Evolution in the bible, says Vatican – The Other Side – Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au

Those who like to criticize the Romish Church would do well to remember that, whatever its faults, it at least has the integrity to admit that evolution is true and that the bible does not contradict it. And they’ve been saying this for quite a while, though of course they excommunicated de Chardin for formulating the synthesis of evolution and theology that, it seems, is now in vogue among learned Catholics. As Dave at Epiphany in C suggests, this really does say something (good) about the Church, and also suggests they’re getting annoyed at America’s Unintelligent Design culture war.

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Lunar New Year Reads # 29 & #30

Technically speaking, only one of the two books was a Lunar New Year read, the other was a study, and was a book I studied off-and-on for more than a year. Still, as I completed it this year, I am including it in my log of books for purposes of memory, and of interest. 한국어 1, Language Education Institute, Seoul National University. 1993. Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov. 1962. Book #29: 한국어 1 (Korean Level 1), Language Education Institute, Seoul National University. 1993. On the face of it, it seems a little pathetic that at the close of my fourth …

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Googling Yourself

After reading how an EastSouthWestNorth: Associate Professor was angrily suing China Blog because a user had posted something bad about him, I got curious about whether any of my students had posted anything — good or bad — about me. I googled my own name using several spellings and while I discovered there are several people “Gordon” who are being discussed online, I am not one of them. There was a mere one hit that had anything to do with me: an announcement of professors promoted in March included my name and educational background. Whew. Update: Lime says she’s googled …

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Her Japanese Nurse Friend’s Favorite “Character”

Yes, my girlfriend actually has a friend who is a Japanese nurse. (Get your minds out of the gutter, all you naughty people.) The real question that came to my mind is this: what the heck is a “Miffy”? Calls out from the wilderness to Google, the Keeper of All Knowledge. Oh, that. Okay. Pan-Asian Cartoony cutesy character thingamadoodle. That was what I thought when I googled Miffy. That gave me pause. Why are these things so popular in Asia? I can understand a cultural difference in which people came to like “cute” things much more unabashedly here — I …

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뒤섞여 있음의 기쁨: Yes, I’m Published in Korean

What does that mean? I’m not quite sure, but Lime said it was something like what I took to mean “Joyful Melding” or something like that. It’s the title that was given to the translation of the article I wrote in English about the Jeonju Sori Festival, which was published in this month’s 문화저저늘 (Culture Journal). Since I didn’t title it myself, the title can only be credited to the translator… Lime says the writing as rendered in Korean is absolutely beautiful, and of course I’m not sure whether that means my writing is good, or whether to credit only …

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OhmyNews International

While I still don’t have a lot of sympathy for those caught for teaching in Korea illegally, OhMyNew International’s carrying a story called Prison Diary of an English Teacher which at least has me thinking that the way people are handled after being caught leaves much to be desired. But of course, it’s not the first time a ridiculous incarceration has happened in Korea — see the section of the documentary “If You Were Me” dealing with the story of Chandra Gurung, a Nepalese woman who spent over half a decade in a mental institution in South Korea because (a) …

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