James' Thoughts and Musings

James Bradford Pate's comments on religion, politics, entertainment, books, and life

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Public School Sex Education: My Experiences

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I talked yesterday about some of the scholastic information about abstinence-only education, and I may expand on this sometime in the future...
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Do Abstinence-Only Programs Work?

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The Associated Press has a story today entitled Report: Abstinence Programs Don't Work. It was about a recent study conducted by the Na...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Cincinnati Election Day 2007

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Today was Election Day in Cincinnati, when local residents voted on the city council, judges, the school board, and various referenda . I fe...
Monday, November 5, 2007

Musical Sacrifice

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I heard an interesting lecture today by a scholar named Michael Swartz . He was talking about fifth century piyyutim , which are Jewish lit...
Sunday, November 4, 2007

Joel and His Critics: a Case of Clashing Prooftexts

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Joel Osteen's name has appeared a lot in the blogosphere as of late. It started with Chris Tilling's unfavorable comparison of Ru...
Saturday, November 3, 2007

Governor Reagan and the Environment

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I promised in a previous post to write about Reagan's environmental policies as Governor of California, and I like to keep my promises. ...
Friday, November 2, 2007

Thoughts on the Westboro Case

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According to a recent story , Westboro Baptist Church must pay the father of a slain marine $11 million because it protested at his son...
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James Pate
My name is James Pate. This blog is about my journey. I read books. I watch movies and TV shows. I go to church. I try to find meaning. And, when I can’t do that, I just talk about stuff that I find interesting. I have degrees in fields of religious studies. I have an M.Phil. in the History of Biblical Interpretation from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also have an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from Jewish Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from DePauw University.
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