Maybe it's the rebel in me, but I've always been a fan of the heretics. I'm fascinated by the stories of those who openly disagreed with church tradition: Origen, with his allegorical speculations, Pelagius, dedicated to ridding Rome of its moral laxity, Tertullian, who descended into asceticism. F
10.26.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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One of the most controversial subjects in the Bible for our egalitarian culture is the encouragement of women to be submissive. Some critics attack Paul as sexist, chauvinistic, and misogynistic. I defend Paul as being just the opposite: Paul actually knows how vastly superior women truly are.There
10.19.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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A new study has come out, with a not-so-big surprise: "80 percent of unmarried evangelical young adults (18 to 29) said that they have had sex - slightly less than 88 percent of unmarried adults." The question is: why?Though CNN is making a big deal of it, this is one of the most meaningless statist
09.28.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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In my atheist days, when I was dating a Christian, I found the idea of "fleeing from temptation" rather silly. "Won't you only prove that you're strong if you face temptation?" I asked. A rather adorable psych study proved me wrong. A marshmallow was set in front of a young child, who was then told
09.20.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Lady Gaga is at it again. She just released a single titled Judas, praising the man who betrayed Jesus. As expected, it is completely catchy and completely sacrilegious. Told from the perspective of Mary Magdelene, Gaga sings, "Oh-oh-oh-ohoo I'm in love with Juda-as, Juda-as… I’m just a Holy foo
04.21.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Let me first say: I was impressed by Bell in Love Wins. Having no knowledge of Bell’s previous works, I expected him to defend some pluralistic vision of universalism that was afraid of declaring that Jesus is the way and the truth and the life. Nothing could be farther than the truth. Bell is
03.15.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Last night, Stephen Fry won the Harvard Secular Society's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism. The audience packed the pews of Memorial church, and rolled with laughter at Fry's speech, filled with jokes as well as with rhetoric about reason and religion. As a former atheist
02.23.2011| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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