" World: The Art of Danny Joe Gibson

Danny stumbled out of the garage with red spray-paint smeared on his cheek and coming out of his nostrils.  "Almost done!" he said with a smile.  "Only 150 more to go!"  He quickly opened the kitchen cabinet and began rummaging through its contents.  A moment later he found his prize - undoubtedly a treasure for any young, hungry bachelor: it was a box of saltine crackers and a handful of salsa packets from Taco Bell.  He looked up and grinned.  "Dinner," he giggled.  He casually turned around and sauntered back into the garage, nursing his crackers and humming a happy tune.

"Heaven" is Overrated

In the not-too-distant future, God will destroy the physical universe.  When that happens, all those that are Christians will leave their material bodies behind, and their souls will go to live with Jesus in heaven for eternity.  That's what the Bible teaches, right?  Wrong.  It actually teaches something radically different.

G.K. Chesterton on Postmodernism

If you received your education from a state university, then it's likely that you've never heard of G.K. Chesterton - one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.  A man of prodigious wit and acuity, Chesterton wrote penetrating essays on a variety of cultural and philosophical issues.  In one of my favorite essays of his, Chesterton addresses a major tenet of postmodernism - hostility toward metanarratives.

Artificial Intelligence or Religious Hype?

I read a fabulous article in the New York Times the other day titled "The First Church of Robotics."  The author, Jaron Lanier, is a computer scientist and technology guru who recently published a book titled You Are Not a Gadget.  In the article, Lanier argues that the religious beliefs of many computer scientists often lead them to anthropomorphize technology, and as a consequence, dehumanize people.

Discovering Plato's Musical Code

The political and social commentary website Electric Politics has an excellent podcast interview with Jay Kennedy, the discoverer of Plato's musical code (I recently wrote about the discovery here at WOF).  The podcast is approximately 40 minutes long, but it's worth listening to.  Kennedy gives the backstory to his exciting discovery.