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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Links to Your World, Tuesday July 19

Internet Use Affects Memory


10 examples of Harry Potter fandom, including an invisibility cloak, a Dumbledore beard, and a Quidditch broom.


Sarah Pulliam Bailey for CT recaps how Christians changed their minds on the boy wizard over the years. Myself, I thought the Potter series was wonderful from the start, but I never saw the 'Christian themes' that others claimed to see. It's a story of sacrificial love, courage, and friendship, which are all qualities the Christian faith encourages, but there's nothing unique to Christianity about them. A couple of New Testament quotes, taken as moralisms, do not make Hogwarts a modern Narnia. Enjoy the books for what they are instead of as code for the gospel.


Hey! An iPad 2 for $69! Oh...


Grandparents are safer drivers than mom and dad, study finds


Austin360 has the REAL reasons Netflix is raising its prices


Wired reports: "Wi-Fi–Hacking Neighbor From Hell Sentenced to 18 Years." Disturbing to know what can be done with your your online rep.


It turns out teens actually listen to what their parents say about sex.


More than 50% of Parents Use Facebook to Spy On Their Kids


The Elmer Gantrys of Hinduism? " For centuries, India’s gurus and spiritual leaders were the picture of asceticism and simple living. Now, many are powerful figures who control vast empires. With that power and wealth, however, have come questions about the business of religion, fueled in recent months by the discoveries of hoards of gold, silver, diamonds and cash, the declaration of assets running into hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, and accusations of money laundering....When ['godman'] Sai Baba died in April, his personal chambers were found to contain $2.8 million in cash, along with gold and silver worth about $5 million. Cupboards contained cloth bags filled with diamonds, hundreds of robes, more than 500 pairs of shoes and dozens of bottles of perfume and hair spray" (WaPo)


"In our times, people will be indifferent or hostile to the idea of attending church services without positive contact with Christians living out their lives in love and service" (Tim Keller).


Internet Use Affects Memory




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