Category Archives: Religion

Change and Survival: A Refined Conception of Science Fiction

Posted on Tuesday 29 November 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple items today have perhaps led me to a new formulation of the idea of “science fiction.”

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Some Unpleasant Political/Religious Posts

Posted on Wednesday 23 November 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The haters are doubling down.

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Climate Change, 8 Billion, and Religion

Posted on Thursday 17 November 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s items are inspired by a new Pew Survey on how religion influences Americans’ views on the environment, and by the UN announcement that Earth’s human population has reached eight billion.

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Real and Imaginary Worlds

Posted on Friday 21 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Another round of links to articles and essays about current events. Link about this photo, from Raw Story, further down the page. My prediction: the Angel of Death will *not* strike all these people down by the end of the … Continue reading →

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Readings: On Freedom of Religion, and Unholy Alliances

Posted on Wednesday 19 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I posted this link a couple days ago but without comments. It’s worth revisiting (it was in today’s print paper, so I reread it) to dig out key points. New York Times, Steven Paulikas (an Episcopal priest), 15 Oct 2022: … Continue reading →

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Yom Kippur, Belief in Belief, Doctrine of Discovery, the SBC

Posted on Thursday 13 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Greg Egan, “Oceanic”

Posted on Sunday 2 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This week’s Sunday novella is “Oceanic” by Greg Egan. It was first published in the August 1998 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. Subsequently it’s been published, aside from in these Dozois anthologies, in the author’s collections Dark Integers and other … Continue reading →

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Parameters of Abortion

Posted on Thursday 29 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items about abortion today, one from Richard Dawkins about the illogical premise of the anti-abortionists; another about continued Republican efforts to criminalize abortion to the point of executions of women.

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Memes and Dreams, Obsessions and Abuse

Posted on Wednesday 28 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Do people really not want to work? Why do people have anxiety dreams about school long after graduating? Plus items and politics and religion.

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Themes that Go Together; Nonexistent Gods

Posted on Tuesday 13 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NYT, Paul Krugman, 12 Sept 2022: Ukraine Deflates MAGA Macho Myths

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