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shocklog

“A [weblog] intended to shock. The term was coined to describe a number of Dutch websites that have specialized in presenting shocking, irritating or ‘irresponsible’ material. Shocklogs have become enormously popular in the Netherlands.”

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‘Opwekking’ skips song 666

The songbook Opwekking, a popular collection of worship songs, which is used in many Dutch churches (from Pentecostal to mainline Protestant), has decided to skip song 666. The number 666, which according to the bible book Revelation is “the number of the beast”, was felt to be “too sensitive” for believers in the Opwekking target […]

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Protestant pastors should believe in God

Pastors who say they do not believe in the existence of God have no place in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN), says Jan-Gerd Heetderks, chairman of the PCN.
Not believing can be a theological language game, “but this is not in the interest of the church attendant”, says Heetderks. Pastors should therefore never say […]

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anthropological beliefs

“Most ideas are contested (…) and culture may therefore be regarded as a basis for disagreement, rather than a consensus. What we call culture are underlying, taken-for-granted, rules that make disagreement possible.”

(Sapir’s culture concept according to Eriksen & Nielsen, p. 66: Eriksen, Thomas & Finn Nielsen (2001), A History of Anthropology, London & Sterling, VA: […]

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Pi day

Because of pi day and to bring back the alpha in pi, a link to this 2cool guerilla poet: Laser 3.14

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what comes after the hyperreal?

1) reality and image are one (seen as)
2) the image is a false representation of reality (believed to be)
3) the image pretends to be reality (staged as)
4) the image has become a reality of its own (no one notices)