Arbitrary Marks

For those of you who might be interested, I’m starting to keep a working bibliography of this blog. That means partial citations and links to posts containing references to articles, books, etc.
It’s located here and is currently incomplete. Once it’s in a shape I think is decent, I’ll put a permalink on the front page.

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I have to retract my earlier comment that the Baylys don’t ever respond to non-Christian criticism. I suspended my normal “lurker” status briefly on a post and Tim amended his writing, ever so slightly. It’s not an overwhelming victory for inter-religious dialogue, but I’ll take it as a positive step.

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You may have noticed that I’ve added an Amazon.com widget as well as my HubPages link. I’ll admit that I’m adding a few ways (apart from my CafePress goods) that I might be able to make a few bucks from this site. I promise, however, that I will not clutter up the site with gratuitous [...]

And then I happen across an excerpt of a book chapter (on the “emasculation” of the Presbyterian Church) and some fantastic comments by Reformed Christians. Then I remember just how seriously these guys take the “literal interpretation” of the Bible, and the results:
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According to my Wordpress stats, as of 3/14/08 there are currently 800 posts and 1,300 comments on Arbitrary Marks, contained within 45 categories and 7 tags. That’s a lot of writing and a lot of discussion, too, for an esoteric blog that I started as mostly a reading journal. Thanks everyone!

You know something has been lost in your explanation of philosophical analysis and critical responses when your student says, “I feel a lot better about the paper now that I know there’s no right or wrong answer!” Doh.

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Amazon.com just let me know they’re shipping Martha Nussbaum’s Liberty of Conscience a few days early. Now I have something to replace Richard Dawkins’ Unweaving the Rainbow on my stack of “fun reading” (it is pretty pedantic, even at halfway through, so I’m putting it down).

On my commute to work this morning, I saw a daycare called “Touch By an Angel.” It advertises itself with the slogan on an awning, “We touch the ones you care about.”
No joke. I wish I had brought my camera.

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As usual, Jesus and Mo nail it on the head.

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This isn’t a topic I write about frequently, primarily because there are so many others who do it better than I (Unclutterer for example). But you know that sort of sentence introduces a post about the topic with a caveat as to why!

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