2013-10-04T08:07:30-04:00

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While Ken Ham expressed surprise a while back that he agrees with atheist Bill Maher, it shouldn’t surprise anyone. There are a great many atheists and fundamentalists who are the mirror image of one another. They accept or reject Christianity understood as the same superficial set of implausible claims. There is no awareness of Biblical scholarship or the study of literature that might allow them to appreciate that there is more going on in stories than just either factual historical... Read more

2013-10-03T21:59:22-04:00

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I saw this clock on Amazon.com and thought I’d share it.  It will make a good Christmas gift for religion professors who are also Star Wars fans, if not for anyone else… Read more

2013-10-03T16:53:16-04:00

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By Steve Sabbai. HT Star Roarz on Facebook   Read more

2013-10-03T14:22:10-04:00

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2013-10-03T12:57:08-04:00

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Mark Goodacre, Chris Skinner, and Chris Keith all shared the above video and offered some comments on it. O’Reilly seems not to be aware of Luke 14:33: “those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.” I love that O’Reilly doesn’t know the word “anachronistic” and yet thinks he can discuss history. It explains why he can nonchalantly assert that Jesus disliked the Soviet Union. All of the above reflects very much an American perspective on... Read more

2013-10-03T12:42:30-04:00

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A commenter drew my attention to the existence of a parody song, “The New Gnu,” by musician Jon Garvey (based on “The Gnu Song”), about the so-called “Gnu Atheists.” Click through to listen (just have your computer’s sound on and it should play automatically, but there are controls at the very bottom of the page). Interestingly, Garvey also has essays related to Biblical studies and theology on his website, too! Here’s the Muppet rendition of the earlier song the one... Read more

2013-10-03T09:35:54-04:00

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I had this Walter Brueggeman interview shared with me and thought I should pass it on. Read more

2013-10-03T09:00:44-04:00

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2013-10-03T07:23:58-04:00

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There is a comparison between God and a potter on the one hand, and humanity and pottery on the other, in both testaments of the Christian Bible. The analogy is not apt. Pots do not feel pain. And as human beings, we rarely agree that the simple act of creating means that the one who did so has unlimited rights to torment the work of his or her hands. I mention this because I have had students reflecting on the... Read more

2013-10-02T20:36:18-04:00

Last updated on: October 2, 2013 at 8:36 pm   By

This is apparently an official BBC trailer for the 50th anniversary celebration show, “50 Years of Doctor Who.” It looks official, but of course we’ve been fooled before. But it seems to mesh with the Doctor Who TV website for the special. Either way, enjoy! Read more

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