From PHD Comics. Read more
From PHD Comics. Read more
Another addition to the collection of things Jesus never said, this reflects the way some Protestants view church history. Read more
I confess that when I was included in the book club discussing Janis Durham’s book The Hand on the Mirror: A True Story of Life Beyond Death, I was not entirely enthusiastic. I had blogged about books about near-death experiences by Eben Alexander and Mary Neal, and they left me skeptical. I was delighted to find that Durham’s book is of a significantly different sort in at least certain respects. While it begins with personal biographical narrative and experience in... Read more
The quote comes from my 2011 post “Liberal Christianity – An Affirmation.” Read more
Intelligent Design proponents and young-earth creationists tell lies. That isn’t new information. One of the lies they tell is that genetic mutations do not produce new information. This video addresses this lie of theirs. Read more
Some years ago I blogged about Robin Meyers’ book, Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus. Recently Progressive Christianity shared an excerpt from his new book, Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance. Below is a sample, from the larger section from which the quote above comes. Click through for even more, or better yet, buy the book. The sad truth is that much of the church today is a harmless handmaiden of the... Read more
From Non Sequitur. One can really learn things about religion by comparing sacred texts. But you have to stop viewing your own as a weapon first. Read more
When Andy Snyder set about making this video explaining the Euthyphro dilemma, I’m pretty sure he didn’t expect an ancient Egyptian deity to appear from above to settle the matter. But that is precisely what happens in this short video. HT Madeleine Flannagan. Read more
Dudley Chapman has written a really helpful blog post, addressing a popular misunderstanding about peer review – and thus also the way some have misunderstood the significance of retractions and other such things that have been in the news lately. Click through to read it. Of related interest, the New York Times just featured an article about the effect of scholars seeking to make an impact on the public and not just get their work in academic journals. See also this... Read more
I can’t believe that no one thought to make an “Ancient Arians” meme before now. I suspect that someone created this for Trinity Sunday, which just passed. Read more
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