There is more information on the St. Andrews Symposium blog. HT Jim Davila Read more
There is more information on the St. Andrews Symposium blog. HT Jim Davila Read more
Over the past year, this blog received more than a million and a half pageviews, by more than 900,ooo distinct users. In the past, I’ve listed the most popular pages of the year regardless of when they were written, and I’ll mention a few from previous years later. But here is a countdown of the top 10 posts written in 2015: 10. Transracial Jesus 9. Heterosexual Marriage Under Threat (Map) 8. One Soul or Two? 7. Enabling Someone’s Sinful Lifestyle 6. Proof that Obama... Read more
This Star Wars themed painting by Banksy seemed worth sharing. Read more
Thom Stark wrote the following on Facebook: The book of Revelation is just a retread of the apocalyptic portions of Daniel and Ezekiel, almost to the point of plagiarism. And it’s full of plot holes. Just goes to show the creative bankruptcy of the whole covenantal reboot. But no offense to all your zealot followers and don’t let me stand in the way of all that bank you’re making. Bible is the biggest-selling book of all time. Just pure commercialism;... Read more
The Acts of John concludes with Jesus leading his disciples in song (with words that Gustav Holst famously set to music). Abram Kielsmier-Jones spotted a typo in an English heading in his Greek New Testament, which may provide the backstory to the incident in the Acts of John: Read more
I just came across this picture showing how BB-8 (the droid in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, for the few who don’t recognize it immediately) actually works on the inside: Read more
The title of the post refers to two recent articles. One is Tom Smietana’s article in the Washington Post, offering a religious case for ignoring Episodes I, II, and III of Star Wars. He likens the prequels to the Gnostic Gospels – although he also has complaints about every episode except “A New Hope.” The other is by Jay Michaelson in Forward, and suggests that Star Wars is America’s Talmud. Here is its conclusion: The very end of the film... Read more
Stephen Matheson shared his experience of seeing the new Star Wars movie on Facebook, and considerately redacted out anything that might give away plot details. It was so good, I had to share it: Thoughts about The Force Awakens. Spoilers have been fully redacted, so you may read without fear of having your first viewing ruined. We saw the film in a huge packed theater on a Saturday afternoon, which would be great fun no matter what the movie is.... Read more
Someone should create a Republican Obi-Wan Twitter account, if they haven’t already… HT Hemant Mehta Read more
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