Faith

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It’s always fun to get a little perspective on whatever the holiday du jour might be. Of course, today is Good Friday, but it’s all leading up to that weird day when rabbits lay eggs and Episcopalians can finally say Alleluia in church again. So here’s some fun facts on The Pagan origins of Easter . I’m gonna go dye some Grade A Large White.

Edited to Add on 7/19/05: Evidently the etymology of “Easter” is more complicated than what I assumed (see Wikipedia on Easter)

While the rubric of “spirituality” reminds me of “lite,” non-alcoholic beer, it seems appropriate for something so global and a-historical as the Web. Weinberger, busy as usual, gets interviewed at “spirituality.com” (there’s a non-sequitur!): “The spirituality of the web’s architecture” with David Weinberger.

Kind of a nice counterpoint to meme-boy Richard Dawkins’ strident claims about religion. An interview with Bob Russell, director of the Berkeley-based Center for Theology and a physics Ph.D. was part of this special on PBS, in which Dawkins was also interviewed.

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