The blog Two Friars and a Fool has a tongue-in-cheek list of things to watch out for when church shopping. I particularly liked this sign that you should give the church a wide berth: Has “Bible” in the Name Look, any church will have Bibles in it, as well as people who read those Bibles to a greater or lesser degree. I have found that churches with “Bible” in the title, though, have weaponized their Bibles, and are not afraid... Read more
I’ll be traveling again in the coming weeks. I have scheduled at least one blog post for every day that I’ll be away, and so you may not even notice the difference around here, other than that I may respond to comments at what seem like odd times of day. I’ll try to blog during my travels, and about my travels, but I thought I should schedule posts just in case I find that I don’t have wi-fi access as... Read more
Another meme about the most interesting God in the world, courtesy of God of Evolution. Read more
Kevin Brown shared a long list of issues with the NIV translation of the Bible which were compiled on the blog Is That In The Bible? It includes this quote from N. T. Wright: When the New International Version was published in 1980, I was one of those who hailed it with delight. I believed its own claim about itself, that it was determined to translate exactly what was there, and inject no extra paraphrasing or interpretative glosses…. Disillusionment set... Read more
OK, so this movie trailer, made by one of the students who went on the trip, may be my new favorite movie… Read more
Jerry Coyne shared the above video, which features professor Tim White addressing with what a creationist student probably thought was a clever objection. Read more
Here are videos from this year’s String Scholars Camp, run by the Butler Community Arts School at Butler University, with Richard Auldon Clark conducting: Read more
I saw on his website a few days ago that Bryan Bibb shared the powerpoint, audio, and text of his recent talk about Bible translation. When I took a look at the text, I saw that I was quoted. The quote comes from this earlier post. Read more
Courtesy of the Bureau of Communication. Read more
A recent piece in the New York Times highlighted statistics that suggest majors in religion and philosophy will make significantly less their first year after graduation if it is during a recession. Here is the chart from the article: While in a sense this is not surprising, it is also worth highlighting that university graduates still earn more as a result of their education, even if their earnings are below the average for graduates in their field, if they graduate... Read more
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