The Musings of Thomas Verenna
Click 'Connect with Facebook' to join NetworkedBlogs. NetworkedBlogs is a community of bloggers and blog lovers. Join the fun, add your blog, and connect with others who read and write about subjects you like.
Information
| Blog Name: | The Musings of Thomas Verenna |
| Url: | http://tomverenna.wordpress.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | history, biblioblog, minimalism |
| Description: | A blog about ancient history, ancient literature, religion, and their interconnectivity. |
| Popularity: | 59 Followers |
Selected Content
Blog Feed
Why I Choose Not to Support Blasphemy Day
As Joe Hoffmann puts it, “this preposterous exercise in how to be religiously offensive is as tactless as it is pointless.” A few years ago, I helped organize the Blasphemy Challenge. At the time, it was useful. We had a target (Christians who never read the Bible). We had a purpose (to allow atheists to step out of the “closet” and tell the world they were not afraid). We brought atheism into the media light–even before Dawkins’ book The God Delusion (2006) hit book shelves and took off running. We challenged preconceived notions about atheism by l
As Joe Hoffmann puts it, “this preposterous exercise in how to be religiously offensive is as tactless as it is pointless.” A few years ago, I helped organize the Blasphemy Challenge. At the time, it was useful. We had a target (Christians who never read the Bible). We had a purpose (to allow atheists to step out of the “closet” and tell the world they were not afraid). We brought atheism into the media light–even before Dawkins’ book The God Delusion (2006) hit book shelves and took off running. We challenged preconceived notions about atheism by l
Sacked City Found in “Preserved State”
Skeletal remains of victims found where they had fallen during the sacking of the city. According to the article: “These skeletons were found at the north entrance to Burned Building II, one of the temples in the Lower court area of the citadel.” http://www.penn.museum/iran-hasanlu.html Absolutely incredible.
Skeletal remains of victims found where they had fallen during the sacking of the city. According to the article: “These skeletons were found at the north entrance to Burned Building II, one of the temples in the Lower court area of the citadel.” http://www.penn.museum/iran-hasanlu.html Absolutely incredible.
Followers
This blog has 59 followers.
Visit the
blog page on Facebook
to see who's following this blog.
Questions? contact: networkedblogs@ninua.com
Copyright (C) 2008, Ninua, Inc.