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How Much History Do You Need?
There’s an interesting question weaving through the biblio-blogosphere. I think it starts with Brian LePort at Near Emmaus: What events recorded in Scripture must be historical for you to affirm the truthfulness of Christianity? Thomas Verenna picked up on it, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, History
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Bigots and the Bible
Rachel Held Evans has been running a series of posts in which she invites various people with different religious perspectives to answer questions left by her readers. The most recent post is Ask a Gay Christian, where Justin Lee, the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Sexuality
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Wedging in Creation
One of the more annoying things I see biblicists doing is trying to squeeze the creation account of Genesis into the scientific account. The most famous example is where they point out that fish evolved before birds, and that Genesis … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Science
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The Wall o' Socialist Bible Quotes
I recently got into a minor facebook spat after a friend (who I’m sure will identify themselves here if they want to) posted a link from the Washington Post, arguing rather convincingly that if Jesus returned he’d be none to … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Bible, Politics
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Quote of the Moment: Genreflection
“To some extent, all civilizations are built on projection, propaganda and half-truths — measures undertaken to create for posterity a stature or reputation that may not match reality.” -Timothy Pauketat, Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi Pauketat comes … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, History, Quotes
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Reading List
I’ve gotten a couple of questions from folks who are just starting to get into biblical criticism or atheistic philosophy and are wondering what books to read. Rather than answer individually, I thought we could share the books that made … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Bible, Books
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Doctrinal Conformity
Thom Stark is having a discussion with Dr. Richard Hess about the interpretation about a passage in 2 Kings. Some quick background: Stark wrote a response to Paul Copan’s book Is God a Moral Monster in which he argued against … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity
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Patriot Bible
I’m surprised it took this long for someone to market this … This is a parody of the above, although it’s a little in-jokey and aimed primarily at Scott Bailey, bibliobloggers and Canada. Mostly Canada.
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Humor, Videos
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Should the Bible be Relevant?
Over at HuffPo, the biblical scholars Richard Elliot Friedman and Shawna Dolansky are kicking off a series explaining what the bible really says about the big hot-button issues: The Bible: As Relevant (and Misunderstood) as Ever. I’d certainly agree with … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Bible, Christianity
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The End is Nigh …
I was thinking it was time to stop mocking Harold Camping and his followers. Matthew Paul Turner has a very generous post up about the Camping followers who believe that the Rapture will happen on May 21st. He’s got a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Oh the Stupidity!
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