Day: December 30, 2010

Musing about the KJV

James Naughtie writes, The idea of a new translation was meant to be an instrument for sorting out the wild politics of the Church of

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Assorted links

IHOP v. IHOP, Polygamy and drinking, Tea Party astro-turfed, New Humanist takes on L. Ron Hubbard, biggest return to education starts at birth.

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Does Religion cause healthy behavior?

The survey found that even after controlling for other kinds of demographic and geographic variables, Americans who say that religion is an important part of daily life and that they attend religious services weekly also report having much healthier habits than people who self-identify as moderately religious or nonreligious.

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Dawkins likes the KJV

“It has to be the King James version, of course. Modern translations break the spell as surely as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.” – Richard Dawkins

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Lifting fallen humanity

In many churches in New Orleans I see some face I have met in prison, some one with whom I have pleaded, some one whose pledge I have taken. My work has not stopped here. I have gone to the judge and pleaded for leniency.

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