This parody of the infamous Chick Tracts comes from Betty Bowers. It really does get at the not only problematic but disturbing character of a particular sort of Christian theology. Read more
This parody of the infamous Chick Tracts comes from Betty Bowers. It really does get at the not only problematic but disturbing character of a particular sort of Christian theology. Read more
Brandon Withrow interviewed me a while back for an article he was writing. The article has now appeared online in On Faith. Click through to read it. Brandon’s post on his own blog mentioning the article, which is about violence in the Bible, has the provocative title “Evangelical Professors Give Moses an ‘F’ in Ethics.” Since the part of my interview he quotes is focused on Samson, I adapted his title for the title of my own post, flunking Samson too.... Read more
I have been meaning to post about the second edition of an interesting book by Kris Komarnitsky, Doubting Jesus’ Resurrection: What Happened in the Black Box?, exploring what natural explanation is possible for the rise of Christian belief in the resurrection. I’m kind of glad I waited, because now I can also point to Richard Carrier’s post about the book, in which he refers to me as “the infamous James McGrath”! 🙂 The book is important, not least because it... Read more
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A couple of cartoons on issues of corporations and freedom of religion, via Daily Kos. Read more
Today's Bizarro comic is funny. But having spent some time today talking with someone who genuinely seemed to believe that biological evolution meant a fish suddenly sprouting legs or even turning into a human being, it seems necessary to address the popular misunderstanding that could be reinforced by the cartoon. Many of us have wished at some point that we could sprout wings and fly away from some difficult circumstance. None of us did so. Evolution involves slow changes, largely... Read more
The meme image above has been circulating a lot lately. It reminded me of a discussion I had a couple of years ago about the difference between the internet and a library. The former is a disorganized jumble of information. What it lacks is curation. Search results, whether in a card catalogue or a browser search bar, are not that. It takes human expertise to provide a guide through the shelves, the stacks, the things that are not there but... Read more
I recently had the above drawn to my attention. I wasn't even vaguely aware of it previously. No wonder we haven't been able to track down Q. I had been focusing all my attention on Star Trek, and had left Japanese television out of the picture entirely! Read more
Jim Linville mentioned on his blog that he has had a paper accepted for the Blogger and Online Publication session at next November’s annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. The title is: May Contain Nuts and B.S. (Biblical Studies): The Politics of Academic Legitimacy Online and the Need to Properly Theorize the Category “@%!#*! Loonie” It will make a nice pairing with his Metacriticism paper, the title of which is: In Search of the Biblical Flintstones? Some Thoughts on Creationism, Academic Freedom,... Read more
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