[31.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic ] From the ins and outs of the Obama/Clinton race to the moral dilemmas of the characters in Lost, we check out the best the blogosphere has to offer this week.
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There are a few things one must not bring up at a dinner party: the dinner itself, politics and religion. Assuming you have managed to keep the dinner down, I find discussing taboo topics to be an effective if somewhat fiery digestive.
This blog and indeed the main site itself, written by religious education teacher Brendan O’Regan, discusses religion from an Irish Catholic perspective and its place in the popular arts.
Being an atheist, I have no desire to push any religious view on anyone but I found O’Regan’s discussion on the TV series Lost and the moral dilemmas of its main characters quite interesting, including the frequently mooted theory that the isla...
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