Here is another comment on this blog that seemed worth sharing in a post, this time from Stuart32: It’s not a question of evolution versus Christianity. If the theory of evolution is true then any objection you might have against it is also an objection against God’s way creating us. But if the theory isn’t true then any objection against the theory is also an objection against God for creating the world in such a way as to deceive so... Read more
This quotation is often attributed to Karl Barth, but it is verifiably the words of Madeleine L’Engle. Blog reader Eric Funston kindly made the image with the appropriate attribution and shared it on his blog, That Which We Have Heard and Known. Read more
Commenter Ian wrote the following, and I thought it worth sharing in a blog post: Surety is cheap. The Pharisees were sure they were right, the 9/11 terrorists were sure they were right, as they gave their lives for what they were sure of, the Nazis were sure they were right and the world would be better with the Jews exterminated. Being sure is not difficult, and it is not a sign of being right. Those who are most sure... Read more
Existential comics has a nice comic strip dealing with the philosophical issues related to teleportation and imaginary technology like the transporter on Star Trek. Click through to read the rest. Read more
Open Parachute shared the above image with a quote from David Attenborough. This illustrates well the theological objection that is raised not by atheists and agnostics in the first instance, but by liberal religious believers. And it relates not just to matters of creation but to the implications of thanking God for the good as though it were specially arranged for you, without acknowledging that there are other things in the world for which it is hard if not impossible... Read more
Jerry Coyne shared the picture below, showing how invoking a certain fictional technology from a show I enjoy could solve a very serious problem that confronts young-earth creationism: how could all those animals fit on the ark? Fans of Doctor Who will know that space arks have featured more than once on the show, from “The Ark” back in the William Hartnell era to “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” more recently in Matt Smith's time as the Doctor. The only real... Read more
The carnival rounding up the past month’s Biblical studies blogging, with a nicely poetic initial dose of holiday cheer that is itself worth reading, is hosted by Jessica Parks at Cataclysmic. Peter Kirby is keeping the Biblioblog Top 50 alive and running. See also the 5th Septuagint Studies Soiree, and yet another list of the top 100 Christian blogs. Finally, that award mentioned in the title, offered unilaterally by another blogger and greatfully received by this one. I won’t spoil... Read more
It is time for conservative Christians to say goodbye to young-earth creationism once and for all, just as they did with slavery. It is hard to take a dramatic step, but a moment arrives when you simply cannot persist in doing evil any longer and retain even the pretense of being a Christian. That moment has arrived. Not because it is the start of 2014. The moment arrived in 2009, as it happens, but most of us blinked and missed it.... Read more
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014! For those who don’t follow the Gregorian Calendar, I wish you a happy day, and a happy new year whenever yours begins… Read more
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