Converting from Atheism

I don't know where to look to get the exact numbers, but there are something like 250 people who have converted from atheism to Christianity and then written a book about it. I wonder what the count is in the other direction (much less I assure you).

Anyway, on one of my favourite blogs I just read about yet another

A.N. Wilson is a leading British intellectual who wrote influential books in the 1990's attacking the Bible and Christianity. However, last year he announced that he now believed that Jesus did rise from the dead. 

And he is now a Christian. Which is wonderful news!. The blog has more links.

 Jesus rising from the dead is what Christianity hangs on, as we know from 1 Cor 15 in particular. And the historical evidence for it is good. In fact, it is so good, that former NSW supreme court judge Ken Handley has said that if the matter of whether the resurrection happened came up in a NSW court today, based on the evidence he thinks it would pass.


This is astonishing. The event happened 2000 years ago, yet the evidence is good enough to hold up in court! This too is wonderful news, and great comfort for christians. It's also terribly sad that people ignore the evidence. I have friends who say "I've got to see to believe", but still don't, based on this sort of thing. On that basis one would also refuse to believe in Napoleon...


I have a copy of the article if anyone wants it. Just email me. It's from the old Matthias Media Kategoria, Spring '99 issue.

Speaking of Philosophy - Feminist Hulk, Men's Toilets, and Cultural Presence

I'm not a tweeter because it's stupid and ridiculous and I can't think of anything more mundane in the whole world.

But I was just reading some of my faviourite blogs (usually on physics) and ended up on an interview with Twitter personality, Feminist Hulk. I can't get enough of the Hulk talk, here are some examples:

HULK USE ALL-CAPS. HULK CHOOSE NOT TO IMPOSE HIERARCHY ON LANGUAGE. PLUS, BIG HULK FINGERS MAKE SHIFT-KEY PROBLEMATIC.

HULK MAKE CAPITALIZATION EXCEPTION FOR bell hooks.

And

HAIKU DO NOT RHYME. / HULK COULD CLAIM RHYME TOOL OF MAN. / REALLY, JUST TOO HARD. 

(that was Haiku) and finally

HULK POLITELY REQUEST CHANGING TABLE IN MEN’S ROOM. HULK CHOOSE NOT TO EMPLOY SMASH IN THIS MOMENT. MULTIPLE TOOLS FOR CHANGE. 

The Christian aspects:

1. What should we think of feminism - think Kirsten Birkett and the loss of the family wage, but at the same time there are tonnes of good things right? Tonnes...
2. ALL men's toilets should have change tables. It's ridiculous that only the ladies do. Not only am I stuffed if I go out alone with Rose, but there's also the equality issue
3. This person cares so much about this stuff they've created an hilarious alter-ego (yes, I used an - first time ever). What should we care more about, and how can we do similar things. Lots of Christian organisations tweet, that's for sure. But yeah... that question