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@tomt453 asked me this on Twitter: “What conflicts do you come across being a nerd and a Christian?” I don’t think nerdom and Christianity are locked in a mortal struggle, like say: The Sith and the Jedi, The Fantastic Four and the Skrulls, E-Honda and his loin cloth, Frodo and the ring, or Good tasteRead more

The iPhone is finally coming to Verizon. I feel bad for everyone who just got their new phone three weeks ago and aren’t due an upgrade until after the Mayan calendar kills us all. I know that if I was on Verizon and didn’t have an iPhone, my obsessive tech nerdclination would take over andRead more

I grew up in a Christian home and my parents did their best to instill solid Christian values into my early life. Unfortunately the Christian values they tried to instill sometimes came up against my nerd inclinations…or “nerdclinations” (I hope I just invented a word). When I was growing up there were a few showsRead more

In 325, the Council of Nicaea settled a dispute in the Christian Church over whether or not Jesus was God or the first creation. Arianism purported that Jesus was not God, but the first creation of God. The council ruled against Arianism and orthodox Christian beliefs became clearer. Today the church is facing a similarRead more

Nerdiness isn’t anything new. While the subject matter has changed and the obsessions are different, nerds have been around since the beginning. Even the Bible is littered with nerds of the highest caliber. Here are the top five nerds of the Bible. Jacob Jacob may be known as the father of Israel, but he alsoRead more

Summer camp is not the ideal situation for nerds. I went to summer camp for the first time in the summer of 1994, the summer before my 8th grade year. This was a rough time in my life because Star Trek: The Next Generation had just finished two months earlier. I also didn’t know anyRead more