J. K. Doyle shared (and offered a few critical comments about) the aboveimage that has apparently been circulating among those proud to be pretending to be Christians, and perhaps also among a small number of people who are as sincerely misguided about what being a Christian is as they are anout the use of scare quotes. Holy Sprit? Angles? Poor spelling in a post whose overall message is “I don’t need none of that high-falutin learnin'”? I would love to... Read more
Hemant Mehta shared the above church sign, asking for captions. Mine as a liberal Christian would be something like, “I love it when Christians have enough faith, courage, and moral conviction to disagree with the Bible.”   Read more
From PHD Comics   Read more
The blog Friendly Atheist (sparked by an article by Sam Harris) recently discussed the Pew Forum statistic concerning the number of Muslims who say that suicide bombing is never justified. There are lots of different ways that one could take this. One thing that is noteworthy is how different the answers are depending on the location of the answerer. The other is how this answer is liable to be construed because it is Muslims who are being asked. I think a... Read more
There are so many interesting posts today on blogs that I subscribe to, as well as a few backlogged ones that I had not managed to find the time to blog about yet, that I thought it made sense to do a round-up. I can start with Larry Hurtado, who posted about a week ago on a topic that has been central to his research for many years, the distinctive devotional practices of the early Christians and their relationship to... Read more
My church had a meeting after the service yesterday to discuss and identify what our “bedrock beliefs” are. The discussion was led by our pastor Tom Bartley, and four tables of church members including multiple retired pastors and Sunday school teachers, as well as a range of others. Each individual came up with their own list. Then each table worked to create a combined list. Then we worked to pare the list down, eventually coming up with seven words. Then... Read more
My son performed Stephane Grappelli’s “Minor Swing” again today at church as the music for the offertory. I accompanied on piano and John Arnold played drums. Read more
HT Jerry Coyne Read more
Mark Goodacre posted on the scholarly construct Q, and highlights the difference between that and a lost Gospel, one that we knew from its being mentioned in ancient texts existed, but it no longer does. He nicely relates this to the rediscovery of two Doctor Who episodes from the Patrick Troughton era. Of course, if you identify Q with a text that is so mentioned – such as Matthew’s logia, or as a Greek text which was mistakenly thought to... Read more
Deliberate pun? Unfortunate typo? It could be either, it has been both. Hope you enjoy it! Read more
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