Time for some Friday morning links:
- A woman has been arrested in Colorado for attacking a blasphemous piece of art with a crowbar, saying that it “desecrate[d] my lord.” The artist responded to the attack by saying, “I don’t expect people to agree with me but let’s have a civil discussion, you know.” Somehow I’m just a little skeptical that the artist was aiming for “civility” here…
- Brian mentioned Albert Mohler’s thoughts on divorce earlier this week, but his recent comments on yoga have been getting him more attention lately. Mohler says that “Christians who practice yoga ‘must either deny the reality of what yoga represents or fail to see the contradictions between their Christian commitments and their embrace of yoga.’” I feel like this argument comes up a lot; what do people think?
- A question I never thought would be asked: In the case of surrogate pregnancy, who has the right to abort the child if he has a genetic disorder? The answer manages to be even more depressing, if revealing: “The child is seen by the commissioning parents as a product, and in this case a substandard product because of a genetic condition.” “Why should the intended parents be forced to raise a child they didn’t want? It’s not fair.”
- Getting up close and personal with Italian masterpieces. No, closer. I mean, really close.
- Russia in color — a century ago. Between 1909 and 1912, “photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II.” The results are stunning. Some samples:
Orthodox. Faithful. Free.
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