Micah Redding
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H+ Magazine: Christianity & Transhumanism
October 11, 2014
H+ magazine ran an essay, arguing that Christianity compels us towards transhumanism. Read the essay and comment here: http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/05/22/christianity-is-transhumanism/
Read MoreH+ Magazine: Humanity+ vs Individualism+
October 12, 2014
H+ magazine has published Chris Benek's essay on the difference between a transhumanism that's really only looking out for individual advancement, versus a transhumanism that's truly working towards human advancement. This is a big discussion in ...
Read MoreH+ Magazine: Towards a Relational Transhumanism
October 14, 2014
H+ magazine ran Micah Redding's response to Zoltan Istvan's radically individualist "three laws of transhumanism", arguing that the truly transhumanist future will be built on the recognition of interdependence and relationality. http://hplusmaga...
Read MoreChristian Transhumanists involved in support for Orphan Technology & Education Project
October 21, 2014
Christian Transhumanists like Dorothy Deasy have joined together with BrighterBrains to help support charitable and educational projects for orphans in Africa. To donate yourself, click to GoFundMe.com (Eggs for Orphans --- Uganda) — you'll get a ...
Read MoreChristian Post: Why Christians should embrace Transhumanism
August 14, 2015
The Christian Post has published an article by Christopher Benek on why Christians should embrace transhumanism. It has always been the goal of Christians to care for and heal the sick, give sight to the blind, help deaf to hear, the lame to wal...
Read MoreMotherboard: Why I became a Christian Transhumanist
August 14, 2015
Motherboard has published an article by Micah Redding on the growth of Christian transhumanism, and why Christians are beginning to look towards space exploration, artificial intelligence, radical life extension, cyborgs, and cryogenics as tools f...
Read MoreChristianity Today: Can Anti-Aging Treatments Offer Abundant Life?
February 18, 2019
Christianity Today discusses Christian Transhumanism, radical longevity, and the questionable theology of popular hymns, in this wide-ranging conversation with some leading theologians. Read the full article from Liuan Huska here.
Read More2020 CTA Board Member Elections
March 09, 2020
Since our formation nearly seven years ago, the Christian Transhumanist Association has been working hard to advance the conversation between Christianity and the leading edges of technological thought. From our first major action funding the Emb...
Read More2019 CTA Board Member Elections
March 12, 2019
Since our formation five years ago, the Christian Transhumanist Association has been working hard to advance the conversation between Christianity and the leading edges of technological thought. From our first major action funding the Embrace Inf...
Read MoreBaptist News Asks: Can Transhumanism Enrich Christian Theology?
August 10, 2016
A recent article at Baptist News discusses the CTA and the Embrace Warmer project, and asks whether transhumanism can enrich a Christian theology of incarnation and humanity. Read the full article by Matthew Waller here.
Read MoreChrist & Pop Culture: Can Transhumanism Lead Us Back to Orthodoxy?
August 17, 2016
Is transhumanism a new version of Gnosticism? Or is it in fact the opposite—a rejection of the Gnosticism it has found lurking in popular Christianity, and a radical attempt to reclaim the heart of Christian orthodoxy? What does this mean for how ...
Read MoreCTA Board Announcement & Appreciation
April 29, 2017
At the end of last month, we marked a historic moment for the CTA—completing our first full-board election, and appointing eight board seats. We also said goodbye to several board members who have worked hard to bring us to this point. Among them...
Read MoreCampaign Update
March 31, 2017
Our campaign is over 50% funded, and we’ve got 6 days to go!As you know, at the beginning of this month, the Christian Transhumanist Association announced its launch, membership campaign, and logo-design effort, all at the same time. Since then, ...
Read MoreInverse: When Cyborgs and Christians Compromise
March 16, 2017
Inverse Magazine asks: Can Christians can come to terms with transhumanism? It explores some of the tensions and difficulties, and finds an answer that drives to the heart of the biblical story: the blind see, the deaf hear, and the lame walk. Re...
Read MoreCTA announces newest board member, Timothy Langer
September 07, 2017
The Christian Transhumanist Association is proud to announce the addition of our newest board member—Timothy Langer. Timothy has an Interdisciplinary Bachelor's Degree in Science and History from Rochester College, and a Certificate from Yale in t...
Read MoreCall for Presentations: Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 15, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that the first ever Christian Transhumanist Conference will take place on Saturday, 25 August 2018, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. The keynote speaker is Aubrey de Grey, a l...
Read MoreCampaign Conclusion
March 31, 2017
In case you haven’t heard, our campaign was a success! We raised $1175, registered our first set of voting association members, and signed up a number of new volunteers and supporters. And along the way, we made new friends, discovered powerful n...
Read MoreMotherboard: The Jesuit Priest Who Helped Create Modern Transhumanism
March 09, 2016
Motherboard just ran my article on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the 1930s Jesuit priest whose ideas helped lead to modern transhumanism. Teilhard was a powerful visionary of the future, synthesizing science, religion, evolution, technology, and lov...
Read MoreCTA Announces Officer Appointments
April 14, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is proud to announce the addition of three officers to our leadership team: Agbolade Omowole, Jenne Alderks, and Heather Goodman. Agbolade Omowole will be serving as Vice-Chair, Jenne Alderks will be servi...
Read MoreThe Christian Transhumanist Affirmation
April 03, 2016
Over the last few months, I've been working with the Board and the Membership Council, to craft a Christian Transhumanist Affirmation. Of course, trying to draft a list of ideas that we all agree on is quite an undertaking—and not something we wil...
Read MoreCTA affiliates with Humanity+
July 08, 2017
Humanity+ is one of the leading advocates of the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities. In their prior incarnation as the World Transhumanist Association, they adopted the historic Transhumanist Declaration, and helped pioneer the m...
Read MoreEarly-Bird Tickets are Live! Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
June 18, 2019
UPDATE: Early-Bird Tickets are Live! Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019 Saturday, October 19th, 2019 • NASHVILLE, TN Get the early-early-early bird discount now! The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce a one-day confe...
Read MoreEmbrace & the Christian Transhumanist Association
October 06, 2015
Earlier this year, the Christian Transhumanist Association made its public debut with an open invitation to membership, and a small fundraising campaign that brought in approximately $1200. Now, as our first substantial financial act, the membersh...
Read MoreAnnouncing the Academic Advisory Council
June 02, 2017
In keeping with our aim to continue advancing the conversation around Christianity and Transhumanism, I'm very pleased to announce our new Academic Advisory Council. The council will help inform our growth and development, and establish a center o...
Read MoreSlate: Transhumanism is Complicating the Relationship between Faith & Science
May 28, 2018
Slate covers the Christian Transhumanist Association, along with people like Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Yuval Noah Harari, Ray Kurzweil, and Anthony Levandowski—as examples of the religious discussions and aspirations that emerge on the frontiers...
Read MoreN+1 Magazine: Meghan O'Gieblyn loses her faith, discovers Christian Transhumanism
July 03, 2017
Journalist Meghan O'Gieblyn lost her faith, found transhumanism, and then realized she was on a strange, winding path back to Christianity. N+1 Magazine and The Guardian published her beautiful and haunting story—an open-ended journey that has re...
Read MoreElecting the Next Board of the CTA
March 06, 2018
Since our public launch almost three years ago, the Christian Transhumanist Association has been working hard to advance the conversation between Christianity and the leading edges of technological thought. From our first major action funding ...
Read MoreBBC — Immortality, The Why Factor
May 22, 2018
BBC World Service aired a 2-minute interview with Micah Redding on Christian Transhumanism, and how the resurrection of Christ impacts our pursuit of life, radical longevity, and healing. It was part of The Why Factor (hosted by Chloe Hadjimatheou...
Read MoreSAVE THE DATE! Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 01, 2018
UPDATE! Register now! Early-early-early-bird discount for limited time only! Christian Transhumanist Conference Saturday, August 25th, 2018 • NASHVILLE, TN Register now! The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that we are...
Read More2018 Board Election Results
April 02, 2018
Over the last month, we've been holding elections for the Board of the Christian Transhumanist Association. Each seat is appointed for a three-year term, and serves to represent the CTA to the larger world, and to represent our broad community as ...
Read MoreJ. Jeanine Thweatt to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 31, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that J. Jeanine Thweatt will be a featured speaker at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Jennifer Jeanine Thweatt h...
Read MoreDr. Scott Hawley to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 31, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that Scott Hawley will be a featured speaker at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Dr. Scott Hawley is Associate Pr...
Read MoreDerek Webb to perform at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 31, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that Derek Webb will perform at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Derek Webb is a folk musician from Nashville, TN...
Read MoreTed Peters to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 29, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Ted Peters will be a featured speaker at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Dr. Ted Peters (Ph.D., Univers...
Read MoreJim Stump of BioLogos to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
August 09, 2019
BioLogos is an organization at the forefront of Faith & Science dialogue. Founded by Francis Collins—who led the Human Genome Project and now directs the National Institutes of Health—BioLogos advocates a strong embrace of current scientific u...
Read MoreEmily Sue Laird to present on Art & Transhumanism—at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 31, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that Emily Sue Laird will present at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Emily Sue Laird is a Nashville-based commer...
Read MoreA New Era for the CTA
March 20, 2020
Since I first published A Call for Interest in a Christian Transhumanist Association, I hoped that the CTA would grow to become a community-driven and democratic institution. I've been thrilled to see numerous leaders develop within our community,...
Read MoreMike Morrell to present at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
July 31, 2018
The Christian Transhumanist Association is pleased to announce that Mike Morrell will present at the first Christian Transhumanist Conference, on August 25th, at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Mike Morrell is the collaborating author, with...
Read MoreLiz Parrish "Human GMO" to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
September 09, 2019
Liz Parrish is CEO of BioViva, and the first patient to be treated with gene therapy to reverse aging. She has been called a "Human GMO", and is at the forefront of efforts to radically extend human life. She will be speaking on life extension, re...
Read More(DRAFT) Statement on Radical Life Extension
August 10, 2018
This is the draft of a proposed statement, circulated for review and comment. Keynote speaker Aubrey de Grey will explore radical life extension at the upcoming Christian Transhumanist Conference on August 25th, in Nashville, TN. Statement of Un...
Read MoreCheryle Renee Moses, founder and producer of Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, to present at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
September 25, 2019
Cheryle Renee Moses is an activist, author, content creator, educator and spiritualist. She has a passion for serving people and solving problems. Cheryle is the author of "God Told Me To Tell You To Put That Damn Bible Down" and the founder of mo...
Read MoreAnnouncement! National Geographic to sponsor Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
August 20, 2018
National Geographic has just announced that they will be sponsoring the Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018. They will provide free food & drink for all registrants — plus a special advance screening of their docu-series MARS. Mars Seaso...
Read MoreMichael Paulus of AI & Faith to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
September 27, 2019
Michael J. Paulus, Jr., is University Librarian, Assistant Provost for Educational Technology, and Director and Associate Professor of Information Studies at Seattle Pacific University. His administrative, teaching, and scholarly interests focus o...
Read MoreRon Cole-Turner of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
September 30, 2019
Ron Cole-Turner is the Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion, and has served on the advisory board of the John Templeton Foundation and the Meta...
Read MoreTeleology & Simulation (draft)
February 20, 2020
(—This essay is a draft, undergoing feedback and revision.—) In 1802, William Paley famously set out the "Watchmaker Analogy", a teleological argument, or argument from design for the existence ...
The Resurrection is Participatory
March 28, 2019
In my previous essay, [The Resurrection is Technological][1], I explored Paul’s argument in 1 Corinthians 15, that the resurrection is about God’s intention for humanity to reign over the cosmos. Ac...
The Resurrection is Participatory
March 28, 2019
In my previous essay, The Resurrection is Technological, I explored Paul’s argument in 1 Corinthians 15, that the resurrection is about God’s intention for humanity to reign over the cosmos. According to Paul, God’s plan was for humans to rule th...
The Resurrection is Participatory
March 28, 2019
In my previous essay, The Resurrection is Technological, I explored Paul’s argument in 1 Corinthians 15, that the resurrection is about God’s intention for humanity to reign over the cosmos. According to Paul, God’s plan was for humans to rule th...
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
March 13, 2019
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda. We must cultivate all life, starting from the bottom up. We must learn how life works, how evolution unfolds, how ecosystems function—and we must learn to bless and uplift those processes...
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
March 13, 2019
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda. We must cultivate all life, starting from the bottom up. We must learn how life works, how evolution unfolds, how ecosystems function—and w...
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
March 13, 2019
The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda. We must cultivate all life, starting from the bottom up. We must learn how life works, how evolution unfolds, how ecosystems function—and we must learn to bless and uplift those processes...
Miracles vs Magic
December 04, 2018
In 1600, during Giordano Bruno’s heresy trial, the inquisitors asked a question: Did he believe Jesus’ miracles were performed by magic? It’s hard for us to understand the significance of this question. In our post-Enlightenment world, this seems...
Miracles vs Magic
December 04, 2018
In 1600, during Giordano Bruno's heresy trial, the inquisitors asked a question: Did he believe Jesus' miracles were performed by magic? It's hard for us to understand the significance of this ques...
Miracles vs Magic
December 04, 2018
In 1600, during Giordano Bruno’s heresy trial, the inquisitors asked a question: Did he believe Jesus’ miracles were performed by magic? It’s hard for us to understand the significance of this question. In our post-Enlightenment world, this seems...
Dealing with Death
May 30, 2018
On Tuesday, April 24th, I was interviewed on BBC Radio about technology, the pursuit of immortality, and the meaning of de...
Dealing with Death
May 30, 2018
On Tuesday, April 24th, I was interviewed on BBC Radio about technology, the pursuit of immortality, and the meaning of death. In the middle of that night, we were awakened by a call from an out-of-state hospital, telling us that my father-in-law...
Dealing with Death
May 30, 2018
On Tuesday, April 24th, I was interviewed on BBC Radio about technology, the pursuit of immortality, and the meaning of death. In the middle of that night, we were awakened by a call from an out-of-state hospital, telling us that my father-in-law...
Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
May 20, 2018
At the Royal Wedding yesterday, there was a brief moment when everyone in attendance, including the royal couple, sang together. They were singing a melody shared by Be Thou My Vision, one of the most beautiful hymns ever written. The hymn has ori...
Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
May 20, 2018
At the Royal Wedding yesterday, there was a brief moment when everyone in attendance, including the royal couple, sang together. They were singing a melody shared by Be Thou My Vision, one of the most beautiful hymns ever written. The hymn has ori...
Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
May 20, 2018
At the Royal Wedding yesterday, there was a brief moment when everyone in attendance, including the royal couple, sang together. They were singing a melody shared by [Be Thou My Vision][0], one of the...
The Tower of Babel
May 11, 2018
Perhaps no biblical story has captivated people’s imaginations like the Tower of Babel. In this story, a group of people get together to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven—from which they inten...
The Tower of Babel
May 11, 2018
Perhaps no biblical story has captivated people’s imaginations like the Tower of Babel. In this story, a group of people get together to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven—from which they intend to launch an all-out war on God himself. God ...
The Tower of Babel
May 11, 2018
Perhaps no biblical story has captivated people’s imaginations like the Tower of Babel. In this story, a group of people get together to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven—from which they intend to launch an all-out war on God himself. God ...
Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
April 22, 2018
In one billion years, life on Earth will be gone. Five billion years from now, the Sun will expand to encompass the Earth. But long before that happens, the rising temperatures of the Sun will boil the oceans, and make the planet uninhabitable. ...
Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
April 22, 2018
In one billion years, life on Earth will be gone. Five billion years from now, the Sun will expand to encompass the Earth. But long before that happens, the rising temperatures of the Sun will boil t...
Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
April 22, 2018
In one billion years, life on Earth will be gone. Five billion years from now, the Sun will expand to encompass the Earth. But long before that happens, the rising temperatures of the Sun will boil the oceans, and make the planet uninhabitable. ...
Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
March 08, 2018
The more I am exposed to the Catholic aesthetic, the more I understand that for the ancient church, Mary was sort of like Wonder Woman, working against the power of Kings and Empires to smuggle the divine into the world. She strides across the an...
Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
March 08, 2018
The more I am exposed to the Catholic aesthetic, the more I understand that for the ancient church, Mary was sort of like Wonder Woman, working against the power of Kings and Empires to smuggle the divine into the world. She strides across the an...
Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
March 08, 2018
The more I am exposed to the Catholic aesthetic, the more I understand that for the ancient church, Mary was sort of like Wonder Woman, working against the power of Kings and Empires to smuggle the di...
Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
February 19, 2018
I’ve just returned from seeing Black Panther, and not only is it a great superhero movie, it is one of the most tech-positive movies I’ve seen in a long time. Its story-telling offers to reorient the entire superhero genre around deep questions of...
Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
February 19, 2018
I’ve just returned from seeing Black Panther, and not only is it a great superhero movie, it is one of the most tech-positive movies I’ve seen in a long time. Its story-telling offers to reorient the entire superhero genre around deep questions of...
Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
February 19, 2018
I’ve just returned from seeing Black Panther, and not only is it a great superhero movie, it is one of the most tech-positive movies I’ve seen in a long ...
Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
February 16, 2018
In the 1600s, Francis Bacon, creator of the Scientific Method, was advocating Christian Transhumanism. It’s common for people wrestling with the tension between science and religion to point out that many great scientific pioneers, such as Bacon,...
Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
February 16, 2018
In the 1600s, Francis Bacon, creator of the Scientific Method, was advocating Christian Transhumanism. It’s common for people wrestling with the tension between science and religion to point out that many great scientific pioneers, such as Bacon,...
Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
February 15, 2018
In the 1600s, Francis Bacon, creator of the Scientific Method, was advocating Christian Transhumanism. It’s common for people wrestling with the tension between science and religion to point out that...
Feedback Loops
February 13, 2018
Recently, I’ve realized that feedback loops have been one of the most important things in my life—and are perhaps one of the most important things in the world. Most of us are aware of negative feedback loops. Feedback from a set of speakers and ...
Feedback Loops
February 13, 2018
Recently, I’ve realized that feedback loops have been one of the most important things in my life—and are perhaps one of the most important things in the world. Most of us are aware of negative feedback loops. Feedback from a set of speakers and ...
Feedback Loops
February 13, 2018
Recently, I’ve realized that feedback loops have been one of the most important things in my life—and are perhaps one of the most important things in the world. Most of us are aware of negative fee...
Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
February 08, 2018
This is part of a series on a Minimum Viable Theology. The idea is to see if we can construct a minimal theological starter kit, using only reasonable assumptions. The first entry is about why good wins. You should start there. One of the most co...
Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
February 08, 2018
*This is part of a series on a Minimum Viable Theology. The idea is to see if we can construct a minimal theological starter kit, using o...
Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
February 08, 2018
This is part of a series on a Minimum Viable Theology. The idea is to see if we can construct a minimal theological starter kit, using only reasonable assumptions. The first entry is about why good wins. You should start there. One of the most co...
5 Theses for the Next Reformation
November 01, 2017
500 years ago TODAY, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kick-starting the Protestant Reformation, and changing the course of history. 500 years later, the religious world is once again in turmoil, grappling with new qu...
5 Theses for the Next Reformation
November 01, 2017
500 years ago TODAY, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kick-starting the Protestant Reformation, and changing the course of history. 500 years later, the religious world is once again in turmoil, grappling with new qu...
5 Theses for the Next Reformation
October 31, 2017
500 years ago TODAY, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kick-starting the Protestant Reformation, and changing the course of history. 500 years later, the religious world ...
Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
October 18, 2017
Published at the Huffington Post Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kicking off one of the most significant movements in Christian history: the Protestant Reformation. The movement was less def...
Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
October 18, 2017
Published at the Huffington Post Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kicking off one of the most significant movements in Christian history: the Protestant Reformation. The movement was less def...
Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
October 17, 2017
Published at the Huffington Post Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a German church, kicking off ...
The Resurrection is Technological
September 28, 2017
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul lays out an argument that many believe is at the heart of the Christian faith—an argument for the ultimate resurrection of all people, and the eradication of death itself. P...
The Resurrection is Technological
September 28, 2017
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul lays out an argument that many believe is at the heart of the Christian faith—an argument for the ultimate resurrection of all people, and the eradication of death itself. Paul’s explanation of this belief is often overl...
The Resurrection is Technological
September 28, 2017
In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul lays out an argument that many believe is at the heart of the Christian faith—an argument for the ultimate resurrection of all people, and the eradication of death itself. Paul’s explanation of this belief is often overl...
Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
September 06, 2017
I believe that there are two kinds of power in the universe. The first one is control—the ability to constrain action. The second one is freedom—the ability to act. These two kinds of power are in deep conflict, locked together in an inverse rela...
Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
September 06, 2017
I believe that there are two kinds of power in the universe. The first one is control—the ability to constrain action. The second one is freedom—the ability to act. These two kinds of power are in deep conflict, locked together in an inverse rela...
Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
September 06, 2017
I believe that there are two kinds of power in the universe. The first one is control—the ability to constrain action. The second one is freedom—the ability to act. These two kinds of power are in de...
How does Salvation Work?
August 31, 2017
Here’s how salvation works in Christianity. In Christianity, love is what saves. When Jesus is asked how to inherit eternal life, the answer is the the greatest commands: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and ...
How does Salvation Work?
August 31, 2017
Here’s how salvation works in Christianity. In Christianity, love is what saves. When Jesus is asked how to inherit eternal life, the answer is the the greatest commands: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and ...
How does Salvation Work?
August 31, 2017
Here’s how salvation works in Christianity. In Christianity, love is what saves. When Jesus is asked [how to inherit eternal life](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10:25-28&version=N...
The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
August 18, 2017
Ira Glass, in an interview on creativity, described the thing that no one ever tells beginners. It’s simply this: When you start pursuing something new, it’s often because you fell in love with something old. Maybe you decided to learn music beca...
The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
August 18, 2017
Ira Glass, in an interview on creativity, described the thing that no one ever tells beginners. It’s simply this: When you start pursuing something n...
The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
August 18, 2017
Ira Glass, in an interview on creativity, described the thing that no one ever tells beginners. It’s simply this: When you start pursuing something new, it’s often because you fell in love with something old. Maybe you decided to learn music beca...
The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
August 15, 2017
I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about scripture and doctrine. And yet, as I’ve expressed in many different ways, I believe that love is the answer—the truly significant factor. So why not just let the scripture & doctrine stuff...
The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
August 15, 2017
I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about scripture and doctrine. And yet, as I’ve expressed in many different ways, I believe that love is the answer—the truly significant factor. So why not just let the scripture & doctrine stuff...
The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
August 15, 2017
I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about scripture and doctrine. And yet, as I’ve expressed in many different ways, I believe that [love is the answer](http://micahredding.com/blog/christianit...
Wonder Woman
July 03, 2017
For CS Lewis, Adam and Eve were a vision of humanity as it could be, in its full power and beauty. They were man and woman unchained, gods and goddesses walking the Earth, intense and fierce, full of ...
Moana and Reading Scripture
June 22, 2017
I love the movie Moana. And, particularly, I love this song—both because it’s a great song, and because it perfectly encapsulates a deep truth about reading scripture, or any kind of story. (Listen to it!) On the surface, the meaning of the so...
Moana and Reading Scripture
June 22, 2017
I love the movie Moana. And, particularly, I love this song—both because it’s a great song, and because it perfectly encapsulates a deep truth about reading scripture, or any kind of story. (Listen to it!) On the surface, the meaning of the so...
Moana and Reading Scripture
June 21, 2017
I love the movie Moana. And, particularly, I love this song—both because it’s a great song, and because it perfectly encapsulates a deep truth about read...
Crisis
June 12, 2017
*Today marks a year since the Orlando nightclub shooting. On June 12, 2016, a single gunman walked into a Florida nightclub and killed ...
Crisis
June 12, 2017
Today marks a year since the Orlando nightclub shooting. On June 12, 2016, a single gunman walked into a Florida nightclub and killed 49 people, wounding 58 others. A few days later, I wrote down some thoughts about what was happening. This is the...
Crisis
June 12, 2017
Today marks a year since the Orlando nightclub shooting. On June 12, 2016, a single gunman walked into a Florida nightclub and killed 49 people, wounding 58 others. A few days later, I wrote down some thoughts about what was happening. This is the...
The Serpent’s Lie
April 28, 2017
I’ve heard it over and over again, when people are considering some new capabilities or technological power: “This is just a repeat of the Serpent’s lie, You shall be like God!” The reference is to Genesis, where the Serpent tempts Eve by pr...
The Serpent’s Lie
April 28, 2017
I’ve heard it over and over again, when people are considering some new capabilities or technological power: “This is just a repeat of the Serpent’s lie, You shall be like God!” The reference is to Genesis, where the Serpent tempts Eve by pr...
The Serpent’s Lie
April 28, 2017
I’ve heard it over and over again, when people are considering some new capabilities or technological power: > “This is just a repeat of the Serpent’s lie, You shall be like God!” The reference is...
How to Read Scripture
March 17, 2017
Reading scripture is meant to be hard. I don’t mean that it has to be tedious or boring or anger-inducing or something like that. I mean that the meaning is not just floating on the surface, waiting to be scooped off like so much pond scum. No, th...
How to Read Scripture
March 17, 2017
Reading scripture is meant to be hard. I don’t mean that it has to be tedious or boring or anger-inducing or something like that. I mean that the meaning is not just floating on the surface, waiting to be scooped off like so much pond scum. No, th...
How to Read Scripture
March 17, 2017
Reading scripture is meant to be hard. I don’t mean that it has to be tedious or boring or anger-inducing or something like that. I mean that the meaning is not just floating on the surface, waiting...
Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
March 01, 2017
If you could flip a switch and experience more pleasure than you have ever felt in your entire life—would you do it? What if that switch also made you feel incredibly happy and joyful? What if it made you feel contented and successful and accompl...
Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
March 01, 2017
If you could flip a switch and experience more pleasure than you have ever felt in your entire life—would you do it? What if that switch also made you feel incredibly happy and joyful? What if it made you feel contented and successful and accompl...
Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
March 01, 2017
If you could flip a switch and experience more pleasure than you have ever felt in your entire life—would you do it? What if that switch also made you feel incredibly happy and joyful? What if it mad...
How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
February 21, 2017
I’ve recently been rediscovering how truly audacious the biblical vision for humanity is. According to even a cursory reading of the scriptures, humanity is made in the image of God, given charge of the entire world, and called to participate with...
How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
February 21, 2017
I’ve recently been rediscovering how truly audacious the biblical vision for humanity is. According to even a cursory reading of the scriptures, humanity is made in the image of God, given charge of the entire world, and called to participate with...
How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
February 21, 2017
I’ve recently been rediscovering how truly audacious the biblical vision for humanity is. According to even a cursory reading of the scriptures, hu...
Why the Lego Batman Movie might Save Civilization
February 13, 2017
The other day I saw The Lego Batman Movie, a great addition to both the Batman movie franchise, and the Lego movie franchise. It had action, adventure, d...
Why the Lego Batman Movie might Save Civilization
February 13, 2017
The other day I saw The Lego Batman Movie, a great addition to both the Batman movie franchise, and the Lego movie franchise. It had action, adventure, drama, romance—and more cameos from familiar good guys, bad guys, and ambiguous guys than you c...
What would you have done?
February 07, 2017
I’ve spent my entire life wondering what I would do at certain junctures in history. Would I have followed Jesus—or stood with the Pharisees? Would I have worked against slavery—or argued that it was ...
What would you have done?
February 07, 2017
I’ve spent my entire life wondering what I would do at certain junctures in history. Would I have followed Jesus—or stood with the Pharisees? Would I have worked against slavery—or argued that it was a necessary evil? Would I have opposed the Nazi...
What is Happening in the World?
February 01, 2017
Here is what I believe is happening in the world. Accelerating technological change has unleashed an era of unprecedented prosperity, freedom, and opportunity. The necessity of extreme poverty is va...
Why Christians need a Minimum Viable Theology
February 01, 2017
I am a Christian, and part of what that means is that I am an heir of an incredibly dense and comprehensive cultural tradition. I would call it a maximal cultural tradition, as it has produced art, ...
What is Happening in the World?
February 01, 2017
Here is what I believe is happening in the world. Accelerating technological change has unleashed an era of unprecedented prosperity, freedom, and opportunity. The necessity of extreme poverty is vanishing in the rear view mirror, the incidence o...
Why Christians need a Minimum Viable Theology
February 01, 2017
I am a Christian, and part of what that means is that I am an heir of an incredibly dense and comprehensive cultural tradition. I would call it a maximal cultural tradition, as it has produced art, music, literature, language, buildings, societies...
How to Become Immortal
January 20, 2017
In the last few years, a number of different organizations have launched projects to end aging and radically extend human longevity. Google’s Calico Labs is perhaps th...
How to Become Immortal
January 20, 2017
In the last few years, a number of different organizations have launched projects to end aging and radically extend human longevity. Google’s Calico Labs is perhaps the most well-known effort, followed by Aubrey De Grey’s SENS foundation—but many ...
Christianity is Love
January 15, 2017
Christianity is the assertion that love is the most powerful force in the universe. Of course, when we talk about love, all kinds of ideas come to mind, from romance to hippies to powerful feeling...
Christianity is Love
January 15, 2017
Christianity is the assertion that love is the most powerful force in the universe. Of course, when we talk about love, all kinds of ideas come to mind, from romance to hippies to powerful feelings about ice cream. (And by the way, if you don’t h...
Partnership with God
January 03, 2017
This Fall I taught a Bible class at my local church, along with Kyle Creamer, Nate Underwood, Emily Stutzman Jones (Lipscomb’s Director of Sustainability), Rob Touchstone (founder of the Well Coffeehouse), Tim Catchim (creator of OneLife Ministrie...
Partnership with God
January 03, 2017
This Fall I taught a Bible class at my local church, along with Kyle Creamer, Nate Underwood, Emily Stutzman Jones (Lipscomb’s Director of Sustainability), R...
How Self-Help Really Works
December 15, 2016
At the beginning of last year, I inadvertently found myself listening to an interview with self-help guru Tony Robbins. That interview made me curious, and pretty soon I had listened to several interviews, a 20-hour full-length audiobook, and a co...
How Self-Help Really Works
December 14, 2016
At the beginning of last year, I inadvertently found myself listening to an interview with self-help guru Tony Robbins. That interview made me curious, and pretty soon I had listened to several interv...
The Revolutionary Story
December 12, 2016
In the movie Elysium, some people live in a paradise city in the sky, while…(can you guess the next part?)…some people live in a hell on earth. I bet you could have guessed the second part even if I hadn’t told you. Why? Because you know this sto...
The Revolutionary Story
December 11, 2016
In the movie Elysium, some people live in a paradise city in the sky, while…(can you guess the next part?)…some people live in a hell on earth. I bet yo...
Unclean Christianity
December 05, 2016
In the ancient world, leprosy was incredibly unclean—if you had it, you were not simply unhealthy, you were cast out of society. For you to touch anyone was to risk contaminating them. You had to live on the outskirts of town, shouting “unclean! u...
Unclean Christianity
December 05, 2016
In the ancient world, leprosy was incredibly unclean—if you had it, you were not simply unhealthy, you were cast out of society. For you to touch anyone was to risk contaminating them. You had to li...
My TEDx talk: We All Live in the Developing World
August 25, 2016
Back in March, I had the privilege of speaking at a TEDx event in the Cayman Islands. My topic? We all live in the developing world. The idea is simple. When we say “the developed world”, it suggests that our society is already finished—that ...
My TEDx talk: We All Live in the Developing World
August 25, 2016
Back in March, I had the privilege of speaking at a TEDx event in the Cayman Islands. My topic? We all live in the developing world. The idea is simple. When we say “the developed world”, it ...
Terror and Awe, Faith and Freedom
July 21, 2016
We often encounter new things in very different ways. Sometimes, new things are terrifying—even demonic. Sometimes, new things are freedom. Talking to Emily the other day, I was struck by how quickly...
Terror and Awe, Faith and Freedom
July 21, 2016
We often encounter new things in very different ways. Sometimes, new things are terrifying—even demonic. Sometimes, new things are freedom. Talking to Emily the other day, I was struck by how quickly we can switch between these responses. I remem...
All Are Alive
July 14, 2016
I have often thought about the way we define ‘death’. When is someone actually dead? At one point in time, we defined death as the point when someone’s heart stopped beating. Now, we define death a...
All Are Alive
July 14, 2016
I have often thought about the way we define ‘death’. When is someone actually dead? At one point in time, we defined death as the point when someone’s heart stopped beating. Now, we define death as the cessation of brain activity. But even “...
Minimum Viable Theology: We Are Not Alone
July 12, 2016
*This is part of a series on a Minimum Viable Theology. The idea is to see if we can construct a minimal theological starter kit, using o...
Minimum Viable Theology: We Are Not Alone
July 12, 2016
This is part of a series on a Minimum Viable Theology. The idea is to see if we can construct a minimal theological starter kit, using only reasonable assumptions. The first entry is about why good wins. You should start there. The Theistic Premi...
The Omega Point Theory
July 03, 2016
One of the reasons that science has been widely regarded as an atheistic enterprise over the years, is that for quite a while now, it has preached a future of relentless annihilation. Ever since the laws of thermodynamics were formulated, the out...
The Omega Point Theory
July 03, 2016
One of the reasons that science has been widely regarded as an atheistic enterprise over the years, is that for quite a while now, it has preached a future of relentless annihilation. Ever since the ...
The Creative Process of God
June 22, 2016
For quite a while now, I’ve been suffering through something I might call abstraction angst. It’s hard to describe to those who haven’t experienced it, but you might get a little of the flavor if yo...
The Creative Process of God
June 22, 2016
For quite a while now, I’ve been suffering through something I might call abstraction angst. It’s hard to describe to those who haven’t experienced it, but you might get a little of the flavor if you imagine working at a bank, handling thousands a...
Women in the Church
June 20, 2016
If you, like me, grew up in a “Bible-believing church”, one thing that might have been discussed is the question of what role women could play in church services. You might have been told, for example, that the Bible clearly teaches women to be si...
Women in the Church
June 20, 2016
If you, like me, grew up in a “Bible-believing church”, one thing that might have been discussed is the question of what role women could play in church services. You might have been told, for example...
I Was a Teenage Existentialist
June 16, 2016
When I was 12, I began to wonder whether I was becoming an atheist. I couldn’t tell, of course, because while I knew I was exploring things that had turned other people into atheists, I didn’t know whether they inevitably led people into atheism, ...
I Was a Teenage Existentialist
June 15, 2016
When I was 12, I began to wonder whether I was becoming an atheist. I couldn’t tell, of course, because while I knew I was exploring things that had turned other people into atheists, I didn’t know wh...
The Infinite Resurrection
June 14, 2016
A few months ago, I gave a talk entitled “The Infinite Resurrection” at the annual conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. The MTA are always great hosts, and I enjoyed the opportunity to meet and talk with many of the other speakers. ...
The Infinite Resurrection
June 13, 2016
A few months ago, I gave a talk entitled “The Infinite Resurrection” at the annual conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. The MTA are always great hosts, and ...
The Dark Side of Knowledge
May 09, 2016
The other day, I explored the story of Genesis, and its perplexing account of the corruption of mankind through [the knowledge of good and evil](http://micahredding.com/blog/the-tree-of-the-knowledge-...
The Dark Side of Knowledge
May 09, 2016
The other day, I explored the story of Genesis, and its perplexing account of the corruption of mankind through the knowledge of good and evil. I tried to unpack some of the overlooked dynamics of the story, to get at what it is telling us about h...
The Three Jobs in Our Future
April 04, 2016
The other day I posted a hypothesis I was working on, and stirred up some wide-ranging discussion on Twitter. After a while, this kind of...
The Three Jobs in Our Future
April 04, 2016
The other day I posted a hypothesis I was working on, and stirred up some wide-ranging discussion on Twitter. After a while, this kind of thing becomes difficult to squeeze into 140-character chunks, so I thought I would unpack my thinking a bit m...
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
April 02, 2016
Curiously, Genesis attributes the downfall of humanity to something identified only as The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This mysterious tree is the one thing in all of creation forbidden ...
The Structure of the Biblical Story
March 04, 2016
The biblical story is rich and complex—and full of metaphor, symbolism, and beauty. But given its length and complexity, it’s easy to throw up our hands at the prospect of understanding it all. This ...
All Things Work Together For Good
February 23, 2016
There’s a verse in Romans that says something like this: “All things work together for good”. I had a teacher who didn’t like that verse. He thought it was saying that all things are already good—we ...
Why Christians Should Support Radical Life Extension
February 17, 2016
“Never again will there be… an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child” (Isaiah 65:20, NIV) ...
My Grandfather
February 16, 2016
Last week, I lost my grandfather. Two years ago, I lost my grandfather from the other side. This is what I wrote at the time. — My grandfather died in December. For me and my siblings, this was the...
Minimum Viable Theology: Good Wins
February 08, 2016
If you’ve spent any time in the tech world, you’re probably familiar with the term “Minimum Viable Product”. The idea is that when you’re building something, it’s better to start with the most basic v...
The Faith of the Martian
February 04, 2016
My first article for The Huffington Post went up this week: The Faith of the Martian I have a bad habit of sta...
Test
February 03, 2016
Here is a great blog post, full of wit and wisdom, text and texture, scents and sensibility. Nowhere you find it will know the reason you searched, and no one who finds you will know the reason they f...
Existentialism
January 25, 2016
If you’ve ever thought deeply about life, or perhaps experienced something that set you back, and disrupted everything you thought you knew — you might have ended up floating in despair. In this sta...
The New God Argument and A New Apologetics
January 20, 2016
Recently my friend Lincoln Cannon released the third version of his groundbreaking New God Argument. This argument is a philosophical justification for trust in God, la...
What I Would Write
December 31, 2015
Right now, my mind is a flurry of thoughts, ideas, and questions. This is typical for me, at this time of year, when there’s downtime, when everything is nominally starting over, when I’m reconnecting...
Transhumanism is a Mars Hill opportunity
November 16, 2015
In Acts 17, the apostle Paul does something remarkable. He walks onstage at Mars Hill in Athens, the center of the philosophical tradition...
What’s up with the word Transhumanist?
November 02, 2015
Many of you know that I’ve spent the last couple of years trying to support and grow the Christian Transhumanist Association, an organization devoted to creat...
The Infinite Morality of Jesus
August 07, 2015
In his book, The Beginning of Infinity, David Deutsch argues that there are moments when something switches from being of only limited and local use, to having infinite reach...
About Me
June 22, 2015
I’m Micah Redding, a software developer, writer, and the co-founder and executive director of the Christian Transhumanist Association. I grew up as a preacher’s kid, spent eight years as a rock musici...
Christianity & Transhumanism
May 11, 2015
What does Christianity have to say about radical life extension? Cyborgs? Artificial Intelligence? I'm passionately interested in these questions. I grew up as a preacher's kid, and traveled the wor...
Being Human
May 11, 2015
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Rethinking Christianity
May 11, 2015
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Talks and Presentations
April 27, 2015
Micah Redding is a software developer, the co-founder and executive director of the Christian Transhumanist Association, and a writer on the subject of human values and technology. He grew up as a ...
The Church of Christ
April 20, 2015
Some of you may know that I was raised in the Churches of Christ, a small religious group that emerged from the American Restoration Movement of the early 1800s. At the time of the Restoration Moveme...
Three ways of seeing the world
April 15, 2015
It seems to me that there are three main ways you can look at the world. The first is monism, and it holds that everything is one. God and the world and heaven and earth and you and me are all ...
Start Here
April 07, 2015
Being Human Being Human Embodiment Iron Man and the Modern Identity Crisis ...
Transhumanism and the Christian story
March 23, 2015
When I was a kid, I discovered humanism and was thrilled. Here, somebody had gone through Christianity, and packaged its most essential concepts for the secular world. [^1] I soon discovered that oth...
Against Consumerism
March 22, 2015
I’ve written before about my love for Iron Man 3. In it, Tony Stark faces the hard question of personal identity. Who is ...
What is Technology?
March 13, 2015
A few days ago, I published an essay attempting to explain and define transhumanism. At root, I said, tra...
What is Transhumanism? And why should Christians care?
February 27, 2015
In the past year, a strange new idea called “transhumanism” has started to show up in documentaries, tv series, and blockbuster movies. It’s often coupled with stories of amazing new medical developme...
Spaceships & Christmas
December 20, 2014
For some reason, I’ve always associated space exploration with Christmas. No, I don’t think it’s because of that movie Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I think it’s dee...
About
December 16, 2014
Micah Redding is a software developer and writer on the subject of human values and technology. He grew up as a preacher’s kid, spent eight years as a rock musician, and has traveled extensively, to p...
An open letter to the non-egalitarian Churches of Christ
December 05, 2014
Recently, I became aware that the Fourth Avenue Church of Christ hired a female preaching intern. I did not become aware of this through any direct connection with the congregation, but through a seri...
Medium vs Message
October 19, 2014
For me, there is a deep philosophical conflict that runs underneath everything I do and think. It makes me constantly question and measure and analyze — holding everything I’m doing up to inspection, ...
Reading List
September 28, 2014
It’s about time I have a recommended reading list. If you want to get inside my head (why would you want that??!!), this is what you need to read. Non-fiction: The Physics of Immortality (Fra...
FAQ
September 20, 2014
What is Transhumanism? [How does Christianity connect with Transhumanism?](http://micahredding.com/blog/2012/04/25/christianity-transhuma...
What is Transhumanism?
September 20, 2014
Transhumanism is the ethical use of technology to extend human ability, and to improve the human condition. Transhumanism holds that we should not be limited by the way things are, or by the way they...
Some of my favorite essays
September 20, 2014
Over the past several years, I've written a lot of stuff. And it's all over the place: I've covered all kinds of topics, taken many different viewpoints, and tried on several different writing styles....
The hardest thing to believe
September 18, 2014
The hardest thing to believe in the New Testament isn’t that a guy rose from the dead. For the disciples, the hardest thing to believe was that they were going to come to possess the Roman Empire, and...
Christianity is a set of memes
September 16, 2014
I’m a Christian. That means that I think that a certain set of memes — memes which started in first-century Israel, and very quickly spread out into the rest of th...
Politics is Metaphysics
September 14, 2014
I watched Atlas Shrugged last night. Not a great movie. Nevertheless, it was thought-provoking in several ways. One might be forgiven for thinking that this movie was about politics. The cameo appear...
The Comprehensiveness of Orthodoxy
September 02, 2014
Many people who use the word “orthodoxy” as a weapon, think of it as an insistence on picking the one correct answer out of many possible. I think this misses the point pretty badly. Orthodoxy isn’t t...
Aspirations
August 31, 2014
I hear a lot about how our society sells us on consumerist wants, how magazines convince us we look ugly and need to look better, how car commercials make us lust after cars we don’t need, how our who...
Why I’m a Conservative Fundamentalist Liberal Progressive
August 28, 2014
I’m a conservative in that I know the world is complex, and I know that simplistic and feel-good solutions don't often fix things. I look for the [mechanisms](http://micahredding.com/blog/2012/01/...
Consumerism
August 23, 2014
When I think of consumerism, I think of companies without values — or more precisely, companies without opinions. That is, they’re not doing anything wrong, but they’re also not fighting for anything ...
Incoherent Essays: Words Written Half-Awake
June 19, 2014
You too can receive incoherent essays from the morning scrawlings of my sleep-addled mind! For the past few weeks, I’ve been waking up every morning to write 500 words. I’ve heard from so many sour...
Being Human
June 09, 2014
It’s very common to hear people re-iterate the fact that we are human. “I’m only human” “I’m finally getting in touch with my own humanity” “The inhuman treatment of prisoners…” But nailing down jus...
The Theology of the Lego Movie
May 27, 2014
A few months ago I went to see the Lego Movie with my friends. It provoked a lot of thoughts. I started thinking about how we approach the raw materials of the world around us, how we think about cre...
Embodiment
November 24, 2013
Lately, a lot of people have been talking about embodiment. From theologians and philosophers, to environmentalists and activists, there is a lot of concern with how we think of ourselves, and our rel...
Three strains of religious transhumanism
October 29, 2013
I think that there are three strains of religious and spiritual transhumanism. The first seeks to understand and commit more deeply to its own religious heritage, and in doing so, discovers a call to...
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September 17, 2013
To speak tangentially, I think that suffering is an intrinsic part of being-hood. Any being worth...uh...being, will experience suffering. We can respond to that suffering in a myriad of ways, includi...
Philosophical Foundations for Understanding AI
August 22, 2013
These are my thoughts in response to this question: > Would a dominant pantheistic or pagan cultural tradition have prepared the West better...
Being set apart
August 18, 2013
(in reply to: https://twitter.com/bobfronk/status/368813980594102272 ) Ok, here's my initial thought. Being set apart isn't about community, it's about identity. Being set apart forms identity, wh...
The Law of Christ
August 06, 2013
This was written circa 1999, and circulated on some mailing lists and publishing sites at the time. The New Testament says, "the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ..." When Jesus came, th...
Leaving the Church
August 03, 2013
Two of the most significant articles I’ve read recently address the question of why millennials are leaving the church. First, there was this piece by Rachel Evans: [Why millennials are leaving the c...
Interested in Christian Transhumanism?
July 07, 2013
Transhumanism is the ethical use of technology to extend human ability, and to improve the human condition. Transhumanism holds that we should not be limited by the way things are, or by the way they...
Iron Man and the Modern Identity Crisis
June 07, 2013
A year ago, I was traveling across the world. I had just moved out of my house, taken a leave of absence from my part-time job, and left without a lot of money or a good sense of whether I would be em...
The State of Christianity and the World
June 01, 2013
There is a lot of negativity these days about the state of the world. There’s always been a lot of negativity, so I guess that’s not surprising. What is surprising is how this negativity persists desp...
The Poison of Empires
May 28, 2013
Lately I've been reading about technology in the ancient world, and just how close Greece and Rome came to kicking off the industrial revolution 1500 years early. Why didn't it happen? Nobody knows...
A Better Apocalypse
April 21, 2013
On May 21, 2011, I was sitting in a steel-roofed building as a powerful storm pounded down outside. This is the day that Harold Camping had said the world would end. After decades of bible study, he...
The Darkness and The Light
February 17, 2013
I have always been drawn to things which are bitter-sweet. Well, at least since I was 15. I remember hearing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” as a kid, and wanting to turn it off because it was so depressin...
Gardeners of the Stars
January 21, 2013
I hope that one day humanity will assess its gifts, its skills, and its history, and come to the conclusion that our purpose in this world is to cultivate and create life. Certainly, this is what we ...
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January 04, 2013
I think theistic transhumanism is important because eventually people are going to become aware of the simulation argument - and when that happens, people will either see themselves in an adversarial ...
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January 03, 2013
I've toyed with the idea of abandoning the term "Christian" before. Here's the problem with that: in doing so, I would be abandoning the rich history and language surrounding that term. In the short t...
The Human Race & The Problem of Evil
January 01, 2013
The Problem of Evil is the apparent contradiction between the idea that God is infinitely loving, and the fact that he created us in a world with such intense suffering. It’s a serious problem for Ch...
The Problem of Evil is the Problem of Humanity
January 01, 2013
The Problem of Evil contrasts three ideas: Evil, suffering, and pain exist. We believe that God is all powerful. We believe that God is completely benevolent. For our purposes, let’s define...
Christmas
December 25, 2012
As Christmas has approached, I’ve been reminded that traditional Christmas songs have embodied some of the most hopeful messages for humanity ever written. This makes sense — their subject matter dra...
The argument for basic theism
December 24, 2012
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Why I am a theist
December 01, 2012
I am a theist. For most people, that probably collapses into the fact that I'm a Christian. But they are separate things, and I embrace each of them for different reasons. I embrace Christianity b...
Influential books & movies
November 25, 2012
"Kingdoms of the wall" - a novel about meeting the gods at the top of a mountain "I am David" - a new movie that is based on a book I once read From earlier [reading list](http://micahredding.com/blo...
Beyond Fulfilled Eschatology
November 22, 2012
A few years ago I began to realize that the New Testament authors anticipated the second coming within their own lifetimes. This led me to a lot of study and research, and ultimately to the reluctant ...
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November 21, 2012
My Mormon friends say that religion is an expression of our aspiration. Our belief that God is love is indistinguishable from our desire to be love ourselves. Our belief that God is holy is indistingu...
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November 21, 2012
This is the deal with violence. It works. Sort of. But the problem is, it only works on one level. It can stop a person from doing something you don't like, but it can't change a person's mind. It can...
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November 21, 2012
It is so improbable that we will pass out of existence forever. Rather, the very structure of reality hints to us, suggests to us that we will continue, that existence stretches far beneath us, and th...
Thoughts about the accident
November 11, 2012
On Thursday night, Emily and I were driving along a five-lane road when a truck in front of us suddenly squealed its tires, jerked hard to the left, hit some debris, and then sped off. My first though...
Things I've been meaning to write about
October 06, 2012
Life is a series of pains. We don’t get to choose a pain-free life, but over time, we do get to choose to live with more interesting pains, like the pain of problem-solving, or creation, or love. Thi...
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September 23, 2012
I see technology not as a thing in itself, but something which emerges from humanity, like an anthill emerges from an ant colony. If you take the ants away from the anthill, they will build a new one....
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September 20, 2012
Romans 13 addresses how God uses the cycle of violence to limit itself. This is played out in the Old Testament over and over (Babylon punishing Israel, other nations punishing Babylon), and is foreto...
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September 20, 2012
It is "ok" for the government to institute the death penalty, just as it is "ok" for the government to go to war - in the sense that a Christian should not violently oppose those things. However, ...
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September 13, 2012
James L. Carroll - if I understand what you are saying, you are suggesting that since information is lost in the process of nesting worlds, the exterior worlds contain more information. (Agreed.) Fu...
Some Simulation Argument flowcharts
September 12, 2012
The simulation argument conversation. Finite or Infinite? ...
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August 27, 2012
When I come up with an idea, and think hard about it, and then discover that someone has already made it, I'm excited. It means my idea was a good one, it means we're one step closer to the things I w...
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August 26, 2012
Experience would indicate this universe is not intended to be hackable in the sense specified here, and is instead intended to be understood and manipulated within the rules of its operation. That is,...
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August 26, 2012
Jonathan G Cannon - that's exactly right. I think the term "simulation" is just a good starting point, not necessarily the best way to conceptualize what's going on. Similarly, thinking of God as "pos...
Notes: Will Wright mapping personal data
August 05, 2012
http://lifestreamblog.com/will-wright-plans-to-gamify-our-lifestream-data/ http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/07/mf_iconswright/all/ Some interesting talk about visualizing your past and personal his...
Email is universal
August 02, 2012
Lately, there has been a flurry of discussion about email, from the "email is broken" thread to the "we're solving the wrong problem" theme. Some people want to upgrade email clients to handle email a...
The Mountain That Bested Me
July 19, 2012
From my trip journal - Monday, May 21, 2012 Aguas Calientes, Peru. After a day of climbing around Machu Picchu, hiking to the Inca Br...
I'm back
July 05, 2012
I'm back. I've been back in the USA for about a week now, and in that week, I've had to re-adjust to life in a country where walking in front of buses is not a good idea, where the primary and only...
The Process
June 12, 2012
I'm in the middle of a 40-day, 16-stop, 14-country tour of the world. This has become our process. Arrive at the airport. Make it through customs. Explain that no, we're not carrying any baggage ...
First day in Peru
June 05, 2012
I'm in the middle of a 40-day, 16 stop, 14 country tour of the world. These are my experiences. So perhaps my pen will behave. We have just missed a flight to Singapore, and I'm guessing we will be...
Exile
May 29, 2012
In some ways, this trip is a vacation. In other ways, it's a self-imposed exile, in which we must slum around the world, often without food, showers, or the benefits of clean clothing. The terms of...
Carrying Cash
May 28, 2012
I'm in the middle of a 40-day, 16 stop, 14 country tour of the world. The most annoying thing about this trip so far has been using currency. Carrying cash does not make me feel powerful. Carrying ...
Itinerary
May 25, 2012
I'm in the middle of a 40-day, 16 stop, 14 country tour of the world. We're currently in Chilé. Here's our full itinerary: Lima (LIM) May 18, 2012 04:30 AM. Cuzco (CUZ) May 19, 2012 02:00 PM...
I don't speak the language
May 24, 2012
I'm in the middle of a 40-day, 14-country tour of the world. Our first two countries were Peru and Chilé. I do not speak Spanish. I like not speaking the language. I keep being told that I would enjo...
Something wrong with the world
May 07, 2012
In the movie The Matrix, Morpheus prods Neo to think about his emotions over the course of his lifetime. Hadn't he always felt out-of-place? Hadn't he always felt that something was not quite right? ...
The Cruel God of the Hebrew Bible
May 02, 2012
This is a response to Hank Pellissier’s essay on the cruelty of God. My friend Lincoln has already written a [response](http://lincoln.metacan...
Broadcast From The Singularity
May 01, 2012
Since our second official episode just went up, I thought it would be good to point out that I'm doing a podcast. This podcast is about the future, the Singularity, and what it's like to experience *l...
Maybe I was wrong
April 30, 2012
For several years now, I've argued that everything in the bible was completely fulfilled and finished almost two thousand years ago. I think I might have been wrong. My reason for the conclusion was...
The Image of God
April 28, 2012
In 1000 BC, in a world of slaves and warlords, where life was often nasty, brutish, and short, it would have been hard to imagine that humanity could ever be anything else. There was no evidence, n...
Christianity is Transhumanism
April 25, 2012
Wesley J. Smith has written a short piece entitled Christian Transhumanism is an Oxymoron. Fo...
The Singularity: Why the Future is Closer Than You Think
April 17, 2012
This past Saturday, Ryan Hogan, John Yates and I delivered a presentation and panel discussion on the future of accelerating change at Nashville Podcamp. The session went well, and we had a lot of gre...
Sin, Covet, Judge
April 16, 2012
It is very common to hear Christians define "sin" as "missing the mark". Sin then becomes a word for any kind of imperfection or flaw, for basic human fallibility itself. And it becomes very easy to ...
His enemies beneath his feet...
April 16, 2012
For a while, I've been trying to puzzle out the chronology of 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, and finding it incredibly difficult. But here's a little bit of what I've noticed. Hebrews 2:5-9 talks about ever...
Miracles and the Anthropic Principle
April 11, 2012
The universe appears to have been fine-tuned for life. It's astonishing, really. The physical constants (like the strength of gravity or the number of spatial dimensions) seem to have really improba...
God can be trusted
April 09, 2012
Once I heard someone declare that God was like an umbrella, always standing between you and all the trouble raining down. My first thought was, then he's a pretty crappy umbrella. What's the use o...
Why I am speaking at the Mormon Transhumanist Conference
April 03, 2012
Late last year, I explained why I (a non-Mormon) had joined the Mormon Transhumanist Association. I felt like re...
Jesus the Insurgent
April 02, 2012
*This is the fourth in a series of essays on Christianity as Anthropology. Read the previous entries [here](http://micahredding.com/blo...
Walter Wink
March 22, 2012
Walter Wink is primarily significant to me for his work in defining the concept of The Powers and tying that together with Christus Victor atonement theory. Briefly put, his idea is that the scriptu...
Aliens among us
March 22, 2012
I believe there are aliens among us. That is, I believe that there are non-human creatures deeply involved in our own existence. Of course, you believe in them too. You may call them things like *sch...
The Works of The Devil
March 19, 2012
For the past two weeks, I've been exploring the nature and rise of human evil. We're about to move into the New Testament, but before w...
The Flip
March 15, 2012
When you flip a coin, it's customary to ask the other person, "heads or tails?" That choice is meaningless. You picking "tails" doesn't change the probability of you getting what you want. It could ...
Ancient Israel vs The Blood Gods
March 12, 2012
*This is the second post in a series on Christianity as Anthropology. In this, I'm sketching out in quick narrative form a synthesis of...
References for Christianity as Anthropology
March 11, 2012
Most of my currently forming understanding of Christianity sees it as a confrontation with the political, systemic, and psychological forces that shaped humanity from the beginning. My understanding i...
Escaping Google
March 10, 2012
Recently Google has changed its privacy policy, causing a lot of people to feel uneasy about the amount of search history that Google has on them. Lifehacker and the EFF have put together guides for ...
Why are humans Evil?
March 06, 2012
Some comments on a recent post brought up the question of why humans are moral. Is it because there is a God,...
Death and The Knowledge of Good and Evil
March 06, 2012
Let's talk about Adam and Eve and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Many people believe this story is about the first humans becoming mortal. God had warned Adam and Eve that in taking th...
Arguing about the Bible
March 05, 2012
I grew up arguing about the bible. Son of a preacher-man, raised in one of the most biblically-obsessed religious groups in America, I like to think that I know how to argue it well. But the toughes...
The Morality of The Rational, and How We Shape Meaning from The Void
February 29, 2012
I was recently talking to someone about how uncertain everything is. There are different opinions on everything - from what's really happening in politics to the healthiest diet to follow. With so m...
Theistic Reality
February 29, 2012
Theistic Reality is a term I coined (for myself, anyway) to refer to the set of expectations we would have about a reality in which God exists. Since it is nearly impossible to define what "God" means...
Non-Metaphysical Christianity
February 24, 2012
The understanding of Christianity and the scriptures as speaking directly to experienced realities, rather than trying to map metaphysical existence. This view was inspired [here](http://micahredding...
Panentheism
February 24, 2012
Panentheism is the understanding of God as intimately connected to, and yet beyond, the universe we experience. This is distinct from pantheism, which sees the universe as equivalent to God. Panenthe...
Good and Evil, Paradox and Contradiction
February 23, 2012
Sorry things are a little slow lately. I've been working on some big thoughts, trying to fit them together and make them dance. But in the meantime, let me share a few thoughts about good and evil. ...
The Solipsist's Fallacy
February 14, 2012
Solipsism is the belief that you can never truly know if anyone else is real. This is a common endpoint for philosophy, the reductio ad absurdum at the end of long chains of reasoning. It's what ...
The Existence of God?
February 13, 2012
I'm writing this for my atheist friends who see no reason or justification for believing in God - not to convince them, but to give them a window into my own thought processes, and an alternative to m...
Deus Ex Machina
February 10, 2012
In Insurrection, Peter Rollins critiques the Deus Ex Machina. This is the god that, in ancient Greek plays, ...
The Skulls, Bones and The Power of Law
February 09, 2012
The Skulls is a fictitious movie based on Yale's notorious secret Skull and Bones society. It follows the path of a new initiate through the process of gettin...
Historical Narrative Interpretation
February 04, 2012
The idea that the scriptures should be understood as stories and conversations arising within particular circumstances in world history. As such, they should not be interpreted as if we were reading a...
Wisdom
February 03, 2012
I need wisdom. More than anything in my life, I need to be able to see my way forward, to evaluate the choices ahead of me. I've always been a consumer of knowledge, someone who couldn't leave well e...
The Vast Economy
January 31, 2012
Increasingly, I have come to believe that the world is best understood as a Vast Economy, an ecosystem encompassing all the small economies we know about and measure, utilizing our every choice, from ...
I am more fundamentalist than you
January 19, 2012
At the beginning of the 20th century, prominent religious leaders got together and formed a list of five fundamentals - the items of belief that they thought were non-negotiable elements of Christian ...
Who I am
January 15, 2012
I write about life on the curve of accelerating change, christianity as the anti-religion, and my attempts at adventures and excursions in the new world. I currently run two emails lists, one for my...
Why I hate religion, but love Jesus
January 13, 2012
This video has been making the rounds, stirring up a lot of attention and commentary, and causing at least a few people to drop the f-word into some Chris...
Religion is practice
January 09, 2012
Some things take practice. But when the practice is over, we must act. Religion, as it exists throughout the world and through history, is practice. It prepares the mind with deep thoughts, meditati...
Peter Rollins and the Deception of Living in the Moment
January 04, 2012
Lately I've been reading Peter Rollins, and in doing so, have become very suspicious of anything that might provide a false sense of security. Like every being or creatur...
Ancient Israelite Violence and The Christian View of The Old Testament
January 03, 2012
Some atheist friends of mine are having a discussion about this verse in Leviticus: > If a man lies with a male as with a wo...
2012 week-by-week changes
January 01, 2012
Read the setup here. These are my [changes for 2012]. Week 1: Drink no soda. *If anything, this experiment had a negative im...
New year's resolve: change
January 01, 2012
This year, my only resolution is to change. I've made my share of resolutions, goals, and ambitions, and so my relationship with such things is firmly in the "it's complicated" category. I may talk ...
Artists, Developers, and The Deep Structures of The New World
December 28, 2011
Software is swallowing the world. This is nothing new. From the moment human consciousness sprang into being, it has been trying to remake the world in its image. Consciousness is, after all, fundam...
Peter Rollins and Experiencing God
December 25, 2011
In Insurrection, Peter Rollins critiques the way in which various religious movements attempt to experience God. One approach is the one taken by [Chick Trac...
imputed righteousness, part 2
December 23, 2011
I've just written how reading Paul's statements on guilt changed my whole way of thinking, and switched my mind to...
imputed righteousness and switching tracks
December 19, 2011
In my ongoing quest to remove everything unreal from my religious life, I've run head-on into the concept of imputed righteousness. If you're not familiar with the idea, it's the cornerstone of Cal...
will christianity die without church?
December 16, 2011
One response I've often gotten to my beliefs is the assertion that without churches and institutions, Christianity would cease to be passed on to future generations, and cease to spread through societ...
a broken world
December 12, 2011
It's very common to hear religious people talk about living in a "broken world". I may have even heard someone use that as an excuse a time or two. Certainly there are bad things in the world. People...
Peter Rollins and the Death of Religion
December 09, 2011
I'm currently reading Peter Rollins' brilliant and incisive book "Insurrection". One of the primary ideas is that on the cross, Jesus lost everything *including God himself...
christianity is hard
December 09, 2011
I think Christianity is hard. That's kind of a rough thing to say, and instantly brings up all kinds of objections. But it seems to be fairly clear in the gospels that Jesus doesn't expect people to...
i am orthodox
December 01, 2011
I don't have much use for the term Orthodox. I think it means "within the bounds of historic Christianity", but those bounds have been moving ever since Jesus forgot to specify which disciple got to c...
The Most Powerful Being and the Simulation Argument
December 01, 2011
As a disclaimer, this is a thought experiment, not an attempt at a scientific argument. Okay, so continuing my thoughts on the [Simulation Argument](http://micahredding.com/blog/2011/11/23/int...
The Simulation Argument, remixed
November 30, 2011
The other day I published my Introduction to the Simulation Argument, to some interesting reactions. Although it's a very si...
A decade of being vegetarian - and why I chose to stop
November 28, 2011
This is an excerpt from my email list. Click the link to get more memos like this one. I've been a vegetarian for just about a decade. The other day, I ...
what is real
November 28, 2011
I think the New Testament is obsessed with the question of what is real. Of course, this is amply predated earlier in the scriptures. The Jewish prophets spent a lot of time and energy telling people...
An Introduction to the Simulation Argument
November 23, 2011
In 2003, Nick Bostrom published his Simulation Argument, and shook the landscape of philosophy. The basic idea is easy to describe. For the past few decades, w...
i am not hurt
November 23, 2011
In reading many, many things that have been written about people who have left or are leaving church, one thing seems to be consistent. They have been hurt. This makes sense, for a lot of reasons. ...
Christianity reborn
November 21, 2011
Today, I'm starting a new email list about Christianity as the anti-religion. I care a lot about my religion. And the thing that concerns me the most is that, as the maj...
How to contact me
November 20, 2011
I care about my interactions with people more than almost anything else. But I'm not very good at keeping up with all kinds of different communications technologies coming at me at the same time. As a...
Productivity is just work
November 18, 2011
The other day, I wrote a post declaring that I will no longer try to increase my productivity. This doesn't mean I won't ...
I will not increase my productivity
November 16, 2011
New resolve: I will not attempt to increase my productivity. For years now, sites like Lifehacker and the original 43 Folders functioned by telling ...
What I want in my backpack
November 14, 2011
As conversant as I've been with the minimalist world, you'd think I might have achieved some level of minimalism by now. Far from it. I've rid myself of lots of things, moved a lot of stuff from my ...
Notepad
November 10, 2011
Today I decided to experiment with writing and sharing my thoughts as they came to me, using this post as a sort of notepad of constant updates. Here's what resulted. A lot of people say that ...
Christianity is a platform
November 07, 2011
Christianity is a platform, and platforms are measured by their generativity. For a long time, Christianity has been seen as a sort of closed box, a looped off container holding certain ideas togeth...
How 1 Corinthians 11 is actually a statement about female equality
October 30, 2011
1 Corinthians 11 is one of the most interesting statements about female equality in the scriptures. Certainly, it's not the most clear. Nor is it the most profound - and yet, because it exposes the fa...
What I want in my backpack (list)
October 29, 2011
So here's what I want in my backpack. 5 t-shirts. Various shades and textures of gray and black. 2 pairs of jeans. One for nicer settings, one for longer commutes. 1 belt. 1 pair of general p...
The beginning of thought
October 18, 2011
This is an ever-changing launching point for various ideas I'm working on. The universe bends towards order and complexity. Far from being opposed to the laws of thermodynamics (entropy), this move...
The beginning of thought: Writing like a wiki?
October 18, 2011
In exploring the edges of my ability to write and explain myself cohesively, I've sometimes sketched out thoughts without full explanation or analysis or defense. And I've been surprised to see those ...
Thought on baptism
October 14, 2011
Baptism is a ceremony or ritual where some individual pledges themselves to a larger religious group or movement. John saw it as a pledge to repentance, Peter saw it as a pledge to forgiveness, Paul s...
Thoughts on Science and Religion
October 10, 2011
The relationship between science and religion has been discussed and debated for a long time now, with very little apparent progress in many quarters. I love science. I admire the genius of the scien...
Believe or Don't Believe
October 05, 2011
Belief in God amounts to a perception that the universe is bending towards good. Good is winning out, complexity is increasing, beauty is spreading. If you accept that, then the lines of our future ...
Paul
October 03, 2011
A lot of people who really like Jesus, really don't like Paul. One book puts it like this: everything good in Christianity came from Jesus, everything bad came from Paul. This sort of makes sense. A...
Christianity against religion
October 02, 2011
Recently, I've had renewed interest in presenting a viewpoint I worked years and years to realize. When I was working on understanding it, I assumed that once I finished researching, I would be able t...
Who I will be
October 02, 2011
I do not yet know who I will be. Maybe I won't know until I get there, maybe I'll only know in retrospect, that in that moment I was and I was truly. But I think somehow it comes down to this, th...
speak
September 24, 2011
The first chapter of the gospel of John famously connects Jesus to the Word. I've always understood that to refer to the spoken word of God, the same word that said "Let there be light", and spoke t...
Why I joined the Mormon Transhumanist Association
September 21, 2011
Recently, I've become convinced that the singularity is upon us. I don't mean this in the sense of an impending mass human upload, or a cyborg takeover, or some other apocalyptic scenario; I mean th...
Religion is justice
September 19, 2011
Most people frame religion as primarily an ethical phenomenon, concerned with how people behave and conduct society. I think that's incorrect. It fails to account for prevailing interest in deities an...
Reading List
September 16, 2011
Here are the books that I consider foundational for me. Not because I agree with all of them, but because they are all part of me. The Physics of Immortality The Origin of Consciousness in the Br...
Language
September 16, 2011
I used to think that maybe we could find new words, and re-express Christianity in different language. Right now, I think that idea is probably futile. Christianity without the language of fall, rede...
Disrupt
September 16, 2011
We're all looking for something to disrupt our life - to lift from us the heavy weight of free will and personal choice. Don't settle for the easy answers to this longing....
How to believe in Immortality
September 01, 2011
I'm aware that this may turn off some people. That's okay. Jump to the bottom if this is you. // For a few hundred years now, the general scientific consensus has been that immortality is at best un...
Belief Inventory
September 01, 2011
I have stumbled onto some unusual beliefs in my life, and thought it'd be interesting to try to catalog what they are. fulfilled eschatology (preterism, transmillennialism, post-apocalyptic) chri...
Protocols: Milk Crates
August 31, 2011
I'm starting to publicly document the techniques I use for going about things, not because my ways are the best, or I am some kind of authority, but because improvement comes when previously unacknowl...
Protocols: Files
August 31, 2011
I've decided to begin putting down my own personal approaches to things as "protocols", both for myself, and for anyone who might derive some utility from this bizarre practice. File naming: *...
Tools
August 24, 2011
Tools for your digital life Dropbox - all your important files, backed up to the cloud as you work. The most seamless and understandable solution. Simplenote - store all your plain text files and sni...
Jesus identifies
July 07, 2011
There's a lot of confusion about the meaning of Jesus' death. I don't mean that the average person doesn't get what the theologians are telling them - I mean that the upshot of most of the discussion ...
Ancient Israelite Violence and The Morality of Roadkill
May 13, 2011
This morning I started thinking about a Jewish law which prohibits prostitutes from putting money into the temple treasury. I've always had a problem with this idea - after all, why should you avoid d...
Why I hate business
January 27, 2011
I actually love enterprise. I love the idea of individuals and small groups of people getting together and building something wonderful, and having that wonderful something produce prosperity for them...
Libertarians and Airport Body-Scans
December 10, 2010
I've been thinking about the libertarian position on airport full-body scans. It might be a little tricky at first to decide what that position would be. After all, libertarians are known, above all,...
Philosophy of information
October 31, 2010
Going forward, the world will be increasingly centered around information. And so it is necessary to understand a few things about information. 1) Information has no location. At a fundamental level,...
Year Zero
October 01, 2010
I started writing this in February. Time to hit publish. :) -Micah This year, for me, is Year Zero. Why? Well, one good reason is that it's year zero of the new decade. Calendar nerds will tell you ...
Different kinds of Mementos
August 25, 2010
I tend to collect clutter - a LOT of clutter. Most of the things I collect fall under the broad category of "mementos", and I keep them for that reason - to remind me of things I've long forgotten, to...
Twilight and the burden of free will
July 28, 2010
I watched the movie Eclipse recently. I'm not a Twilight fan, but - well, we all have people in our lives, don't we? One moment in particular stood out to me. In the middle of the one of the most int...
Two thoughts I posted to Twitter
May 01, 2010
These are two things I wrote on Twitter earlier today. Thought I would archive them here as well. I'm a conservative in this respect: I think the scriptures give us an inside look at a moment in hist...
In the first century
May 01, 2010
It is the middle of the 1st century, near downtown Corinth, just after dark on a Saturday evening. People are strolling towards the Miller's house. The Millers are a lower-level wealthy family, so th...
The New Testament Message
April 30, 2010
There are many things I do not understand about the New Testament, and the mentality behind what the New Testament authors wrote. But I think I understand this. In Jesus, God was declaring the sins ...
How Christianity Sold its Soul
April 22, 2010
In 325 AD, Christianity sold its soul to Constantine and the Roman Empire. The most peaceful movement in world history beat their plows into swords, and their pruning hooks into knives. And so began t...
The Structure of Human Hope: speculations on immortality
April 18, 2010
In my previous posts (1, 2, 3), I've tried to be careful not to offer any speculation on the actual nature of resurrection or immortality. Instead, I've tried to follow the scriptures, and simply hold...
The Structure of Human Hope: personal eschatology
April 18, 2010
As I've hinted in my previous posts (1, 2), I think God means that there is progress and growth for infinity, that our efforts and actions reverberate down through eternity, and that there are always ...
The Structure of Human Hope: in the first century
April 16, 2010
In my previous post, I outlined what I think reality must be like in order for human hope to persist. Now I want to examine how that looked in the first century. The New Testament scriptures begin w...
The Structure of Human Hope
April 16, 2010
There are many philosophies of the future, many perspectives on how society progresses, and many thoughts on what gives us hope. It seems by now to have been well-established that humans need hope in...
Night Sky
April 14, 2010
Tonight I looked up at the clouds, and the sky beyond them, and the stars beyond that. And I thought that people were not meant to live only under the clouds, but that one day, we might climb up a lit...
Jesus' triumph and coronation
April 12, 2010
Biblically speaking, Jesus' triumph, his victory over the forces mounted against him, and the completion of his own internal struggle, was on the cross. Dying, he conquered. His crucifixion was his ex...
Conversations with God?
April 10, 2010
Awhile ago, I watched a movie about the author of "Conversations with God". The author and main character, Neal Donald Walsh, claims to have heard from God over an extended period of time. In these co...
Building The New World
March 31, 2010
The earth is an open globe in a wide-open universe. We do not have to be constrained. We do not live in a world of scarcity. We are free. We must realize that humanity lives by cooperation. From supe...
The meaning of the word "God"
March 02, 2010
I want to make it clear that when I talk about "God", I don't know exactly what I'm talking about. I mean, I don't want to overstate things here. I don't want you to hear something I'm not saying. "I...
Empty Pockets
February 16, 2010
My dream is to walk out of my house with nothing in my pockets (no keys, no ID, no credit cards) and to walk into the world a free and unencumbered person. And to have this be perfectly fine. I'm a l...
The Many & Great Commissions
February 08, 2010
People throughout the scriptures receive a call - a mission that infuses their life with purpose, and compels them through danger, sacrifice, and doubt to reach the ends to which they have been driven...
Dealing with intense disagreement about beliefs
February 08, 2010
There are a variety of views on homosexuality, and that's the truth. To be rough and general, three of these perspectives are: 1) Being gay is an abomination2) I don't necessarily think that homosexu...
Paddling into the waves
February 06, 2010
I wrote this on October 8, 2008, 10:51pm. It has been here waiting ever since. It has been long enough. -micah Today I set out to understand myself. My peculiar mix of emotions and thoughts and ...
Life, The Multiverse, and Everything
February 01, 2010
I'm a big believer in the multiverse. I can't quite explain why, but from the first time I heard the concept, I knew it was true. It just made deep, intuitive sense. Sometimes I have trouble understa...
Kings and Heroes
January 27, 2010
There is a lot of confusion about what exactly Jesus teaches us to be. Many people on TV would suggest that Jesus came to teach us how to be happy. There is a lot of validity to that thought, but some...
every moment is valuable
January 24, 2010
Every moment is valuable all by itself. But sometimes other moments help us see that. At one point in my life I was extremely distressed. I walked out into the darkness, and eventually laid down behi...
One mind?
January 18, 2010
Yesterday, it occurred to me how much of our human relationships are characterized by guilt or judgment. Guilt and being judgmental are two sides of the same blade, and that blade separates people int...
converge
January 18, 2010
Ever since I was 15, I've identified myself primarily as a songwriter. It is what I do, and who I am. And ever since I began performing, I've begun segmenting myself. There is the side of me that per...
Science Fiction and Jesus
January 05, 2010
Science fiction has been defined as story in which the environment is a character. I just watched Avatar the other day, and it fits the definition both technically, and in a deeper sense. The movie A...
Jesus Movement
December 28, 2009
In the first century, Jesus of Nazareth walked into history and left an impact that reverberated throughout the world. No one before had left such a mark. In the wake of his short, amazing life, an su...
Jesus is Lord
December 13, 2009
This is my rough take on a series of very complex subjects. Be warned. One of the most threatening enemies of early Christianity was gnosticism. And gnosticism was a threat for a very solid reason: ...
Forgiveness thought
November 08, 2009
Think about this.Jesus went around forgiving people, and claiming the authority to forgive sins. Further, he freely offered this forgiveness, without requiring anything of the people who sought him.Bu...
3 things that have inspired me
October 24, 2009
Just a short list of things that have inspired me to really feel life, even if only briefly. A New Earth ...made me look at leaves differently, made me feel alive http://eckharttolle.com/a_new_earth ...
Living in the Cloud: Google Voice
July 28, 2009
On a slight tangent, I just got accepted to beta test Google Voice. I definitely suggest putting your name on the invitation list. But how does this relate to living lightly? Google Voice is a tool f...
Living in the Cloud
July 23, 2009
I want to start writing about a subject that fascinates me: how to live lightly. This involves many things. For me, it ideally means Traveling with only one bag Carrying very few things in my pock...
Favorite Rule Ever
January 05, 2009
I found this while engaging in New Year's Resolution-ing: "People who shop at Walmart should not be allowed to complain that anything they buy, anywhere, is made in China." - Rustic Princess...
The Greatest New Year's Resolution Ever
January 05, 2009
We're setting out to accomplish our resolutions for the new year. And they're going to be entirely different than anything you've ever seen. The first problem with most resolutions is that they shoot...
Reading the Bible literally?
December 19, 2008
I'm not going to use this post to critique literal readings of the Bible. Instead, I want to paraphrase The Princess Bride, and point out: "I don't think that word means what you think it means".A lon...
The Golden Compass: Killing God?
December 11, 2008
I just finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, of which The Golden Compass is the first book. I know, I'm late on this one. The first book came out in 1995, and the movie caused a big uproar last C...
Patterns
December 09, 2008
Many of the things we are tempted to chalk up to goodness and decency are really just patterns.For example, being "masculine" or "feminine". In the past, these were seen as characteristics that decent...
Apocalypse: Been There, Done That
December 08, 2008
I've just finished writing up an article about why I believe the Second Coming has already happened. It's relatively short, far from comprehensive, and is only an attempt to look at the basics. Essent...
Interpreting The Bible: A Start
December 05, 2008
If our task is discover the story which makes sense of all the Bible's complexity, we need an idea of where to start. The Bible is complex, and understanding the big picture is hard. And as a result, ...
Interpreting The Bible: The Basics
November 27, 2008
Logic There is only one domain of human knowledge that trades in absolute certainty, and that is Propositional Logic. For that very reason, a lot of our traditions have approached the Bible as if it...
Zehnder: the band, the men, the mission
November 10, 2008
I received Zehnder's newest album: "Going Up" the other day. It's being offered as worship music.It sounds quite unique. I wonder if they anticipate other people singing along to this? I don't really ...
Christianity in my life
November 09, 2008
I grew up in a series of churches that could be described as legalistic and ultra-conservative. But those designations aren't really important. The important word is shallow.It would have been easy fo...
ColdPlay on SNL: Saturday Night Live
October 25, 2008
I watched the Coldplay performance on SNL tonight. I imagine there will be a lot of different impressions of the songs, but I felt like Christ Martin demonstrated himself to be someone who throws hims...
Thinking about Genesis
October 17, 2008
I have been doing some reading about Genesis, the beginnings of humanity, and the evolutionary account of human origins. It strikes me that a bit of clarity in thinking is in order. One may take sever...
The New Mystics
October 16, 2008
I am currently reading The New Mystics, by John Crowder - the guy who wants to "toke God". As has been mentioned by others, the primary feeling one has in reading this book is cognitive dissonance. Ho...
A biblical pattern
September 30, 2008
I'd like to get feedback on this. Here's a pattern I see in the bible. First, Genesis 1:Begin: the earth is formless and void and dark.Day 0: God said: "Let there be light!"Day 1: Divided the Light fr...
A Christian Band? - embedding Christianity in life
September 29, 2008
This is from my personal adventure blog. It deals with an alternate approach to how Christianity plays in public today. I call that approach embedded Christianity.This weekend I was asked for the tho...
A Christian Band?
September 28, 2008
This weekend I was asked for the thousandth time if my band is a "Christian band". It's a tricky question - with many ramifications on either side. If I say, "Yes, we are a Christian band", then I p...
Music
September 26, 2008
When I was growing up, the church I was part of was offended by Christian music. According to the argument, worship only occurred in the church, without the use of instruments. Therefore, any music th...
Daring Ravine Driving - our first day in Colorado
September 18, 2008
It was our first day in Colorado. We arrived in Colorado Springs to play in the Glen Eyrie Castle. The only trouble was getting our trailer and equipment TO the castle. Turns out, they don't make cas...
Apocalypse: Been There, Done That
September 16, 2008
Ever since I started thinking about the second coming of Jesus, this dumb title has been stuck in my head. So I'm running with it. I believe that the Apocalypse, Armageddon, the Second Coming of Jesu...
There Is No Hell (part 6), Conclusion
September 15, 2008
CONCLUSION That's my viewpoint. I've established that Hades and Sheol and Tartarus were places for the dead to wait for judgment. I've established that Hades is only temporary, and so the Rich man's...
There Is No Hell (part 4), The Scriptures, Outer Darkness
September 15, 2008
WEEPING AND GNASHING, or WHO TURNED THE LIGHTS OUT? Matthew 8:11-12 (also Mt 22:13; Mt 25:30; see Mt 13:42,50; Mt 24:51 and Luke 13:28) 11 "I say to you that many will come from east and west, and re...
There Is No Hell (part 3), The Scriptures, Getting Destructed
September 15, 2008
GEHENNA Gehenna is the greek word for the Valley of Hinnom, a burning rubbish pit outside of Jerusalem. It was used to burn up trash and refuse. Jesus uses the metaphor of Gehenna to talk about the h...
There Is No Hell (part 1)
September 15, 2008
There is no hell. Period. The bible never once mentions it. It's simply not there. Instead, we have clear indications of what DOES exist, and it's not at all like hell. Now, by "hell", I mean the id...
There Is No Hell (part 5), The Use of Language
September 15, 2008
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE The lens through which I would naturally view the bible, and the lens through which the original audience viewed the bible, are very different. We have statements like "Mel...
There Is No Hell (part 2) - The Scriptures, Waiting Around
September 15, 2008
The Scriptures Let's take a quick but complete look at the scriptures that people use to prove hell. Since translations sometimes like to blur the distinctions between the words the original writers ...
Quality of Light
September 08, 2008
I was walking down the block to check my mail, and I noticed the light. It was just before night, just before twilight actually, and the ambiance of the sky mixed with the streetlights. It illuminated...
Unintended Consequences
September 04, 2008
Greg Newton posted a good piece about the Uncertainty of Justice over at Emergent Village.It's easy to talk about justice. It's harder to actually do justice.As he points out, even something like givi...
Beyond Polarization
September 02, 2008
People often say, "God is not a democrat or republican". This is a welcome change from a few years ago, when people often claimed that a Christian could only vote for a particular political party, or ...
A trick this gas station used
August 26, 2008
When I was driving through the country-side, looking for the opportunity to refuel, I came upon a gas station selling fuel for $3.19. Or so I thought. Since gas prices had just been over $4.00, this w...
King of Nature
August 05, 2008
Today, I walked beside the lake. It was pretty - and I use that word only because "beautiful" is overdone. Beside the lake was anything but overdone. The grass ran right up the water's edge, and a ha...
About
August 05, 2008
Micah Redding is a world-adventurer, philosopher, and songwriter. He recently returned from touring the Middle East with his rock band The Redding Brothers. He believes that rock & roll can save t...
Parallels
July 29, 2008
Inspired by "Everything Must Change", by Brian McLaren, here is a list of parallels.Thinking you can avoid the result of sexual promiscuity through abortion, and...Thinking you can avoid the result of...
I'm Not There: Bob Dylan and The Spirit
July 23, 2008
I first watched I'm Not There at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville. It's a film based on the many lives of Bob Dylan, who is played by six different characters, including Kate Blanchett. It's not your...
God Does Not Belong to Anyone
July 20, 2008
God does not belong to anyone.The merchants of God try to sell him, putting "half price!" and "deep discount!" stickers on him, wrapping ribbons and bows around his little box.But he is not theirs to ...
Starbucks in the Middle East
May 22, 2008
Today I went to Starbucks. This was a Starbucks on a last-stop base in Kuwait, where soldiers come before finally reaching Iraq. My brother came through here when he went through his deployment.I've g...
The Last Night in Africa
May 13, 2008
Tonight was our greatest show so far - and to think it would be in the African desert.I got up this morning, and walked 4 miles in the blazing sun, in a place where humidity reaches 100%. I'm not a su...
Music as Community
April 24, 2008
For a while now, I've been quite aware of the whole "Musician-as-Entrepreneur" community. This community revolves around re-visualizing the artist as the small business-person. And it has done some pr...
What is Community? Part 2 : Community is Creation
April 03, 2008
What IS community? Is it shared location? Shared experiences? Shared beliefs? Is it even possible to have significant community without the benefit of physical presence?I think so, but I think we need...
What is Community?
April 02, 2008
What IS community?This is something that I'm going to be thinking about for awhile.Community has traditionally referred to a geographically integrated group of people. This kind of community shares co...
Going public with my ideas
March 17, 2008
I am a grand schemer; I devise plans not just for me, but for the world. And a small part of those ideas get put into practice, and change things. But most of it goes undone.During the weekend in Atla...
Going public with my ideas
March 16, 2008
I am a grand schemer; I devise plans not just for me, but for the world. And a small part of those ideas get put into practice, and change things. But most of it goes undone.During the weekend in Atla...
Babies see pure color, or, Why Pink?
March 04, 2008
Scientists have discovered that babies see colors differently than adults. Where babies see things are they "are", adults process colors through the filter of their language. Apparently, people who sp...
The Rules of Pull-Throughs
March 02, 2008
To the uninitiated, the term "pull-through" may not mean much. But it is a term ripe with meaning. Sometimes it masquerades as "pull-thru" or "pll-thrgh", but the latter is only prevalent among people...
The moment is perfect
February 23, 2008
One night this past Fall, it was a bit warm in my bedroom. Outside, though, the temperature was just perfect. So I pushed open the window and lay in bed with the perfectly tuned breeze wafting through...
A Vast Wilderness
February 20, 2008
Every day I teach, I take a 20-minute drive from Nashville to Murfreesboro. This drive is nothing at all compared to the pain of the morning commute into Nashville everyday.In fact, the drive just fli...
Finally Legal
February 07, 2008
For the first time in years, I'm actually a legitimate resident of a state. That state happens to be Tennessee.For the entire time I was living in WV, I had a Washington State driver's license. Once I...
Politics, again
February 06, 2008
I apologize if I offended anyone with my last couple of posts. I wasn't trying to paint a bleak or pessimistic picture; I'm very optimistic about humanity. But I felt the need to testify to the truth...
Here's to Politics
February 05, 2008
Here's politics and the world in a few hundred words.Law is violence. A "law" is just the statement, "do this or we will kill you". Tax law means "pay taxes or we will lock you up in jail, or shoot yo...
Alternatives to Politics
February 05, 2008
If politics is about who controls the guns (and it is), what alternatives can we create? Here are some ideas:Most people view "law" as a series of statements about what we value. As in, "we hold marri...
Social Networks
January 01, 2008
Connect with The Redding Brothers on any and all of these social networks:FacebookiLikeLast.fmMyspacePurevolumeFlickrYouTubeBeboVIRBimeemTwitter...
Biography
January 01, 2008
Three guys who grew up listening to their dad play Johnny Cash tunes on an acoustic guitar have embraced the spirit of independent rock & roll. From the backwoods of West Virginia, the dust of Okl...
The Physics of Immortality (2007)
January 01, 2008
The latest thought-provoking release from the band that invented Rock Philosophy. The Physics Of Immortality...
Tour Calendar
January 01, 2008
2/24/2006 - Teays Valley Cinemas - Scott Depot, WV3/9/2007 - Charleston Civic Center Theater - Charleston, WV...
I'm Not There: Bob Dylan and The Spirit
December 28, 2007
I watched I'm Not There last night at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. It's a film based on the many lives of Bob Dylan, who is played by six different characters, including Kate Blanchett. I 'm not...
Proof vs. The Bible
December 20, 2007
I like proofs.I find beauty in elegant mathematical facts, strung together to establish surprising truths with rock-hard precision.But as I've gotten older, I've reluctantly realized that bible study ...
Two Views of Jesus
December 17, 2007
I read an article the other day which was intent on drawing the battle lines across our culture.It stated that there were two views of Jesus in common circulation: the view that Jesus is God, and the ...
Back in the Saddle Again...
December 10, 2007
I'm actually too young to be sure if the title of this post makes a meaningful reference or not. I'm guessing it does, however, and am continuing on that assumption.For the past few months, I haven't ...
Things to Learn in Lexington
October 16, 2007
A couple of points:Towers are tall. And wobbly.Everyone should drink Choco Giraffello - a chocolate drink from Mexico, with a hint of cayenne.You can't order pizza in Wilmore, KY late at night.8 peopl...
Trip to Iowa City
October 02, 2007
We took a trip up to the fabulous land of Iowa City, Iowa for a big show. The Marriot we stayed at had a very helpful sign to let us know not to drive up on the grass.On Friday, we decided to drive...
Cupid Takes on The World
September 26, 2007
This past weekend, I was at a conference where entertainers of all types performed in front of college students from all over. We performed too.One of the performances that struck me was a "spoken wor...
Kings among Stars
September 24, 2007
This weekend, I was in Iowa City, Iowa for a conference in which hundreds of college students from tons of colleges gather to find entertainment to bring to their campuses. For the entire weekend, per...
Climbing Mount Walmart
September 12, 2007
Yesterday, my tires desperately needed patching from whatever it was I had put them through, so I took a trip to my local Walmart. Getting tires patched is usually a 5-10-15 minute job or so, so I did...
The Land of Canadia
August 30, 2007
Just got back from my travels in Canadia. There are a lot of things that are great about that wonderful land, including the metric system, degrees in Celcius, bilingual everything, Tim Horton's, the M...
Detaining a Criminal - the Life of Micah
August 30, 2007
In my bio, I refer to a time when I detained a criminal while waiting for the police to arrive. I was recently asked for details about this incident, so I thought I would convey the story. A warning: ...
The Most Basic Human Desire
August 08, 2007
The most basic human desire is to "have" another person, to possess the essence of someone else.But you can't.You can come close sometimes. You can marry someone. You can have a child, which depends o...
Christianity is Chinese
August 07, 2007
China will be the most Christian nation on earth.In this article, the author suggests that Christianity is on the verge of becoming China-centric. Christianity is growing faster in China than in anywh...
4 MONTHS of Songs of The Week!
August 01, 2007
If you haven't noticed yet, we've just completed FOUR MONTHS of writing, recording, and releasing one new song every week - every Saturday at midnight. In doing so, we've had a lot of variety, from sa...
The 9th of Av: The Temple Falls, The Messiah Appears
July 23, 2007
According to Wikipedia, and the Jewish websites I've been able to peruse, today (July 24th), is the 9th of Av. What is the 9th of Av? Most importantly, it is the date of the Destruction of both the Fi...
WHAT is God?
July 16, 2007
For me to think your faith holds any credibility, you need to have read and digested something like this:Why Does God Hate Amputees?It's a scathing critique of theism, and as crass as it sounds, it ma...
Travel and Life
July 02, 2007
We just got back from a great weekend, involving a trip to WV, spending some time with our grandparents, hauling a large radio antenna across town on top of our car, getting stung by a wasp, staying o...
Branching Out: Paducah, KY
June 15, 2007
When we announced that we were looking at Paducah, KY as our next stop for a large CD release concert, we were asked on several occasions, “Why Paducah?” to which our immediate response was almost uni...
Good is Not Negative
June 14, 2007
In response to my post on The Problem of Evil, some atheists over at Way of The Mind have been discussing the issue. The relevant argument they've been making is that my reasoning means that there are...
What is Identity?
June 11, 2007
"Bob isn't the man he used to be.""You aren't the same person I fell inlove with.""What happened to that little girl I used to hold on my knee?"Every day, we become a different person than we were the...
(A Few) More Thoughts on The Problem of Evil
June 09, 2007
It's been a few days since I published my answer to The Problem of Evil, and I've gotten some interesting responses. I didn't realize when I set out to write it how much it would affect me. Thanks to ...
Secrets of the Universe...
June 04, 2007
Just to let you know, I do have another blog, in which I am busy answering all the secrets of the universe. Just beware - religion is involved. Ooooh...scary.Currently, I am addressing the problem of ...
The Problem of Evil, part 3 - And God Saw The Multiverse, And It Was Good
June 03, 2007
If the multiverse, with the collection of all possible histories, really does exist, what does that mean for the Problem of Evil? Why does that solve it, or tell us anything about it?At first glance, ...
The Problem of Evil, part 2 - The Multiverse vs Gnosticism
June 03, 2007
In the previous post, I've tried to establish that the given answers to the Problem of Evil are not only incorrect, but they almost always lead us towards dangerous philosophies that directly oppose t...
The Problem of Evil, part 1 - The Unanswered Question
May 27, 2007
Continuing the thoughts processes brought to the forefront by my recent read of "The Physics of Christianity", I would like to look at how to solve the Problem of Evil with modern physics.The Problem ...
The Physics of Immortality
May 23, 2007
When I was about 13, I read a book called "The Physics of Immortality". Now, 12 years later, the author (Frank Tipler), has released a sequel called "The Physics of Christianity". I recently bought it...
Life in Paducah
May 19, 2007
For the last several weeks, we've been spending almost all of our time in Paducah, KY, a strangely artistic little town on the border of Metropolis, IL (self-proclaimed home of Superman).Last week I w...
It's a Wonderful Life
May 16, 2007
I realized that I am a fortunate person. Even when all kinds of little things in my life are going wrong (my car's radiator and AC condenser got smashed in, leaving me with radiator repair debt and no...
Scarcity vs. Abundance
April 29, 2007
I am troubled by the rise of the belief in the "closed system".As I see it, the world and the universe are an "open system". We are not defined by a limited set of alternatives and resources available...
10 Steps to Enjoying Your Life
April 29, 2007
So I've been mulling over how it is that someone can make sure they enjoy their life. Here are my best guesses at the moment.1. Learn to play an instrument. Guitar or piano always make great conversat...
A New Song-A-Week
April 21, 2007
In case you hadn't read our website recently, we've embarked on a new project: to write a new song every week, record it, and release it by Saturday night at midnight.It's a tough gig forcing creativ...
Secret Fact #2: Liner Notes
April 20, 2007
The way you can tell that you have an original-run of The Physics of Immortality is by reading the lyrics in the liner notes. There are two tracks 11s, and no track 10....
The Second Album, Part 5: Release
April 13, 2007
The big day was finally here: the release party for our second full length album, and the most important concert we'd ever done.Waking up on a day like this is always kind of interesting. I've had thi...
Jesus Camp
April 12, 2007
I just watched "Jesus Camp".I was struck.I realized why people on TV act as if Christians are strange. Apparently, they are. I've never really been around those kind of Christians. Apparently these ar...
Computer Science and Eternal Life
April 11, 2007
Kevin posed an interesting question about post-mortem fate and eternal life. Why are humans fascinated with this subject?Let me answer by going as nerdy as I can, and approaching this question from t...
Blood Diamonds
April 05, 2007
I just finished watching "Blood Diamond", and it inspired my thoughts.One of the main characters kept saying, "When the fighting stops, this place will be paradise; when peace comes, this place will b...
Politics, Religion, and Blood Diamonds
April 05, 2007
More thoughts on "Blood Diamond" from yesterday...One of the politicians in the movie stated that Africa has a history when it comes to natural resources. Any time something valuable is discovered, wh...
"Loud Sounds Bother My Unborn Child", Smoking Mom says
April 04, 2007
In our society, people often want to blame their problems on things outside themselves. Nice example.-micah...
A critique of Government
March 31, 2007
In some circles, I would be classified as liberal.I believe in gender equality. I am against racism, prejudice, and discrimination of many different kinds. I believe in helping people, in doing good f...
A New Kind of Jesus Billboard
March 29, 2007
Hmmmmmm...-micah(PS. Thanks to my friend Andy Ogle for pointing this out to me)...
Metaphors, or "Back from Pittsburgh"
March 27, 2007
We spent a long weekend in Pittsburgh attending the APCA conference, and meeting a lot of wonderful people. It was a very enlightening experience, and I talked to people who had been performing at col...
When Your Job Conflicts with Your Real Life
March 23, 2007
It sounds silly, but what happens when your job conflicts with your real life? When your job keeps you too stressed to function well when you are off?This is a catch-22 situation. If you keep your str...
The Awe of an Atheist
March 19, 2007
Pedro, over at Way of The Mind (an atheist blog) gave a very insightful post about "awe". His perspective is that religion could have seized upon the advance of science to display an even more immense...
Secret Fact #1 - Chauvet
March 17, 2007
This is your first secret fact about the album.Listen to Chauvet with the volume turned up really high. As Gabe was recording the vocals for this song, a couple of people walked in and started laughin...
The Taming of the World - Why America is not a Modern Rome
March 16, 2007
I was considering today how much God has changed the world.Consider the fact that today we have a significant minority of people who feel that capital punishment is WRONG, and feel strongly about it. ...
Back from the Brink of Chaos
March 15, 2007
In the past 3 months or so, I have had hardly any time. Thus, the fact that it has been a while since I posted on this blog. I have been living the crazy, leave-work-and-immediately-leave-town-for-ano...
Who is God? The Secret of the New Covenant
January 15, 2007
I've begun noticing a sort of central theme throughout the New Testament, a concept that seems to undergird most of the basis of the New Covenant. That theme is obvious, yet obviously a unique realiza...
Professor by Day, Rock Star by Night
January 11, 2007
In the story of Spider-man, Peter Parker is always trying to juggle his twin duties of holding down a normal life (as, say, a college student), and living up to the huge demands of being Spider-man. T...
New Apple iPod "iPhone" Phone
January 09, 2007
Apparently Apple has just released a new iPod like "iPhone" that runs Mac OSX. It works in conjunction with Cingular, Google, and Yahoo. And unlike every other gadget on the market, I think I might ac...
Bertrand Russell's Argument against Christianity
January 07, 2007
Kevin Beck posted a great analysis of Bertrand Russell's argument against Christianity.Bertrand Russell said that:1) Jesus said he would return in the first century.2) He didn't return in the first ce...
Did Jesus Create the World? Or did God?
January 05, 2007
In John 1, we are told, God tells how he used Jesus to create the world. But, why does Genesis not mention this? That is what I always wondered, until just recently. You see, John 1 doesn't actually ...
How Wearing Jeans Can Save the World
January 03, 2007
I ran across this article about healthy habits you can develop, and interestingly enough, one of the twelve habits listed was "wear casual clothes whenever possible".No, this is not a joke. Researcher...
The Second Album, Part 4: Completion
January 03, 2007
The day had come to record our drum tracks, the final touch to our album. Some producers might consider that backwards, but up until then, we had been doing all of our recording for instruments and vo...
Rock & Roll Can Save The World...from R&B
January 03, 2007
In the beginning, when black people created music, all was good and right in the world.And the people separated music into two forms: Rock & Roll, and R & B.Each of these forms of music would...
New Years Resolutions ... from 2006
January 02, 2007
A year ago today, I wrote down my resolutions for 2006. How well I've lived up to them is open to discussion, but here they are again.I promised you my resolutions for this year, so here they are: 1...
The Future is More Real Than The Past
January 02, 2007
Kevin Beck wrote this blog about the future. Here was my comment: The future is something that people, by and large, don't believe in. That's why I thought it was amazing when Frank Tipler, a ph...
The Open Future - Creators with God
January 01, 2007
People talk about God having a plan for your life. I think differently. If God planned everyone's life in advance, why should we bother to live it? Even more, if God planned everyone's life in advance...
Were the Founding Fathers atheists?
December 31, 2006
Pedro posted an article claiming that the founding fathers were not Christian, that they were deists, and that they WOULD have been atheists if they had had modern science. Here was my response:The fo...
How to be a weekend Rock Star
December 28, 2006
The Redding Brothers Blog: How to be a weekend Rock StarA great, step-by-step, 10-step guide to becoming a rock star without quitting your day job.-The Carpet-Meister...
How to be a weekend Rock Star
December 28, 2006
Grow your hair long - but not long enough to get you fired from your day job.Tuck it behind your ears during the day to make it seem shorter. Joke about how you've been too busy working to go in fo...
Satan a Snake? Angels are Dragons? Old Testament Word and The Secrets of the Bible
December 27, 2006
I was doing a little browsing and stumbled onto some weird facts that, to me anyway, were rather shocking.1) The Nephilim. In Genesis 6, these are the offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters...
Are Polar Bears an Endangered Species?
December 27, 2006
According to the article below, the White House is considering classifying Polar Bears as an endangered species.The article points out that this is an issue because Polar Bears are loved for their app...
The Simplicity of Revelation and Eschatology
December 26, 2006
Revelation is a very complex book. Most of it is written in symbols only familiar to those steeped in the Jewish religion. And the number of bizarre interpretations of it available make the book very ...
Farewell to the 8-foot poster of Miami Vice
December 22, 2006
Today it drove away. Away to a new home.It was an 8-foot by 8-foot, self-supported, huge cardboard poster of the new Miami Vice movie. We got it from the Teays Valley Cinemas as a victory trophy after...
Featured on Christmas Blog
December 22, 2006
I just got word that my blog has been featured on Adam's yearly Christmas blog-post, linked here:http://adamsweb.us/blog/index.php/a/2006/12/21/carnival_of_christmas_iiThey picked it up because of my ...
Baptism and Eschatology and 70 AD
December 21, 2006
In 1Corinthians 10, Paul compared the post-Exodus Israelites to the first century Christians. His point was to warn of the danger of falling away, and to warn that falling away was a present reality, ...
New medical study finds "Rock & Roll Linked to Saving the World", but further testing needed
December 20, 2006
In a surprise announcement on Saturday, scientists at the University of Doowap Regional Scientific Research Center revealed that a new study had been conducted testing the link between "rock & rol...
Non-Modal Car
December 20, 2006
Aza Raskin (son of Jef Raskin, creator of the Apple Macintosh), posted the following puzzle over at Humanized.com:http://www.humanized.com/weblog/2006/12/15/humanized_interface_puzzler/An interface ha...
SNOW CD Available Just In Time For Christmas
December 19, 2006
The SNOW EP was a project born of interestingness. It began as a concert that we planned to do in December of 2004 at "the Brickhouse", a small hole-in-the-wall kind of venue in St Albans, WV. It woul...
Rock & Roll Can Save The World
December 16, 2006
In a World where Bland Music is the Order of the Day…One band will take a stand against it all…And Pay…The Ultimate Price.…$12.99…Welcome to…Rock & Roll Can Save The World…-micah...
How do YOU pronounce In Excelsis Deo?
December 14, 2006
Imagine this: you're standing around a warm fireplace on Christmas Eve, bundled up in a woolen sweater, with some after-Christmas-feast eggnog in your mittened paws. Aunt Ruth kindly points out that e...
My Day in Court
December 13, 2006
So the other day I went to court. It turns out that we had tried to buy a house a while back, and when the bank appraised the house, they came back and said, "it ain't worth that much". So the deal fe...
Container Lust - the pursuit of the most glorious container
December 11, 2006
Perhaps I should explain something about myself that some people may not know.I am obsessed with containers.That's right, containers. Of all kinds.For example, my room is filled with large, Sterilite ...
My Favorite Christmas Carol
December 07, 2006
If you were to decide on your favorite Christmas carol, what would it be?Maybe the traditional "White Christmas"? I'm dreaming of a...Or the ridiculous "Grandma got run over by a reindeer"?Or the fun ...
Day of Three Car Wrecks
December 04, 2006
On Saturday, we got up very early to go play a show at the Cedar City Christmas Show in Lebanon, TN. It was a pretty awesome event, simply because we made the decision to let Gabe bring his djembe ins...
The Second Album, Part 3: Progress
December 02, 2006
We took the whole weekend and used our time to lay down tracks for 8 songs that will be appearing on our upcoming release, but for the songs we were working with, we decided to use our in-home studio ...
Redding Brothers - The Fantastic Anti-Gravity Device!
November 28, 2006
You may have realized that the Redding Brothers are a little eccentric. What you may not have realized is how deep this really goes. For example, while other families were wasting their time this past...
Generate Your Own Warning Label
November 27, 2006
Who could pass up the chance to create their own warning label? I certainly couldn't, so I went and made one. If you've ever thought that some people need to come with a warning label, make them one.h...
Do We Need Hierarchies?
November 27, 2006
A guy named Sig talks about why we don't need hierarchies in companies, and a friend of his challenged him with a few objections...* Hierarchies are the natural, programmed organizational model hard-...
My Thanks to You
November 26, 2006
This weekend was Thanksgiving. Everybody was eating huge meals, watching parades and football ... and expressing gratitude. It's funny how we feel the need to have holidays for those things we should ...
The Countdown has Begun...
November 24, 2006
Folks, we are busy gearing up for the March 9th, 2007 concert at the Charleston Civic Center. Yes, we are working on it already! What I'd like to tell you are some of the things that are going into th...
Polar Bear Tshirt
November 22, 2006
This is the Shirt you've been waiting for. It says "I Heart Polar Bears", with a big red heart, and it looks like those "I Heart NY" tshirts, only cooler. I dreamed up the "Polar Bear Song" WAAAY too ...
The Christian Libertarian Revolution
November 22, 2006
It's coming, I know it is. The time when Christians will wake up and realize that:"Any government powerful enough to give you whatever you want is also powerful enough to take away everything you have...
Welcome to I Heart Polar Bears!
November 22, 2006
Well, this is it. The phenomenon that is starting to take on a life of its own now has a Blog. It already hasa myspace page: myspace.com/iheartpolarbearsmusican email address: iheartpolarbears@gmail.c...
March 9, 2007 - or, How The Redding Brothers will Rock the World
November 22, 2006
Folks, we are busy gearing up for the March 9th, 2007 concert at the Charleston Civic Center. Yes, we are working on it already! What I'd like to tell you are some of the things that are going into th...
Focus
November 21, 2006
I must be really tired right now, as my eyes are starting to be sore around the edges, and my eyelids are wanting to droop. I suppose that's what happens when you stay up until 1am, and get up at 6am ...
What is Real Music?
November 17, 2006
I wrote this February 19, 2004...not long after I "got off the boat" and landed in WV. It's weird how time seems so compressed sometimes. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy.-micahWhat is good music? I guess th...
Can Musicians Have Opinions?
November 16, 2006
One of the things that has happened in recent years has been the tendency for pop stars to eschew political or other beliefs. (Did you notice me slip the word "eschew" in there casually?)The reason fo...
What's Your Autism Quotient?
November 15, 2006
I took this test to find my Autism Quotient, and I got a 10, which is below average. 11+ is average. This is essentially measuring your inability to socialize...the higher the number, the less ability...
Writing Songs in My Motel Room
November 15, 2006
I have this dream...a dream where I am awake in the wee hours of the morning, looking out over the city, writing songs. In this dream, I live on the edge of the road, and every day means new cities an...
The Law of Christ, The Love of God
November 14, 2006
The New Testament says, "the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ..." When Jesus came, the law was no longer needed. It was fulfilled. Many Christians today believe that Christianity is a set ...
Furious Pursuit - a great book
November 07, 2006
Furious Pursuit is a book I just read by Tim King and Frank Martin. And it's awesome. I've gotten my girlfriend to read it, and I'm going to get my parents and friends to read it too.The book says tha...
Harold Ford Jr and Bob Corker
November 06, 2006
I was listening to the radio talk about how the Tennessee Senate election (between Bob Corker and Harold Ford Jr) was a "race issue", when I passed by some "Women for Ford" on the side of the road. I ...
The Second Album, Part 2: Digression
November 02, 2006
Our recording session for Friday got cancelled. We were scheduled from 8 p.m to 4 a.m., and John Sherrod, our producer from Murfreesboro, TN called and told us the engineer was going to be working ear...
The Second Album, Part 1: The Studio
October 01, 2006
There was a disagreement in the air as we sat in the plush production room at MTSU’s Studio B – one of the largest and most expensive recording studios in middle Tennessee – that by some act of fate w...
What I think...or, Micah enters into the political debate
June 24, 2006
I hate politics.And thus the source of my political opinion. Because politics is all about everything that is worst in the world. Political races are brutal struggles for power. Power that is then use...
What I think...or, Micah enters into the political debate
June 24, 2006
I hate politics.And thus the source of my political opinion. Because politics is all about everything that is worst in the world. Political races are brutal struggles for power. Power that is then use...
clouds
June 09, 2006
Stream The SongRead The StoryClouds (w:m micah redding)A long time ago, a nation very far awayYoung men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another dayThey never knew what this would lead to, all these v...
Drinking only water
June 09, 2006
About three weeks ago, Josiah, Gabe, and I decided to stop drinking soda, milk, juice, etc, and start drinking only water. My thoughts were that I was tired of waking up exhausted and having to drink ...
clouds
June 09, 2006
Stream The SongRead The StoryClouds (w:m micah redding)A long time ago, a nation very far awayYoung men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another dayThey never knew what this would lead to, all these v...
Clouds, the song
May 07, 2006
When I was in college, I spent a lot of time studying the events that happened in the first century. They captivated my imagination, and in them I saw a vision of some of the monumental shifts occurin...
Clouds MP3
May 07, 2006
Listen to the newly recorded version of Clouds:Stream it-micah...
Clouds Lyrics
May 07, 2006
Clouds (w:m micah redding)A long time ago, a nation very far awayYoung men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another dayThey never knew what this would lead to, all these visions, all these thingsAll t...
Clouds MP3
May 07, 2006
Listen to the newly recorded version of Clouds:Stream it-micah...
Clouds Lyrics
May 07, 2006
Clouds (w:m micah redding)A long time ago, a nation very far awayYoung men stood on a hillside, dreaming of another dayThey never knew what this would lead to, all these visions, all these thingsAll t...
Clouds, the song
May 07, 2006
When I was in college, I spent a lot of time studying the events that happened in the first century. They captivated my imagination, and in them I saw a vision of some of the monumental shifts occurin...
Cats in the Cradle Remake
March 09, 2006
Very interesting. I just heard "Cats in the Cradle" remade by DMC and Sarah McLachlen. You should listen to it.-micah...
Cats in the Cradle Remake
March 09, 2006
Very interesting. I just heard "Cats in the Cradle" remade by DMC and Sarah McLachlen. You should listen to it.-micah...
Working on the Edgehill Studios Showcase
October 10, 2005
It's Tuesday, October 25th, and we're working on it...Emily & NickSeth HarperMayflye...
2nd Edgehill Studios Showcase
October 08, 2005
The Writers Showcase @ Edgehill StudiosTueday, September 25th7:00pm-9:00pmJohn VeLoraBilly SwayzeOriginally from New York, Scott Maskiell began his songwriting career while on a national tour of the r...
Murphy's Loft Showcase
October 08, 2005
Shelley Raymond's free and fearless vocals range from a cooing whisper to a soulful, plaintiff howl. Her lyrics tear you apart line by line, only to build you back again with verse after verse of surg...
Murphy's Loft Showcase Recap
October 08, 2005
The Murphy's Loft showcase was great. We had Rob Hawkins open up, followed by Shelley Raymond (a graduate of the Edgehill Studios Showcase who has an awesome stage presence). Then Seth Harper played a...
Murphy's Loft Showcase
September 28, 2005
Shelley Raymond's free and fearless vocals range from a cooing whisper to a soulful, plaintiff howl. Her lyrics tear you apart line by line, only to build you back again with verse after verse of surg...
Welcome to the Show
September 23, 2005
The Writers Showcase @ Edgehill StudiosTueday, September 25th7:00pm-9:00pmJohn VeLoraBilly SwayzeOriginally from New York, Scott Maskiell began his songwriting career while on a national tour of the r...
Showcase
September 22, 2005
Brian White is a staff writer for BMG / Brentwood Benson. He has 10 number one songs to his credit in the Christian Market and is a 2 time Dove Award winner. Currently has songs in the country market ...
Writers Showcase Lineup
August 26, 2005
Brian White is a staff writer for BMG / Brentwood Benson. He has 10 number one songs to his credit in the Christian Market and is a 2 time Dove Award winner. Currently has songs in the country market ...
Street Performing
August 26, 2005
Tried the street performing thing. It was on a Thursday night, so it wasn't the busiest time. And I only stayed out there 30 minutes.But it was fun. Lots of people talked to me. The homeless people ga...
Writers Showcase Lineup
August 26, 2005
Brian White is a staff writer for BMG / Brentwood Benson. He has 10 number one songs to his credit in the Christian Market and is a 2 time Dove Award winner. Currently has songs in the country market ...
Things...
August 26, 2005
Things have been taking off recently...did the show in Dickson, got the talent showcase at House Blend in Columbia, got the Rocketown show. Now we've got the HYAMP show back in WV, which is going to b...
Writers Showcase
August 26, 2005
All right, I'm now hosting a new Writers Showcase.Micah Redding's Writer ShowcaseEdgehill Studios (Edgehill Ave & 16th)Tuesday, 30 August 20057-9pmAnd I'm working on another one at Murphy's Loft. ...
apartment returns
August 26, 2005
I've finally figured out my apartment difficulties, and I didn't even have to try. My housing fell out of the sky into my lap. The place I'll be staying has a NICE pool, weight room, volleyball courts...
Writers Showcase Lineup
August 26, 2005
Okay, here's the lineup:Brian WhiteGentry MorrisTres CrowShelley RaymondRob BlackledgeMayflye...
Tammy Hyler
August 18, 2005
Today I talked with Tammy Hyler, a multi-hit songwriter. If you've got iTunes, go to the music store, do an advanced search, and search for her name under "composer". She wrote a lot of stuff for Coll...
Writers Showcase @ Edgehill Studios
August 12, 2005
As The Nashville Rage reported, I'm hosting a Writers Showcase at Edgehill Studios, just off of Music Row. The event happens at this great venue:Edgehill Studios (on Edgehill Ave & 16th)Tuesday, A...
Micah on the Radio
August 04, 2005
I called in to a talk show today and shared my views on immigration. It's something I've wanted to do for a while just for the experience, so I've finally done it. It was interesting, they had me wait...
Stateless
August 01, 2005
I just realized I'm the most geographically ambiguous person I know. I have a drivers license from Washington State, a car with WV tags, and I live in Nashville.Hmmm...-micah...
Notice: Website Changes, New Features
July 29, 2005
In the next couple of days, the website will be undergoing some major renovations, so if you experience a lack of service or an error message, please be patient and check back soon. And believe us, th...
CD Release Party @ Borders in the Huntington Mall
July 23, 2005
Just wanted to let you know that after over a year of delaying, we're finally releasing our first-ever full-length studio-quality album, Green Shag Carpet. It's gonna feature 10 of our newest songs wi...
"Wisdom from the Green Shag Carpet" Finally Released!
July 23, 2005
The all-new full-length CD from the Redding Brothers, entitled "Wisdom from the Green Shag Carpet", has finally been released. The release party was held at the Borders Cafe last night and was a huge ...
NEW PHOTOS!!! Trip to Nashville
June 29, 2005
Hey everyone...we just got back from our trip to Nashville and we've got TONS of pictures posted in the Photos section. Some of them are quite weird, so go check it out now! Just click here or click o...
Band in Nashville for weekend
June 25, 2005
Hi everyone,The band took a trip down to Nashville this on Friday to do a couple of promo 'unplugged' shows around the area. On Friday they were at HouseBlend in the Dixon area and today at 7:00 p.m. ...
Batman!
June 21, 2005
I went and saw Batman Begins the other night, and it was by far the best Batman movie ever. As some have said, it was Batman done right. It wasn't completely free of cheesiness, but it was the most be...
Steve Jobs Graduations & Mindy Smith
June 20, 2005
This is an interesting Commencement Address by Steve Jobs. Maybe we should make it into a song. Oh wait...In other news, I met Mindy Smith today. Well, rung up her purchase anyway. She's a musician he...
...What's with the Scotch Tape???
June 19, 2005
Last night we played at the Attic Club in Dayton, OH, and there really weren't very many people there at all. But that's all good...because the people that were there were the COOLEST EVER, and we got...
This Weekend back in Charleston!
June 15, 2005
This weekend, we will finally be returning to Charleston. On Friday night, we will be playing at Taylor Books on Capitol Street.Come out and visit us!-micah...
Free iPod!
June 13, 2005
Yep. I got a free iPod today, with 101 songs on it. One of the perks of working for Apple Computer.-micah...
A show worth $100!
June 10, 2005
I went out to see Gentry Morris perform at a $5 show. But while I was there, my car got towed, and the show turned into a $100 show. A $100 that I don't have, seeing as my company hasn't managed to pa...
Drinking only water
June 09, 2005
About three weeks ago, Josiah, Gabe, and I decided to stop drinking soda, milk, juice, etc, and start drinking only water. My thoughts were that I was tired of waking up exhausted and having to drink ...
Another Night...
June 01, 2005
On Monday I hit the open mic at Bluebird Cafe, which is famous in Nashville, and played Abbey Road and Mr Rogers. Tonight I played at the Douglas Corner Cafe, and performed Solid and Mr Rogers. Solid ...
Different things go in different directions
May 30, 2005
We've got interesting stuff going on here behind the scenes. The other day I tried street performing for the first time, and met some interesting people. I only stayed out there for a couple of minute...
register for the forum...
May 24, 2005
Okay, time for everybody to go sign up for the forum: Register to become a Member of The Brick & Stone Co. And go there. -micah...
Adventure in Dayton
May 21, 2005
Last night was our Dayton Borders Cafe show...though some band members thought it was the Attic Club show (scheduled for tonight, not last night) and went to the completely wrong side of town. Micah...
Something new....
May 19, 2005
We've got something new in the works, and it should be cool...A new forum for everyone to interact on, post movie, music, and book reviews, get the latest inside scoop, critique our performances, etc,...
Shows THIS weekend...
May 18, 2005
We've got two shows this weekend...Dayton Borders2040 Miamisburg Centerville Rd.Dayton, OH 45459Phone:937.434.3800...Friday, 8pm...The Attic ClubDayton, OH...Saturday, 8:00pm......
Moving to Nashville...
May 18, 2005
Okay, well I'm gonna start journaling my experiences in moving...Thursday was my last day at Rendezvous in Teays Valley, WV, and on Sunday I made the drive to Nashville. I was hired to work at the new...
first day
May 18, 2005
So Monday was my first day...It was fun, and I got to meet all my managers at my store, as well as people from all over the country who were training with us. I ate lunch at Backyard Burgers, and ate ...
apartment...
May 18, 2005
Still looking for an apartment while staying with a guy I knew from school. I've got a particular one I definitely want. Hopefully, everything will work out, and I'll talk to the land-lady on Wednesda...
Rendezvous Talent Show
May 17, 2005
the talent showcase was great...you guys were a lot of fun...Brittany Bentley (country)Jesse (acoustic guitar & vocals)Roger Rabalai (in the style of Jimmy Buffet)Tim Edmonds (with the Marryin' Yo...
Shows this weekend...
May 10, 2005
Okay, two shows this weekend...Colony TheaterHillsboro, OHFriday, May 13th7:00pmWith: Latest Heartbreak, Noah Smith group, Zack AndersonLocal Talent Showcase @ RendezvousTeays Valley, WVSaturday, May ...
Che Zuro at Rendezvous
May 07, 2005
On Tuesday, we hosted Che Zuro at Rendezvous House of Coffee in Teays Valley. She was on a tour from PA to Nashville to who knows where, and she needed a place to play while coming through WV. So we s...
Capitol Roasters Show Analyzed
May 07, 2005
The Capitol Roasters show was great...but we ran 46 minutes over schedule! We squeezed a lot of talented people into our roster, and although the show was barely advertised, the turnout was high. Beca...
Capitol Roasters Local Talent Showcase
May 03, 2005
THIS Friday, we're stepping out on a limb. We're expanding our Local Talent Showcase to Capitol Roasters in Charleston. It'll be exciting - big venue, nice place, right in the heart of Charleston, etc...
MOVIE - My House in Umbria
May 02, 2005
Dumb. Perverted....
New Shoes
May 02, 2005
I had to do something productive this weekend, so I went out a bought something I'd been wanting for a while...Velcro Shoes.I haven't had a pair since I was six, and once I started thinking about them...
MOVIE - Shark Tale
May 02, 2005
Good entertainment. Better than I expected.>> Two fins....
MOVIE - The Buried Secret of M Night Shyamalan
May 02, 2005
Nice....
MOVIE - Primer
May 02, 2005
Great movie. I need to watch it again, because in parts I only half paid attention, and as a consequence, I think I missed the big twist in the movie. But it was good. It's about time travel.(>...
Weekend of doing nothing
April 29, 2005
This weekend we're doing nothing. Well, sorta. We don't have any concerts. But I am running up to Charleston to hold the auditions for the Capitol Roasters Local Talent Showcase next weekend. This wil...
Meghan's BDay Party
April 25, 2005
On Sunday afternoon, we performed at Meghan's birthday party...AT THE HURRICANE PARK!Ok, so normally, playing outside would be great, fantastic even.BUT IT WAS SNOWING!That's right, we played outside ...
BACK TO THE FUTURE SHOW
April 23, 2005
No, we didn't play the Back To The Future theme song. Instead, we rehashed our artistic history by playing our songs in the chronological order of when they were written, bringing back a bunch of song...
Went to the HYAMP show
April 19, 2005
So after all this Brickhouse madness, of course I had to go to someone else's show at HYAMP. Neutral Agreement, The Apprentice, Terminal, and Juliana Theory were playing. The Jiants were also there, a...
Saturday Brickhouse SHOW OF AWESOMENESS
April 18, 2005
So Saturday was basically awesome. The bands were-One Last Call-Fletcher's Grove-Vintage Tone-The Jiants...and of course, us.We had an awesome snowcone machine, a movie called "Santa Claus Conquers Th...
Visit to Pittsburgh
April 17, 2005
The weekend was great. We started out Friday by driving up to Pittsburgh to play a "test the waters" concert in a local Borders. We had never been to Pburgh before, so it was an adventure for us. It's...
Another Flyer
April 13, 2005
Hannah Bird, who is another fantabulous individual helping us out, made up her own awesome flyer. Check it out:Hannah Bird's Flyer...
New Flyer
April 11, 2005
Hey everyone! The preparations for the Brickhouse show are in the final stretch, and we're excited. Rayvenn, one of the fantastic individuals working with us to setup this show, created her own flyer....
VH1 - GR8
April 05, 2005
Friday night with Junior at Common Grounds was great - he turned out to be a highly creative songwriter, one of the most interesting I've seen. Siah, though, was stuck in Nashville and did't make it u...
BRICKHOUSE SHOW IS A GO
April 05, 2005
The Brickhouse show is the NEXT BIG THING, guys! You don't want to miss it! In latest updates, here are some CCCCRAZY flyers we invented:Martha StewartMr. TPedroSanta ClausOkay, so those flyers convin...
VH1 Save The Music - Common Grounds - This Weekend
April 01, 2005
Well, we're off. We'll be driving to Lexington, KY tonight for a concert at Common Grounds with Junior. We'll stay in Georgetown, KY tonight, and then head up to Dayton on Saturday morning.The Univers...
April 16th BRICKHOUSE SHOW in planning!
March 25, 2005
We are officially putting on a show at...The Brickhouse (52 Old Main St, St. Albans, WV)Saturday, April 16th6:00pmTentative Lineup is:-Vintage Tone-Fletcher's Grove-The Jiants-One Last Call-The Reddin...
Weekend in Nashville
March 22, 2005
Well, we drove a lot this past week. Micah went to Nashville on Tuesday night, and stayed with his friends there, looking around and "scoping out the scene". He went to a concert and saw Luna Halo per...
The Last Minute Brickhouse Show SLAMMED
March 14, 2005
Okay, so I don't really know what I meant by "SLAMMED", but it made it sound more interesting, didn't it?So anyway, we got a call at 12:30am Friday night (Saturday morning), and found out that we were...
Rendezvous Talent Show
March 12, 2005
Well, it was that time again. The ever-popular Rendezvous Local Talent Showcase went off without a...err, too many...hitches. Here was the lineup:Scott & Claire Rogan (returning bluegrass maestros...
Rock The Coffeeshop @ Borders
March 09, 2005
We had a great night last Friday at Borders. Lots of you guys came out, we really enjoyed it, and it even made us feel better (we were all sick that day).Also in the audience were members of SRO. Chec...
Now Playing: Redding Brothers
February 26, 2005
Last night (2/25/05 @ 8:30 p.m.) the Redding Brothers played a rocking benefit concert at the Colony Theatre in Hillsboro, OH for the second time. The band not only did the show free, but also gave ne...
Micah does Last-Minute Show at Taylor Books
February 18, 2005
Tomorrow, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm at Taylor Books in Charleston, Micah will be performing solo. Fun, fun, fun.(PS. Fletcher's Grove ended up playing, and it was cool. We just switched off every 15 minutes...
MORP @ Hurricane Highschool
February 13, 2005
Gotta say it, MORP was awesome. Gregg Oxley put this thing on, and it was great. The lineup was something like this:*Fletcher's Grove (Ryan Krofcheck, Matt, & Evan)Another Band with a girl singer ...
New Tourdate System
February 11, 2005
Ooooh...the excitement. We've updated our tour page system, so it's a lot better than it used to be. Now, the next upcoming concerts are actually at the top, and the ones after that are below, etc. Ju...
The Forgotten
February 11, 2005
Okay, so this one lady remembers her son dying, but everyone else thinks she's crazy. She never had a son, according to her husband, her doctor, the neighbors. Her photo albums are empty, her home vid...
Local Talent Showcase Lineup
February 09, 2005
Okay, guys, here it is. The official tentative lineup for the 2nd Rendezvous Local Talent Showcase, 7:00-9:30pm, Friday, February 11th.Scott & Clair Rogan 7:00-7:15Ryan Krofcheck 7:15-7:30Brian S...
Great Weekend
February 06, 2005
Hey everyone...we started off the weekend with the clutch going out in my vehicle, leaving me transportation-less, but it was all uphill...err...downhill...err...good from there. We played on Friday a...
Week in Review
January 31, 2005
This weekend, we travelled to Lexington to play at Lock&Key, a cool coffeeshop made out of an old bank. Most of the old bank furniture was still there, and hanging out in the safe was the coolest ...
Tonight at Capitol Roasters
January 22, 2005
A FREE copy of tonight's live performance at Capitol Roasters Cafe will be available to attendees! Simply sign up for the mailing list, or if you're already signed up, bring a friend to qualify!...
Open Mic Night Conclusion
January 15, 2005
The Open Mic Night went great! It wasn't just fun - we had a lot of high-quality performers. Here is the line-up: Timothy C Edmonds - original and often humorous music Becky Nickerson - folk and vari...
Open Mic Night Hosted by Us
January 10, 2005
Hello everyone... This weekend, we will be hosting the Open Mic Night @ Rendezvous in Teays Valley. We've got a lot of quality performers, and it's free...so be there!...
Here we go again...
December 31, 2004
Hope everyone survived the holidays okay. Siah's still in Washington State, we're getting ready to "ring in the New Year's", and everyone's still trying to recover from Christmas. We're gearing up for...
You have a postcard from Micah Redding
December 21, 2004
Your friend Micah Redding has sent you a postcard from the Jones Soda Photo Gallery site which you can pick up at http://www.jonessoda.com/gallery/card.php?68884-TREPSWG9PG Your postcard will be av...
Weekend in Hillsboro
December 21, 2004
We played in Hillsboro, Oh on Friday, and it was great. Never been to that town before, but it was fun with the whole old-building/smalltown-life thing going on. Definitely looks like a Christmas movi...
Weekend in Cincinnati
December 14, 2004
So, we spent the weekend in Cincinnati performing. Siah even rescheduled his ACT to take place in Cincinnati so we could pull it off. Chalk it up to another crazy thing we've done. Anyway, it was gre...
Everybody's Records Concert in Cincinnati This Weekend
December 08, 2004
This Saturday, December 11th, at 4:00pm, we will be playing at Everybody's Records in Cincinnati. This record store is a true classic, dating back to the 70s. It's had bands play there for years. So ...
New Buttons Again!
December 04, 2004
Our new Polar Bear and Redding Brothers buttons have arrived! And at 2 for $1, you can afford both! Similar stickers are also available, so be sure to pick some up at our next concert. You don't want ...
LAST-MINUTE HYAMP CONCERT
November 26, 2004
We've been given a last minute concert at HYAMP in Huntington, WV, opening for The Beautiful Down and others. It starts at 7:00pm, on Tuesday, November 30th, and the door cost is $5. It's really impo...
New Photos & New Website (in case you hadn't noticed)
November 26, 2004
We've just posted some new photos on our photos page (imagine that). Anyway, some of them are from our Battle of The Bands Show, and you might be in them. Warning: Some of the pictures are kinda large...
Leprechaun Buttons Arrive!
November 24, 2004
After a long and anguished wait, the "I Found A Leprechaun" Buttons have ARRIVED! Featuring a handsome Leprechaun, these 1-inch buttons are perfect for everything you use buttons for, and make great ...
Gabe back safe and unsound (mentally, that is)
November 16, 2004
Well, our concert on Saturday went well, we had a lot of fun, and Gabe finally got back - a day late, and a dollar short - as the saying goes. So since we're dorks, we spent the day restructuring our ...
NOTICE - Feature Article in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch
November 16, 2004
On Sunday (November 14th), the Huntington Herald-Dispatch ran a full-size article on the Reddings Brothers in their Life section. The article discussed the Got Milk? Battle of the Bands, as well as th...
NEWSFLASH - Special duet performance with Micah & Josiah
November 10, 2004
As some of you may know, a few weeks ago Gabe took a trip to Seattle, WA to visit some friends of ours. As originally planned, he was supposed to get back in plenty of time for our upcoming show at WV...
Coffee Connection Tickets on Sale Now!
November 10, 2004
After 3 weeks of not hearing the Redding Brothers live, aren't you dying for their refreshing sound? Well, we've got relief on the way. Our next concert is November 13th (7-9pm) at The Coffee Connecti...
MOVIE - Van Helsing
November 01, 2004
This movie involves Dracula, vampire-wives, Frankenstein AND his monster, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, the Catholic Church, some creepy people, and a very attractive looking female monster-hunter. Oh yeah,...
MOVIE - Ned Kelly
November 01, 2004
This based-on-a-true-story tale of an Australian outlaw was pretty good. Not too cliche, just enough adventure, humor, and romance to make this balance out well for a real good movie. This movie gets...
DVD TV Series - 24
November 01, 2004
I'm almost finished with the second volume of the first season. This is a great show, very original, entertaining and compelling. Everything happens in real-time, which is an awesome idea for a show....
Got Milk? show a success!
October 11, 2004
Sunday, October 10th the Redding Brothers played in the Got Milk? Shake Things Up Tour 2004 Battle of the Bands competition for a $200 prize and a chance at the national finals....
Multi-band show @ Brickhouse
October 09, 2004
The Redding Brothers will be collaborating with bands Time and Distance, Scenes from a Movie, and Fairweather Fan for a HUGE show on October 8th at the St. Albans Brickhouse (52 Old Main Plaza, St. Al...
Radio appearance! New version of Mr. Rogers available - 10/07/04
October 08, 2004
The Reddings have been in the studio for the last 2 days straight working on their newest single release, available for download here. The track is a re-recording (from the ground up) of their acclaim...
Not-So-Lucky in Kentucky - Saturday 9/25/04
September 26, 2004
9/25/04 - The concert that actually didn't happen. During the first half of the show, 3 guitar strings were broken, several cables malfunctioned, and the sound system spontaneously changed volumes. Du...
Rendezvous performance in Teays Valley - Friday 9/24/04
September 25, 2004
9/24/04 - The concert that almost didn't happen. First of all, electricity went down all over town, taking out traffic lights, convenience stores, and half of the venue! Traffic was a nightmare, half ...
Taylor Books performance in Charleston, WV - Friday 9/10/04
September 11, 2004
9/10/04 - The Redding Brothers will be performing in Charleston at Taylor Books on Friday, September 10th, 7:30-9:30pm. This will be the West Virginia debut of Gabe's new digital drumset, so it's sure...
Free Coffee in Dayton, OH - 8/28/04
August 29, 2004
8/25/04 - The Redding Brothers will be returning to Dayton this weekend for a special concert at the A Coffee Affair shop at 4 West Franklin Street. Those of you who came to see the Reddings play at t...
Thank You Cincinnati!
August 26, 2004
08/25/04 - The Redding Brothers debuted their show in Cincinnati last weekend to a great response. The Borders at Eastgate Mall hosted this concert on Saturday, August 21 at 7:30 p.m., and Cincinattia...
Espresso Euphoria - 08/14/2004
August 15, 2004
This weekend, Saturday the 14th (7-9pm), the Reddings will deliver a 2-hour performance at Espresso Euphoria in Barboursville, on Route 60, the exit right after (west of) the Huntington Mall. It's gon...
MOVIE - The Order
August 13, 2004
A middle-weight suspense movie about the dark side of the Catholic church - and all the beliefs and practices it wanted to forget about. Basically a kind of sidelined priest discovers some underground...
MOVIE - Waking Life
August 13, 2004
Waking Life is one of the most interesting movies I've watched in a while. First of all, it's animated. Second of all, the animation is different than anything I've seen. They actually recorded the wh...
MOVIE - RM
August 13, 2004
RM is an abbreviation that means something about being a Mormon missionary. Never would have guessed that this would be a topic for a smart, irreverent, perfectly appropriate and family-friendly comed...
Benefit Concert - 07/30/2004
July 31, 2004
The Reddings will perform at a benefit concert this weekend in Elkins, WV. This concert is to benefit a young boy who has been diagnosed with cancer. The Reddings perform 8:00-9:30pm on Friday. Get di...
Dayton Invasion - 07/23/2004
July 24, 2004
A new state experienced the noisy force of the Redding Brothers, as they expanded their regular performance locations into the Ohio area, beginning at a local Borders store in Dayton. Another state wa...
Redding Brothers pack the house at Borders - 06/11/2004
June 12, 2004
BARBOURSVILLE, WV - The Reddings kept the atmosphere relaxed and interactive, and the intimate setting made the listener feel a true connection with the band and with the songs....
Free copy of Redding Brothers "sneak peak" release - 06/09/2004
June 10, 2004
BARBOURSVILLE, WV - Fans who attended the June 11th concert at Borders in the Huntington Mall were treated to a special surprise -- a free copy of the Redding Brothers' all-new "sneak-peak" pre-releas...
Redding Brothers hit the runway - 05/23/2004
May 24, 2004
HUNTINGTON, WV - On May 23 at 2:00 p.m., the Redding Brothers performed at the Elite Model Search "Half-Time Show" at the Huntington Mall, playing to a huge audience of contestants and bystanders. Due...
Tulsa Workshop pictures available - 04/19/2004
April 20, 2004
TULSA, OK - In late March, the Reddings traveled to Tulsa and performed in several area venues, including the massive Tulsa Expo Center. Photos of the Redding Brothers' performances in Tulsa are avail...
Win a free CD, T-shirt, poster and more! - 03/08/2004
March 09, 2004
CHARLESTON, WV - The Reddings have announced that everyone who subscribes to the mailing list will be entered into a drawing to win free prizes from the Redding Brothers Store like their upcoming CD G...
RoughDraft sold out - 01/23/2004
January 24, 2004
CHARLESTON, WV - The Redding Brothers' self-produced demo album "Rough Draft" has now officially sold out! Not to worry, plans are already being made for a reprint that should be ready in a couple of ...
RoughDraft finally released! - 10/03/2003
October 04, 2003
SEATTLE, WA - The moment has finally come and the critics are raving. Get your copy of the all-new, first-ever musical recording of the Redding Brothers, RoughDraft. RoughDraft is now available nation...
Posts from Micah Redding
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H+ Magazine: Christianity & Transhumanism
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H+ Magazine: Humanity+ vs Individualism+
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H+ Magazine: Towards a Relational Transhumanism
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Christian Transhumanists involved in support for Orphan Technology & Education Project
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Christian Post: Why Christians should embrace Transhumanism
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Motherboard: Why I became a Christian Transhumanist
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Christianity Today: Can Anti-Aging Treatments Offer Abundant Life?
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2020 CTA Board Member Elections
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2019 CTA Board Member Elections
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Baptist News Asks: Can Transhumanism Enrich Christian Theology?
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Christ & Pop Culture: Can Transhumanism Lead Us Back to Orthodoxy?
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CTA Board Announcement & Appreciation
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Campaign Update
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Inverse: When Cyborgs and Christians Compromise
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CTA announces newest board member, Timothy Langer
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Call for Presentations: Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Campaign Conclusion
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Motherboard: The Jesuit Priest Who Helped Create Modern Transhumanism
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CTA Announces Officer Appointments
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The Christian Transhumanist Affirmation
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CTA affiliates with Humanity+
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Early-Bird Tickets are Live! Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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Embrace & the Christian Transhumanist Association
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Announcing the Academic Advisory Council
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Slate: Transhumanism is Complicating the Relationship between Faith & Science
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N+1 Magazine: Meghan O'Gieblyn loses her faith, discovers Christian Transhumanism
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Electing the Next Board of the CTA
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BBC — Immortality, The Why Factor
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SAVE THE DATE! Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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2018 Board Election Results
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J. Jeanine Thweatt to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Dr. Scott Hawley to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Derek Webb to perform at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Ted Peters to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Jim Stump of BioLogos to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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Emily Sue Laird to present on Art & Transhumanism—at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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A New Era for the CTA
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Mike Morrell to present at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Liz Parrish "Human GMO" to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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(DRAFT) Statement on Radical Life Extension
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Cheryle Renee Moses, founder and producer of Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, to present at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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Announcement! National Geographic to sponsor Christian Transhumanist Conference 2018
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Michael Paulus of AI & Faith to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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Ron Cole-Turner of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to speak at Christian Transhumanist Conference 2019
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Teleology & Simulation (draft)
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The Resurrection is Participatory
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The Resurrection is Participatory
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The Resurrection is Participatory
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The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
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The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
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The Kingdom of God has a biotechnological research agenda
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Miracles vs Magic
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Miracles vs Magic
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Miracles vs Magic
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Dealing with Death
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Dealing with Death
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Dealing with Death
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Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
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Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
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Be Thou My Vision, the Royal Wedding & Theosis
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The Tower of Babel
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The Tower of Babel
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The Tower of Babel
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Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
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Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
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Environmentalism Mandates Transhumanism
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Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
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Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
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Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Transhumanist Wonder Woman
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Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
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Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
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Black Panther is the Transhumanist Future We Need
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Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
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Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
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Francis Bacon, Christian Transhumanist
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Feedback Loops
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Feedback Loops
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Feedback Loops
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Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
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Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
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Minimum Viable Theology: Superorganisms
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5 Theses for the Next Reformation
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5 Theses for the Next Reformation
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5 Theses for the Next Reformation
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Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
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Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
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Christian Transhumanism is the Next Reformation
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The Resurrection is Technological
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The Resurrection is Technological
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The Resurrection is Technological
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Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
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Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
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Two Kinds of Power: Why Fascists Can't Make Art
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How does Salvation Work?
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How does Salvation Work?
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How does Salvation Work?
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The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
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The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
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The Beginner's Paradox and the Beatitudes: We Must Fall in Order to Rise
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The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
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The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
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The Purpose of Scripture & Doctrine
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Wonder Woman
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Moana and Reading Scripture
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Moana and Reading Scripture
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Moana and Reading Scripture
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Crisis
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Crisis
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Crisis
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The Serpent’s Lie
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The Serpent’s Lie
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The Serpent’s Lie
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How to Read Scripture
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How to Read Scripture
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How to Read Scripture
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Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
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Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
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Wireheading, Faith Healing, and Why the Placebo Effect is the Most Important Thing in the World
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How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
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How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
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How to handle God’s audacious vision for humanity
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Why the Lego Batman Movie might Save Civilization
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Why the Lego Batman Movie might Save Civilization
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What would you have done?
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What would you have done?
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What is Happening in the World?
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Why Christians need a Minimum Viable Theology
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What is Happening in the World?
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Why Christians need a Minimum Viable Theology
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How to Become Immortal
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How to Become Immortal
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Christianity is Love
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Christianity is Love
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Partnership with God
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Partnership with God
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How Self-Help Really Works
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How Self-Help Really Works
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The Revolutionary Story
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The Revolutionary Story
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Unclean Christianity
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Unclean Christianity
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My TEDx talk: We All Live in the Developing World
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My TEDx talk: We All Live in the Developing World
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Terror and Awe, Faith and Freedom
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Terror and Awe, Faith and Freedom
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All Are Alive
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All Are Alive
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Minimum Viable Theology: We Are Not Alone
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Minimum Viable Theology: We Are Not Alone
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The Omega Point Theory
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The Omega Point Theory
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The Creative Process of God
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The Creative Process of God
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Women in the Church
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Women in the Church
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I Was a Teenage Existentialist
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I Was a Teenage Existentialist
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The Infinite Resurrection
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The Infinite Resurrection
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The Dark Side of Knowledge
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The Dark Side of Knowledge
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The Three Jobs in Our Future
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The Three Jobs in Our Future
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The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
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The Structure of the Biblical Story
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All Things Work Together For Good
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Why Christians Should Support Radical Life Extension
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My Grandfather
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Minimum Viable Theology: Good Wins
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The Faith of the Martian
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Test
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Existentialism
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The New God Argument and A New Apologetics
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What I Would Write
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Transhumanism is a Mars Hill opportunity
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What’s up with the word Transhumanist?
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The Infinite Morality of Jesus
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About Me
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Christianity & Transhumanism
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Being Human
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Rethinking Christianity
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Talks and Presentations
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The Church of Christ
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Three ways of seeing the world
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Start Here
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Transhumanism and the Christian story
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Against Consumerism
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What is Technology?
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What is Transhumanism? And why should Christians care?
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Spaceships & Christmas
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About
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An open letter to the non-egalitarian Churches of Christ
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Medium vs Message
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Reading List
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FAQ
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What is Transhumanism?
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Some of my favorite essays
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The hardest thing to believe
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Christianity is a set of memes
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Politics is Metaphysics
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The Comprehensiveness of Orthodoxy
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Aspirations
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Why I’m a Conservative Fundamentalist Liberal Progressive
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Consumerism
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Incoherent Essays: Words Written Half-Awake
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Being Human
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The Theology of the Lego Movie
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Embodiment
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Three strains of religious transhumanism
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Philosophical Foundations for Understanding AI
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Being set apart
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The Law of Christ
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Leaving the Church
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Interested in Christian Transhumanism?
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Iron Man and the Modern Identity Crisis
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The State of Christianity and the World
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The Poison of Empires
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A Better Apocalypse
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The Darkness and The Light
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Gardeners of the Stars
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The Human Race & The Problem of Evil
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The Problem of Evil is the Problem of Humanity
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Christmas
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The argument for basic theism
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Why I am a theist
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Influential books & movies
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Beyond Fulfilled Eschatology
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Thoughts about the accident
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Things I've been meaning to write about
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Some Simulation Argument flowcharts
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Notes: Will Wright mapping personal data
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Email is universal
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The Mountain That Bested Me
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I'm back
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The Process
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First day in Peru
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Exile
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Carrying Cash
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Itinerary
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I don't speak the language
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Something wrong with the world
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The Cruel God of the Hebrew Bible
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Broadcast From The Singularity
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Maybe I was wrong
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The Image of God
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Christianity is Transhumanism
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The Singularity: Why the Future is Closer Than You Think
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Sin, Covet, Judge
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His enemies beneath his feet...
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Miracles and the Anthropic Principle
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God can be trusted
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Why I am speaking at the Mormon Transhumanist Conference
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Jesus the Insurgent
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Walter Wink
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Aliens among us
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The Works of The Devil
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The Flip
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Ancient Israel vs The Blood Gods
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References for Christianity as Anthropology
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Escaping Google
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Why are humans Evil?
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Death and The Knowledge of Good and Evil
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Arguing about the Bible
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The Morality of The Rational, and How We Shape Meaning from The Void
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Theistic Reality
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Non-Metaphysical Christianity
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Panentheism
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Good and Evil, Paradox and Contradiction
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The Solipsist's Fallacy
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The Existence of God?
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Deus Ex Machina
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The Skulls, Bones and The Power of Law
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Historical Narrative Interpretation
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Wisdom
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The Vast Economy
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I am more fundamentalist than you
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Who I am
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Why I hate religion, but love Jesus
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Religion is practice
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Peter Rollins and the Deception of Living in the Moment
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Ancient Israelite Violence and The Christian View of The Old Testament
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2012 week-by-week changes
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New year's resolve: change
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Artists, Developers, and The Deep Structures of The New World
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Peter Rollins and Experiencing God
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imputed righteousness, part 2
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imputed righteousness and switching tracks
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will christianity die without church?
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a broken world
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Peter Rollins and the Death of Religion
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christianity is hard
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i am orthodox
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The Most Powerful Being and the Simulation Argument
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The Simulation Argument, remixed
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A decade of being vegetarian - and why I chose to stop
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what is real
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An Introduction to the Simulation Argument
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i am not hurt
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Christianity reborn
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How to contact me
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Productivity is just work
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I will not increase my productivity
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What I want in my backpack
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Notepad
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Christianity is a platform
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How 1 Corinthians 11 is actually a statement about female equality
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What I want in my backpack (list)
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The beginning of thought
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The beginning of thought: Writing like a wiki?
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Thought on baptism
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Thoughts on Science and Religion
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Believe or Don't Believe
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Paul
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Christianity against religion
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Who I will be
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speak
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Why I joined the Mormon Transhumanist Association
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Religion is justice
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Reading List
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Language
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Disrupt
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How to believe in Immortality
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Belief Inventory
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Protocols: Milk Crates
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Protocols: Files
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Tools
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Jesus identifies
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Ancient Israelite Violence and The Morality of Roadkill
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Why I hate business
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Libertarians and Airport Body-Scans
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Philosophy of information
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Year Zero
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Different kinds of Mementos
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Twilight and the burden of free will
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Two thoughts I posted to Twitter
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In the first century
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The New Testament Message
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How Christianity Sold its Soul
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The Structure of Human Hope: speculations on immortality
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The Structure of Human Hope: personal eschatology
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The Structure of Human Hope: in the first century
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The Structure of Human Hope
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Night Sky
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Jesus' triumph and coronation
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Conversations with God?
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Building The New World
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The meaning of the word "God"
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Empty Pockets
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The Many & Great Commissions
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Dealing with intense disagreement about beliefs
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Paddling into the waves
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Life, The Multiverse, and Everything
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Kings and Heroes
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every moment is valuable
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One mind?
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converge
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Science Fiction and Jesus
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Jesus Movement
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Jesus is Lord
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Forgiveness thought
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3 things that have inspired me
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Living in the Cloud: Google Voice
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Living in the Cloud
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Favorite Rule Ever
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The Greatest New Year's Resolution Ever
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Reading the Bible literally?
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The Golden Compass: Killing God?
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Patterns
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Apocalypse: Been There, Done That
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Interpreting The Bible: A Start
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Interpreting The Bible: The Basics
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Zehnder: the band, the men, the mission
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Christianity in my life
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ColdPlay on SNL: Saturday Night Live
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Thinking about Genesis
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The New Mystics
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A biblical pattern
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A Christian Band? - embedding Christianity in life
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A Christian Band?
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Music
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Daring Ravine Driving - our first day in Colorado
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Apocalypse: Been There, Done That
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There Is No Hell (part 6), Conclusion
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There Is No Hell (part 4), The Scriptures, Outer Darkness
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There Is No Hell (part 3), The Scriptures, Getting Destructed
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There Is No Hell (part 1)
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There Is No Hell (part 5), The Use of Language
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There Is No Hell (part 2) - The Scriptures, Waiting Around
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Quality of Light
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Unintended Consequences
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Beyond Polarization
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A trick this gas station used
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King of Nature
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About
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Parallels
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I'm Not There: Bob Dylan and The Spirit
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God Does Not Belong to Anyone
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Starbucks in the Middle East
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The Last Night in Africa
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Music as Community
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What is Community? Part 2 : Community is Creation
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What is Community?
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Going public with my ideas
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Going public with my ideas
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Babies see pure color, or, Why Pink?
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The Rules of Pull-Throughs
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The moment is perfect
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A Vast Wilderness
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Finally Legal
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Politics, again
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Here's to Politics
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Alternatives to Politics
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Social Networks
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Biography
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The Physics of Immortality (2007)
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Tour Calendar
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I'm Not There: Bob Dylan and The Spirit
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Proof vs. The Bible
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Two Views of Jesus
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Back in the Saddle Again...
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Things to Learn in Lexington
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Trip to Iowa City
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Cupid Takes on The World
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Kings among Stars
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Climbing Mount Walmart
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The Land of Canadia
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Detaining a Criminal - the Life of Micah
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The Most Basic Human Desire
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Christianity is Chinese
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4 MONTHS of Songs of The Week!
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The 9th of Av: The Temple Falls, The Messiah Appears
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WHAT is God?
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Travel and Life
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Branching Out: Paducah, KY
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Good is Not Negative
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What is Identity?
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(A Few) More Thoughts on The Problem of Evil
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Secrets of the Universe...
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The Problem of Evil, part 3 - And God Saw The Multiverse, And It Was Good
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The Problem of Evil, part 2 - The Multiverse vs Gnosticism
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The Problem of Evil, part 1 - The Unanswered Question
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The Physics of Immortality
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Life in Paducah
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Scarcity vs. Abundance
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10 Steps to Enjoying Your Life
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A New Song-A-Week
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Secret Fact #2: Liner Notes
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The Second Album, Part 5: Release
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Jesus Camp
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Computer Science and Eternal Life
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Blood Diamonds
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Politics, Religion, and Blood Diamonds
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"Loud Sounds Bother My Unborn Child", Smoking Mom says
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A critique of Government
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A New Kind of Jesus Billboard
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Metaphors, or "Back from Pittsburgh"
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When Your Job Conflicts with Your Real Life
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The Awe of an Atheist
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Secret Fact #1 - Chauvet
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The Taming of the World - Why America is not a Modern Rome
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Back from the Brink of Chaos
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Who is God? The Secret of the New Covenant
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Professor by Day, Rock Star by Night
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New Apple iPod "iPhone" Phone
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Bertrand Russell's Argument against Christianity
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Did Jesus Create the World? Or did God?
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How Wearing Jeans Can Save the World
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The Second Album, Part 4: Completion
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Rock & Roll Can Save The World...from R&B
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New Years Resolutions ... from 2006
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The Future is More Real Than The Past
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The Open Future - Creators with God
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Were the Founding Fathers atheists?
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How to be a weekend Rock Star
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How to be a weekend Rock Star
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Satan a Snake? Angels are Dragons? Old Testament Word and The Secrets of the Bible
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Are Polar Bears an Endangered Species?
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The Simplicity of Revelation and Eschatology
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Farewell to the 8-foot poster of Miami Vice
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Featured on Christmas Blog
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Baptism and Eschatology and 70 AD
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New medical study finds "Rock & Roll Linked to Saving the World", but further testing needed
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Non-Modal Car
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SNOW CD Available Just In Time For Christmas
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Rock & Roll Can Save The World
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How do YOU pronounce In Excelsis Deo?
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My Day in Court
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Container Lust - the pursuit of the most glorious container
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My Favorite Christmas Carol
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Day of Three Car Wrecks
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The Second Album, Part 3: Progress
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Redding Brothers - The Fantastic Anti-Gravity Device!
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Generate Your Own Warning Label
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Do We Need Hierarchies?
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My Thanks to You
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The Countdown has Begun...
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Polar Bear Tshirt
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The Christian Libertarian Revolution
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Welcome to I Heart Polar Bears!
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March 9, 2007 - or, How The Redding Brothers will Rock the World
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Focus
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What is Real Music?
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Can Musicians Have Opinions?
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What's Your Autism Quotient?
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Writing Songs in My Motel Room
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The Law of Christ, The Love of God
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Furious Pursuit - a great book
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Harold Ford Jr and Bob Corker
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The Second Album, Part 2: Digression
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The Second Album, Part 1: The Studio
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What I think...or, Micah enters into the political debate
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What I think...or, Micah enters into the political debate
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clouds
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Drinking only water
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clouds
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Clouds, the song
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Clouds MP3
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Clouds Lyrics
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Clouds MP3
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Clouds Lyrics
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Clouds, the song
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Cats in the Cradle Remake
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Cats in the Cradle Remake
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Working on the Edgehill Studios Showcase
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2nd Edgehill Studios Showcase
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Murphy's Loft Showcase
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Murphy's Loft Showcase Recap
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Murphy's Loft Showcase
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Welcome to the Show
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Showcase
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Writers Showcase Lineup
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Street Performing
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Writers Showcase Lineup
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Things...
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Writers Showcase
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apartment returns
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Writers Showcase Lineup
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Tammy Hyler
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Writers Showcase @ Edgehill Studios
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Micah on the Radio
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Stateless
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Notice: Website Changes, New Features
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CD Release Party @ Borders in the Huntington Mall
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"Wisdom from the Green Shag Carpet" Finally Released!
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NEW PHOTOS!!! Trip to Nashville
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Band in Nashville for weekend
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Batman!
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Steve Jobs Graduations & Mindy Smith
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...What's with the Scotch Tape???
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This Weekend back in Charleston!
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Free iPod!
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A show worth $100!
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Drinking only water
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Another Night...
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Different things go in different directions
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register for the forum...
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Adventure in Dayton
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Something new....
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Shows THIS weekend...
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Moving to Nashville...
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first day
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apartment...
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Rendezvous Talent Show
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Shows this weekend...
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Che Zuro at Rendezvous
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Capitol Roasters Show Analyzed
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Capitol Roasters Local Talent Showcase
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MOVIE - My House in Umbria
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New Shoes
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MOVIE - Shark Tale
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MOVIE - The Buried Secret of M Night Shyamalan
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MOVIE - Primer
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Weekend of doing nothing
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Meghan's BDay Party
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BACK TO THE FUTURE SHOW
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Went to the HYAMP show
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Saturday Brickhouse SHOW OF AWESOMENESS
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Visit to Pittsburgh
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Another Flyer
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New Flyer
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VH1 - GR8
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BRICKHOUSE SHOW IS A GO
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VH1 Save The Music - Common Grounds - This Weekend
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April 16th BRICKHOUSE SHOW in planning!
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Weekend in Nashville
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The Last Minute Brickhouse Show SLAMMED
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Rendezvous Talent Show
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Rock The Coffeeshop @ Borders
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Now Playing: Redding Brothers
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Micah does Last-Minute Show at Taylor Books
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MORP @ Hurricane Highschool
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New Tourdate System
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The Forgotten
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Local Talent Showcase Lineup
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Great Weekend
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Week in Review
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Tonight at Capitol Roasters
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Open Mic Night Conclusion
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Open Mic Night Hosted by Us
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Here we go again...
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You have a postcard from Micah Redding
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Weekend in Hillsboro
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Weekend in Cincinnati
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Everybody's Records Concert in Cincinnati This Weekend
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New Buttons Again!
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LAST-MINUTE HYAMP CONCERT
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New Photos & New Website (in case you hadn't noticed)
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Leprechaun Buttons Arrive!
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Gabe back safe and unsound (mentally, that is)
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NOTICE - Feature Article in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch
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NEWSFLASH - Special duet performance with Micah & Josiah
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Coffee Connection Tickets on Sale Now!
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MOVIE - Van Helsing
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MOVIE - Ned Kelly
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DVD TV Series - 24
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Got Milk? show a success!
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Multi-band show @ Brickhouse
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Radio appearance! New version of Mr. Rogers available - 10/07/04
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Not-So-Lucky in Kentucky - Saturday 9/25/04
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Rendezvous performance in Teays Valley - Friday 9/24/04
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Taylor Books performance in Charleston, WV - Friday 9/10/04
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Free Coffee in Dayton, OH - 8/28/04
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Thank You Cincinnati!
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Espresso Euphoria - 08/14/2004
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MOVIE - The Order
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MOVIE - Waking Life
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MOVIE - RM
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Benefit Concert - 07/30/2004
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Dayton Invasion - 07/23/2004
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Redding Brothers pack the house at Borders - 06/11/2004
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Free copy of Redding Brothers "sneak peak" release - 06/09/2004
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Redding Brothers hit the runway - 05/23/2004
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Tulsa Workshop pictures available - 04/19/2004
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Win a free CD, T-shirt, poster and more! - 03/08/2004
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RoughDraft sold out - 01/23/2004
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RoughDraft finally released! - 10/03/2003