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...sample bits and pieces of Macbeth, Jane Eyre, 1984 or Catch-22 in a literature class; we would expect students to read an entire work. Just so with the Bible. My enthusiasm for this proposal is not entirely selfless. I subscribe to the position espoused by the great Isaac Asimov: "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 16, 2007 | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...know personally I haven’t listened to them at all in the past few years,” said Isaac Ravishankara...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Third Eye Blind To Headline Yardfest | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...need you to plan a presidential assassination," U.S. intelligence honcho Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover) tells ex-Marine Gunnery Sgt. and all-round super sniper Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg). It's for the good of the country, of course: Seems that the CIA has a tip on a plot to take a potshot at POTUS; and Swagger, a former Marine Gunnery Sgt. who can nail a gnat from a mile away in a high wind, is just the fellow to get into the mind of the would-be Hinckley and prevent the fourth killing of a U.S. President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shooting Holes in a Conspiracy | 3/23/2007 | See Source »

...screen, turn up the volume, and dance: Isaac Brock and the boys deliver a fisherman’s tale. Unapologetically dancier than older Modest Mouse tracks, “Dashboard” is a simple song that some may find a bit too tailored for radio. But really, this video isn’t about trying to say something new; it’s about fun, friends, and fish. Telling the tragic tale of a retired tidal traveler, the video shows a few old salts recalling their glory days on the ocean over pints of grog. But one yarn seems...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Modest Mouse | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...about Jesus, from the apostle Paul, says that Jesus "died for our sins," and many insisted that Jesus had voluntarily died a sacrificial death. But others asked, What kind of God are you talking about? If God would not allow Abraham [in the Hebrew Bible] to offer his son Isaac as a human sacrifice, but told him to offer a ram instead, would God then sacrifice his son Jesus? Doesn't this suggest that God is some kind of monster, instead of the loving God of whom Jesus spoke? Would God refuse to forgive human sin apart from human sacrifice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Early Christianity's Martyrdom Debate | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

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