Hacking Christianity
Blog URL http://blog.hackingchristianity.net
Located Muskogee, Oklahoma USA
Tags christianity, christian, pastor, methodist, nerd
United Methodist Pastor blogs about faith, technology, and internet-age group theory
Latest Blog Posts
- Church on your Wii on Nov 19, 2009 in bad.hack humor
All this talk about Virtual Church (1, 2, 3...ah ah ah) totally ignores the awesome interactive capabilities of the Nintendo Wii and its potential for Virtual Church in many houses. Luckily some entrepreneurial Catholic has it all figured out. ...
- Prooftexting, Psalm 109:8, & Obama [bad.hack] on Nov 19, 2009 in bad.hack politics
Prooftexting is taking verses from the Bible or a religious text and using them to buttress one's points or as "bullet" points to teach sinners a lesson. We prooftext often when answering a question about Christian beliefs or in calling another...
- Hacking Content Overload: Becoming Curators on Nov 17, 2009 in internets group theory
My spouse gets exasperated with how fast I read. I read the last Harry Potter in about 6 hours and just read a hyper-masculine body shop magazine Twilight in about 4 hours. I appreciate this gift because I have 20...
- Humanity: Ambitious or Viral? on Nov 16, 2009 in poll internets
You tell me: From Agent Smith in the 1999 movie The Matrix: I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you aren’t actually mammals. Every mammal on...
- Hebrew Concept of the Universe [infographic] on Nov 10, 2009 in links
It's helpful to have charts that illustrate what the reference point is for the biblical texts. Here's a beautifully-illustrated infographic by Michæl Paukner that shows (generally) what the universe looks like for the writers of the...
- The Diversity Culture [review] on Nov 10, 2009 in echo chamber review
It is unfortunate when I pick up a book that looks interesting and realize it is totally not written with me in mind. The Diversity Culture by Matthew Raley is that kind of book which is written to evangelicals who find themselves increasi...
- Souls made of Lego on Nov 6, 2009 in humor theology
There's some deep theology here but I can't quite articulate it. Any takers? xkcdTo find out more about opening Christian systems and other "hacks" visit Hacking Christianity or follow UMJeremy on Twitter...
