Several people asked me to share photos from GenCon, and so here are some more, which I took and thus am not in, illustrating some of the costumes and sights. First, there's Doctor Fett with an Imperial Guard, as two universes collide! Redshirts, a clever idea for a Star Trek game: Balloon Cthulhu: A Jawa and an Ewok (who are friends, apparently): The D&D section of a huge gaming hall: A musically-inclined elf: Another photo of Cardhalla: Read more
I had a great day at GenCon today. Here are some more Doctor Who photos, including me grinning like an idiot when meeting Peter Davison! 🙂 And just in case Steven Moffatt doesn’t reunite classic and more recent Doctors for the 50th anniversary, GenCon brought them together, more than once. Here’s one example: Read more
On one side of the exhibit hall, Who North America has a store, with a TARDIS and a Dalek. I will try to get someone to take my picture with them before the end of the day! I'm glad I went to get Peter Davison's autograph when I did. There was no line then, while now the line is pretty long! (Look carefully and you can see him): And finally, here are a few photos of Cardhalla, a charity fundraiser... Read more
Today I've been at GenCon most of the day. There is free wi-fi only in the food court, so I haven't been able to post as I go throughout the morning. I got to meet Peter Davison (I used the good camera for that photo, so it won't appear here until later), and play some games around the exhibit hall. Of particular interest, given my personal and professional interests, was the booth for GameChurch.com, aimed at evangelizing gamers. Here is... Read more
The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) have launched a YouTube channel. Here’s a sample of the sort of thing you can find there: HT AWOL Read more
Robert Holmstedt normally blogs about Hebrew grammar. But the nonsense Answers in Genesis spouts about the Bible and not just science has irked him enough to comment. Here’s a taste of what he wrote in a recent blog post: If a person’s view of the authority rests on reading Genesis scientifically and so his or her faith crashes against the wall of science, the teachers and preachers that taught that poor person in the first place will answer to God for... Read more
I saw this on Facebook: It reminded me of an analogy I’ve often used, of two cells in a human body talking about their place in the grand scheme of things, and the meaning of their existence. One says that it looks around and says “Cells are all there is – we’re born, we die, there’s no meaning to it all.” The other says that it thinks maybe we’re part of one big cell. The second one is not able... Read more
Hemant Mehta recently shared this video response to Ray Comfort’s deceitful movie about evolution. It makes some excellent points, including highlighting the irony of Comfort saying “Just look at this banana! Proof of God!” and yet complaining, when scientists have so much evidence for evolution they can point to, “Sorry, that’s not good enough!” Mehta will also apparently be interviewing Comfort on his blog, and has asked for readers of his blog to suggest questions! Read more
This came my way today via Facebook: How would you say “That's boring” in your field of expertise? (To see the range of ways this is said in my field, just have a look at the recent reviews of Reza Aslan's book Zealot…) Read more
“John the Baptist” is the way one particular John is known to history. But there are two ways that phrase could be understood. One, which is probably the most common, views John as having developed a distinctive ritual immersion, and that creation of his led to him being nicknamed “John the immerser.” A problem with this view is that it fails to explain how, with all the different sorts of immersions that people practiced in this time period, John’s ritual,... Read more
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