See We have the technology to rebuild ourselves - tech - 07 January 2009 - New Scientist.
Far-fetched as it may seem now, what if cosmetic surgery was to one day extend to replacing perfectly good arms and legs with more beautiful or powerful ones in the hope of producing another Michael Phelps or Victoria’s Secret model? “Then we will have to evolve as a society a new morality, new ethics and codes of conduct, won’t we?” says Gow.
(David Gow is the inventor of the i-Limb hand).
Secondly, Creation Lens: Exploring the World, Discovering God (EWDG) with the related Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST) DVD resources. (Hat tip to Tensegrities » Blog Archive » Creation lens).
However, I see now that recent 2008 album “Rarities, B-Sides 2 And Other Stuff, Volume 2″ (Sarah McLachlan) has that song on it, and it’s also now avaiable in the NZ iTunes Store and also at DigiRama. Cool.
Right.
Fernando’s post Fernando’s Desk » Why Joss Whedon Is a Better Theologian than Most Bloggers and Preachers linked through to Ryan Torma’s blog (ryan torma: Firefly & Faith) which in turn linked through to Cowgirl Jazz’s blog with lots of Firefly material and to Ryan’s own article “Seeking Serenity: Creating spaces for theological dialogue between churches and young adults through the Joss Whedon television series Firefly and film Serenity“.
Further chasing of links lead to:
Which in turn reminded me of:
And I’ve gone through the blog and now put everything Firefly and Serenity related into a new “Firefly” category with links to resources relating to Firefly, reviews, comics etc.
First time on the radio and I wouldn’t mind doing it again sometime.
BTW - Each Wednesday morning Mike talks to Peter Lineham in the “That’s the Spirit” slot. Often the most entertaining (and loud) religious podcast of the week.
Superman: Redemption by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza collects three stories - one about a woman who sees Superman as her personal angel of judgement, another about what happens when fundamentalist religion and superpowers mix, and a third that continues the DC universe’s development of the nature of Hell. The last story didn’t really work for me - it felt a bit clumsy (compared to some of the Sandman or Spectre material that intersects the DC universe) - but the other two stories were worth looking at. I’ll try and buy the TPB for my own collection of such things next time the comic shop has a sale.
I’m tossing up setting an essay on what the implications for religious faith might be in the face of potential discoveries of extra-terrestrial life, so the idea’s sort of floating around in my head at the moment. (Either that or it’s a side effect of too much Christmas cake eaten with strong blue cheese.)
Merry Christmas from the Antipodes where, after the traditional bad weather in the week up to Christmas, things seem to be warming up.
Low key Christmas this year - at home with Kim’s folks here - and some time to recharge the batteries.
Dinner tonight will be Butter Turkey - last year I curried that left-over turkey and the kids loved it and all this year they’ve been asking for a repeat performance. So it looks like Butter Turkey or similar will become a Garner Christmas tradition.
See Embryos in limbo - dilemma for clinics - Religion and beliefs - NZ Herald News. (It’s been filed in the Herald’s “Religion and beliefs” section but they probably need a more general ‘ethics’ section as it impacts on more than just religious beliefs”)