Monthly Archive for August, 2009

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part 2 (Ep. 8)

Published on August 31, 2009 in Podcast. 0 Comments

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Continued conversation on the randomness of Douglas Adams. We discuss The Guide itself, panic, pleasure-seeking, emotions, government, paranoia, and Earth.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Part 1 (Ep. 7)

Published on August 30, 2009 in Podcast. 4 Comments

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Douglas Adams’ randomly hilarious book not only makes a great movie, but also good discussion about life, the universe, and everything.

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The Twilight Saga: Spiritual Truths, Part 1

Published on August 20, 2009 in Reading. 0 Comments

There are some brief spiritual gems in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga that caught my eye. One of them was a quick statement in Breaking Dawn that opened up a spiritual parallel that has a subtle strength throughout the series—that of members making up a body that needs a definite head. There are good examples of spiritual leaders throughout this saga both on the werewolf side of things and on the vampire side.
Another spiritual gem that is quite obvious is the parallel of the vampire with spiritually dead man. Meyer presents vampires as walking, talking corpses, which makes an interesting picture of the spiritual condition of unregenerate man.

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