Tuesday Godbytes

Christian E-Zine Relevant takes a look at how video games engage the nature of God by highlighting a new game based on the Dead Sea Scroll’s version of the Book of Enoch. Still nothing about who Mario prays to, though. Sarah Posner over at Religion Dispatches examines “Bring Back the Holy Bible and Christian Prayer […]

Christian E-Zine Relevant takes a look at how video games engage the nature of God by highlighting a new game based on the Dead Sea Scroll’s version of the Book of Enoch. Still nothing about who Mario prays to, though.

Sarah Posner over at Religion Dispatches examines “Bring Back the Holy Bible and Christian Prayer in Schools Month,” which is apparently a thing according to the Source of All Knowledge: Twitter.

The Next Web reviews a new iPad app by British evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins.


The new app – which is a version of his book “The Magic of Reality” – reportedly spends some time pitting religious explanations of natural phenomena against scientific explanations. No word on whether iPad users are considered more or less evolved, however.

The blog Jezebel has an article entitled “Online Dating For Scientologists And Dolphin Telepaths,” which is exactly as crazy-interesting as it sounds. (very)

NPR has an interview with Christian blogger Rachel Held Evans about her upcoming book Biblical Womanhood:

“As an evangelical Christian, Rachel Held Evans often heard about the importance of practicing ‘biblical womanhood,’ but she didn’t quite know what that meant. Everyone she asked seemed to have a different definition.

Evans decided to embark on a quest to figure out how to be a woman by the Bible’s standards. For one year, she has followed every rule in the Old and New Testaments.”

Finally, your Video of the Day comes from CNN and is of Texas governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Perry dancing with Rabbis. That is all.

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