there is no way on earth that this can be a coincidence. so, i shall interpret this as an exercise by governor schwarzenegger in literary criticism. our beloved governator, arnold schwarzenegger, has a pair of brass ones. and it’s why i still like him. schwarzenegger recently vetoed a poposed bill by california assemblyman tom ammiano [...]
Filed under: california, humor, politics | Tagged: california, f you, f-bomb, letter, port of san francisco, schwarzenegger, tom ammiano | Leave a Comment »
this is an instant classic! it is perhaps the best parody instructional video on emoti-worship i’ve ever seen. seriously, now you know why i do not clap, raise my hands, or make the ‘going poo’ faces in worship. i’m busy thinking about what is being said and how i can incorporate it into my life. [...]
Filed under: church of christ, humor, religion, robert cargill, satire | Tagged: church, clap, how to worship, pentecostal, raise hands, worship, youtube | 7 Comments »
this is great news for scholars – both graduate students and professors. stanford university has decided to accept digital dissertations. that’s right, you heard me correctly: Put away your checkbook. Don’t bother buying reams of acid-free paper. Just hit the “submit” button to digitally upload dissertations under a new program that begins in November. i [...]
Filed under: archaeology, california, dead sea scrolls, digital humanities, education, qumran, scholarship, technology, ucla | Tagged: dead sea scrolls, digital, dissertation, online, publishing, qumran, robert cargill, Stanford, ucla, university | Leave a Comment »
the jewish tribune is reporting that the dead sea scrolls exhibition in toronto is doing quite well. i wish i could say as much for the jewish tribune, who not only misspelled two of the three names of exhibit curator risa levitt kohn (they said ‘Resa Levitt Cohen‘), but also underrepresented the number of visitors [...]
Filed under: archaeology, bible, dead sea scrolls, israel, palestine, qumran, religion | Tagged: dead sea scrolls, exhibition, qumran, risa levitt kohn, rom, royal ontario museum, san diego natural history museum, success, toronto | Leave a Comment »
i recently posted about the perils of attending online internet colleges. now, snl has joined in the fun and spoofed online universities. check it out.
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i recently received a letter via facebook that asked an intriguing question: how does one do archaeology and still retain one’s faith? the question alone gave me pause because it implied that doing science will ultimately lead one to renounce one’s belief in god, or at the very least shatter one’s theological understanding of the [...]
Filed under: archaeology, bible, education, pseudoscience, religion, scholarship, science | Tagged: archaeology, biblical, credible, faith, methodology, pseudoscience, religion, science, sensationalism | 14 Comments »
a sad day is upon us. my friend, dr. ken durham, preaching minister at the university church of christ in malibu, ca, is departing. ken will be taking an endowed position, the batsell barrett baxter chair of preaching at david lipscomb university. his wife, dr. nancy magnusson durham, will become a senior vice president at [...]
Filed under: church of christ, robert cargill | Tagged: abilene christian, carolyn nicks, church of christ, committee, conejo valley church of christ, darryl tippens, david baird, david lipscomb, elders, freed-hardeman, harding, janet davis, john wilson, ken durham, linda truschke, malibu, milt shatzer, minister, nancy magnusson durham, oklahoma christian, Pepperdine, preacher, rich dawson, rick gibson, ron highfield, search, stephen parmelee, stuart love, tim perrin, university | 5 Comments »
professor tiggens cargill has made the big screen. well, he’s actually made the small screen. actually, he’s had a pic of him watching the small screen on http://icanhascheezburger.com/. we’re all very proud of him. here’s a cat that both jim west and jim linville can both agree is cool.
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this is absolutely the best argument against ‘intelligent design,’ ancient aliens, and all other forms of junk science, pseudoscience, and sensationalism i’ve seen. in this short clip, the narrator provides a satirical argument eviscerating the popular tendency of junk scientists to bypass critical method, peer-review, and all forms of scientific evidence to make an otherwise [...]
Filed under: archaeology, bible, humor, nonsense, pseudoscience, religion | Tagged: academic freedom, amateurs, ancient aliens, critical method, equal protection, evidence, evolution, hacks, intelligent design, junk science, michael heiser, peer-review, pseudoscience, satire, sensationalism | 2 Comments »
