Joel Watts shared this image on his blog: While green could have more naturally been used to indicate a positive situation, the maker of the image chose to throw in a snarky “but still irrational.” What, pray tell, if anything, is irrational about Deism? Deism is a viewpoint that only accepts that which is rational, eschews the supernatural, and only has room for the God that many philosophers have posited, an abstract prime mover. One may disagree with Deism if... Read more
I have long had a widget in my sidebar that shared links to interesting posts and news items elsewhere. Unfortunately, that widget seems to be causing the blog to load very slowly, resulting in error messages and other frustrating experiences for readers. I hope to find a widget that will work without such side-effects, but as you may have noticed, the widget is gone at least temporarily. But that doesn't mean that you cannot see what I share! All you... Read more
Most Star Trek fans will know about this, but even if you already did, you may enjoy hearing Leonard Nemoy talk about it. You can either fast forward in the above video to around 10:30, or click here to go straight to the relevant segment. HT Frank Weathers. Read more
If you have not yet discovered the Bestiaria Latina blog, you should. In addition to the Latin LOLcat, it also regularly features trilingual gifs of Biblical iconography. Read more
The mysterious pseudonymous biblioblogger is back. The post indicating this at the Biblioblog Top 50 blog is elusive, but the comments indicate that an X-Factor biblioblog revolution is afoot… Read more
A progressive Christian song. HT Sara Kay on Facebook. Read more
Hebrews 9 is the source of a couple of popular “memory verses” in conservative Evangelical circles. It was interesting to explore it in my Sunday school class today in a way that got at some key questions, both in terms of the exploration of the meaning of the text in its original context, and how it might be appropriated and used today. The core imagery related to the author's understanding of the significance of Jesus' death is drawn from Leviticus,... Read more
Paul Regnier shared a handy acronym he uses to help students remember the range of considerations that might be relevant to Christians seeking to reflect on ethical issues from a Christian perspective. The acronym stands for: Jesus – Are any of Jesus’ sayings or actions relevant to the question? Church – What are the teachings of different Christian churches / denominations? Obey Conscience – What might an individual Christian’s conscience tell them to do? Ministers & Priests – How... Read more
Here is another gallery of photos kindly provided by Brian Mubaraki (for which he and I apologize for the overlaid copyright symbol). They give an illustration of the range of beautiful crafts that Mandaeans produce. While they are most famous for their work with silver, the photos show that their skills are not limited to that particular medium. The photos are from his father’s collection, and so I wish to express gratitude to Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki as well. Let me... Read more
David Hayward's latest cartoon has a real life story behind it. Dashrath Manjhi lived in a remote part of Bihar, India. Because of a mountain range with no road through it, when his wife needed urgent medical help, she died, because help could not reach her in time. And so he spent more than the mext two decades making a path through the mountain, with his own hands. That's a key part of the message of the song I wrote,... Read more
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