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Cameron’s Trick Question Tricks Cameron
Here’s Banana Man’s disciple Kirk Cameron asking a trick question about the Constitution and Declaration of Independence … then flubbing the actual answer. Classic. “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here…” Perhaps not the world, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Videos
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Driscoll on Yoga … Again
Thanks to Hemant, I see that Mark Driscoll is on about yoga again. After the last time he and other conservatives called yoga “demonic,” there was a spike of interest in the history of the practice. There were several articles … Continue reading
Posted in History
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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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Even Joseph Smith Talked Like a Pirate
Some folks on the Ex-mormon forum mentioned a connection between Captain William Kidd and Joseph Smith. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense: Smith was a treasure seeker, using his peep-stones as divining tools, and Kidd is the most famous pirate … Continue reading
Posted in History, Mormonism
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The Christians and Thomas Jefferson
Here’s pseudo-historian David Barton explaining how the supposed confirmation that Thomas Jefferson had a child with Sally Hemming was a liberal plant to make Bill Clinton’s infidelity seem less bad: I don’t remember that retraction. I do know that the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History, Politics
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Great Moments in Freethought: Allen's Inoculation
On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1764, two men presented themselves before the crowd leaving a Congregationalist Church in Salisbury, Connecticut. The older of the men would have been well known to the congregation, since he was one … Continue reading
Posted in History, Medicine, Religion
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Fake Lead Codices
Back in the spring it was announced that a number of lead codices were discovered in Jordan, and that these might be some of the earliest Christian writings ever found. Not long after the announcement just about every word of … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, History
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Born Angry
I’ve been reading James Turner’s intellectual history of western atheism, Without God, Without Creed. I’ve been writing a post about it, but it keeps getting longer and more complicated. So I decided it’s time to fish or cut bait. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, History
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Bad Public History
From Jason Colavito, (and a brief mention by Bill Maher) I learn that New Hampshire has just erected a historical marker commemorating an alien abduction. The marker reads: On the night of September 19-20, 1961, Portsmouth, NH couple Betty and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Paranormal
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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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