Since words did not seem to be sufficing to get through to a mythicist who commented on a recent post on my blog, I have decided to try using pictures. And so hopefully the explanation that follows will be helpful. If you think that the Gospels in the New Testament are the same genre as [...]

I’ve heard from a couple of people that have had issues commenting on the blog. I would love to ask how many are having this problem – but of course, if you cannot comment, that will make it hard to answer the question! In many cases, if you have trouble logging in with your Blogger/Google [...]

Tim Bulkeley has two posts in the blogosphere today that deserve attention. One is on how modern publishing sometimes looks more like “unpublishing” – a failure to disseminate and share, which is what publishing means. His other post, at The Bible and Interpretation, focuses on how the poor interpretation of the Bible in fundamentalist circles [...]

I couldn’t think of a better title for this than the one Scott Bailey provided. From Failbook via Scotteriology

A couple of links that relate by way of comparison and contrast. Steve Wiggins blogs about the human processes involved in building the Bible. In the process he includes the great picture on the right which symbolizes that so nicely. Tony Burke explains why he studies Christian apocrypha, and how it relates to interest in [...]

My irony meter was off the charts last night when, after just having posted about experts and those who don’t trust them, I saw that Uncommon Descent (the intelligent design blog) had a post illustrating what those without expertise do when they accept this principle, and yet want really badly to nevertheless be able to [...]