I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
Fifteen percent of atheists and agnostics believe in the Virgin Birth
December 17, 2007
Confusing stat of the day, O Reader.
Fully 75% of the population of the United States believe that Mary was a virgin when she bore Christ. The Catholics obviously also believe that she continued in her virginity after that time; some Protestants may disagree. How confusing, though, that a higher number than 0% of atheists and agnostics would say that this miraculous event took place. Isn’t the notion of a miraculous, virginal birth somewhat antithetical to the philosophical views of declared atheists and agnostics? And if they do believe in such an event as the virgin birth of Christ…why are they atheist or agnostic in the first place?
Such confusion emerges from that particular belief system, does it not?
(In Soviet Russia, hat tips you: Kathy Shaidle)
