The quote is from a post of mine, “People Wrote It, You Believe Them, That Settles…Nothing.“ Read more
The quote is from a post of mine, “People Wrote It, You Believe Them, That Settles…Nothing.“ Read more
My review of Attridge's translation of the Acts of Thomas has been published in Review of Biblical Literature. As you will see on sites like Amazon.com, as well as in my review, this offers a scholarly translation plus some introduction and comments for a very affordable price. Â Â Read more
Via The Christian Left on Facebook. Â Â Read more
Via John Loftus, I became aware of this list of ten commandments which Valerie Tarico offered as better than the more famous ten. What do you think of them? This above all shall ye take as my first command: Thou shalt treat living beings as they want to be treated. And the second commandment is like unto it: In as much as be possible, thou shalt avoid afflicting pain or sorrow, which shall be unto thee my signs of ill... Read more
The quote is from Marcus Borg’s recent post about progressive Christians and the Bible. Hopefully the title did not lead you to expect something more like this: Read more
Another day, another place…    Read more
Via Christian Brady   Read more
I saw this on The Far Left Side's Facebook page. I am inclined to respond in the manner that I think the author of the Book of Job was getting at in the speeches towards the end of that book. If you can make a better universe, be my guest! There are lots of things we do not know about God, the cosmos, and so many specific details. But this universe produced life. Do we know that one with more... Read more
OK, the last post asking where I was had too big a clue – the name of a city on the side of a hill! This one is from the same country, but a different place. I'll give you that, the photo of the winding road (which the BBC television show Top Gear said is the most impressive in Europe), and photos of the lake you reach at the end of it. Can you figure out the rest?    Read more
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