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Welcome to The Thomas Society….
The Thomas Society started out as a campus ministry at The Ohio State University, but now it has grown into something larger. It started with the belief that dialogue in our culture has fallen into a cesspool of backbiting, attack politics, and low blow talking points. We wanted to get around that by starting a group where no topic was off limits and no discussions too risky as long as everyone understood the rules of civilized conversation.
That spirit has carried over into this blog. In it’s old incarnation, the blog had been dedicated to discussions surrounding the atheist/Christian dialogue in our culture. Now, in it’s new form, we are moving beyond those bounds (but those will still be here) into topic ranging from politics and culture.
There is only one rule: There will be no personal attacks. Attack poor thinking. Attack lack of Clarity. Attack bad outfits. But, no personal attacks of any kind will be tolerated.
Other than that…anything is free game…….
I haven’t read enough of your posts to get a true perspective of you, but you are similar to a Congregationalist Minister that I knew in Danbury CT during the mid 70′s.
Thanks Jeff. Hope that’s a good thing.
It was a good thing and I had a deep respect for the man. I have never been religious or a believer, but he gave me an interest in religion and what it could be. Take care, Jeff.
Hey there,
I don’t know where else to contact you, so I’ll do it here. Hello. I’m enjoying your blog so far and hope to continue doing so. You raise some good questions and interesting points.
ANyway, here is something that might amuse or outrage or both
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2009/08/19/armor-of-god-pjs/
Hello Rebecca,
My email is jweyer179@gmail.com. Feel free to drop me a line. Thanks for stopping in!
Jules is a great addition! Okay, I am a bit prejudiced because she’s my friend and colleague but really, she is a great addition.
She is indeed, welcome Nancy.
I stumbled onto your website by pure accident, your award for hypocrites shares its name with my late father. But once I reviewed it, I found that you are dedicated to serve the people that I was part of thirty years ago, Ohio State students who instinctively knew that the question “Does God exist?” didn’t have the neat little answer that the people who tried to pass agnosticism and the second hand opinions of people who studied great sciences but not theology off as conclusive proof that atheism was irrefutable fact.
Please tell me more about the origin of the Attie award. I presume that it might be named for one of the noted scientists whose names I discovered in my research but I’d love to know for sure.
Er, well, if only the Attie awards had such a distinguished history. Attie is short for “Attack Dogs”. If you go into the my experience at the Creation Museum, you will get the general idea. Basically, they had attack dogs on patrol when I visited with the atheist. So, the Attie awards to all those who commit idiocy on the part of the atheist/christian debate.