“Feel” by Chicago So everybody’s pulling you in all directionsYou don’t know how much longer to take itSo you’ve learned how to fake it That smile on the outside’s fading fastLike the things that you thought for sure would lastBut they didn’tYou know something’s missingIs it your life you’re not living? [Chorus:]Your heart is cold, your soul is numbYou don’t like who you’ve becomeYou played the game and paid the cost for long enoughSo grab the reins, take the wheelLose... Read more

John Derbyshire (of “The Corner” in the National Review) had the following to say about the bill which Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law recently, the “Louisiana Science Education Act“, supposedly intended to defend “academic freedom”: Whether or not the law as signed is unconstitutional per se, I do not know. I do know, though — as the creationist Discovery Institute that helped promote the Act also surely knows — that the Act will encourage Louisiana local school boards to... Read more

I received an invitation from yet another Who’s Who today, this time by ordinary mail. This one was Cambridge Who’s Who. Given what I’ve learned and experienced about other Who’s Who organizations, I’m not surprised that they emphasize that they are proudly not associated with any other Who’s Who organization. This one is much glossier, with a blog and a more impressive web presence than some of the others. But they acknowledge that all they are is a database of... Read more

Via Wishing Doesn’t Make It So, I’ve ended up participating in a discussion at the New England Pastor blog on “The Mythical Book of Genesis“. I suspect many regular readers may also find the discussion interesting and worth joining in. Read more

Doug Chapin has recommended abandoning talk of “what the Bible says”, with further discussion by Henry Neufeld and Sean the Baptist. Paul Flesher compares ancient and modern readers. The news about the Revelation of Gabriel is being followed by PaleoJudaica, Stephen Cook, Think Christian and many others. Creationists are appealing to the Flintstones in their support. A philosopher has taken on the idea of irreducible complexity. New Scientist covers the latest legal threat to evolution and thus to decent science... Read more

The current iPhone enables one to make and receive phone calls, e-mails, and text messages, view pdf files, photos, and videos, not use turn signals, and drive at 15 MPH in a 30 MPH zone. Rumor has it the next generation of iPhone will include an additional safety feature: an airbag, for those instances where one inevitably careens into oncoming traffic while using it. Read more

The Mandaeans use a solar calendar which consists of 12 months, each consisting of exactly 30 days, with an additional 5 days added at the end of the year which do not belong to any month. Apparently, this same calendar was used in ancient Egypt throughout most of its history. An additional day once every 4 years was added to the calendar before the first century C.E. The Jews down the ages have used a lunar calendar for the most... Read more

John Pieret has a “cracker” of a post. Ann Fontaine highlights some bloggers who are blogging the Qur’an. Ken Schenck continues working through James D. G. Dunn’s The Partings of the Ways. The Evolution of the Mystery talks about miracles. Scot McKnight has a little exercise for young theobloggers. Jim West shares Joe Zias’ thoughts on the “Revelation of Gabriel”. Chris Heard’s two interests, teaching Bible and role playing games, are finally converging. Mark Goodacre blogs the Doctor Who season... Read more

Here’s another scam e-mail I received. As usual, when they make it through the spam filter, I post a warning, since I get lots of gullible people finding their way to my blog searching for key words and names from the e-mail, since somehow they think the e-mail might be real and worth checking. Here’s the contents of the most recent one. It is a scam. No one wants to transfer money to a complete stranger. No one. Not now,... Read more