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“…But more interesting were the examples Krawetz gave of al Qaeda images. Krawetz took an image from a 2006 al Qaeda video of Ayman al-Zawahiri (above right), a senior member of the terrorist organization. The image shows al-Zawahiri sitting in front of a desk and banner with writing on it. But after conducting his error [...]
This is a long but excellent article on the difference between the Inklings’ treatment of the idea of magic and how J.K. Rowling treats the idea of magic. Read the whole thing.
This question is answered by the man who originally coined the term.
(HT: Austin Bay)
See also:
The Brink of Madness – Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
Here are three MP3 files of various talks given by Dr. Peter Jones on Father’s Day weekend. Each one flows into the other very well, and they are all very good:
Cracking Da Vinci’s Code – Friday Evening [The little one you hear at the end is my six-week-old son Jack.]
Kingdom Witness in a Pagan [...]
See also: Coulter Does NYT a Favor; Reviews Own Book – Ann Coulter in Human Events
This movie was rated “PG” for “Promotes God”. The MPAA wants to keep innocent little kids from being accidentally converted to Christianity, I guess. They might want to obey their parents, love their brothers and sisters and respect their neighbors, but who wants that, really?
“The Da Vinci Code will not exactly be stating any new thesis that secular people don’t already accept. What it may succeed in doing, however, is to make dramatically manifest the silliness, madness, and love of illusion in what being secular means, at least to these film makers. It is for this reason, perhaps, that [...]
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