The blog God of Evolution posted the above response to Ken Ham. Much more succinct than my own! Read more
The blog God of Evolution posted the above response to Ken Ham. Much more succinct than my own! Read more
Steve Caruso shared an image related to his work on the Mandaean Book of John project – this image illustrating a scribe’s “indecisiveness” about what to write, as it unfolded in an era before erasers: Click through to read more about it, and to see Steve’s color-coded explanation of the letters. It is a good reminder that scribes were human. Is there anyone who has never ended up with a mushed mess like this as they tried to write a... Read more
There have been a number of articles and blog posts in recent days related to the burial of Jesus in general, and the claim that a tomb in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem is the place where Jesus was buried. Here are the relevant links to three recent articles in The Bible and Interpretation: James Tabor wrote an article, “The Tombs at Talpiot: Overview of ‘The Jesus Discovery'” Mark Goodacre shared a link to his article “The Jesus Discovery? A Skeptic’s Perspective”... Read more
Ken Ham has posted a reaction on Facebook to an image I shared on my blog yesterday (you can read the comments from his cronies there). I’ll share the text of his Facebook post here and then discuss it: Come on James McGrath, do you really think stooping to such lows befits a professor at an academic institution? James McGrath is an Associate Professor in the Religion and Philosophy department at Butler University, Indiana. He has written a number of... Read more
Via Blog on the Way This made me laugh. Does it explain why guns seem to be more popular among American Christians than Biblical scholarship? So many comments come to mind, but let me just leave it at that. Read more
A friend on Facebook shared this with me: To paraphrase what Abraham said to the rich man in the parable in Luke’s Gospel: Ken Ham has the Bible and the evidence of creation. If he won’t listen to these, he won’t listen even if a voice comes from heaven. Read more
I spotted this on Reddit: I’ve blogged about this before. It is a good reason for concluding that the Bible is the work of human beings who were not given scientific knowledge beyond what was available in their own time. The alternative is to say that God chose not to reveal some basic facts that could have saved countless lives. I can’t imagine why any conservative believers would prefer to defend their extrabiblical doctrine about the nature and authority of the Bible,... Read more
Scott Bailey included this image in a recent post: One thing that struck me about it is that, if you don’t actually know English, you might not realize just how unsuitable a teacher the person who placed the advertisement is. Something similar is the case with science, and Biblical studies, and history, and many other subjects. There was another image circulating recently which quoted the question some people think is an objection to evolution, “If humans evolved from monkeys, then... Read more
HT Peter Enns on Facebook Read more
He was concerned with marketing to the young-earth creationist market, no doubt. Via Facebook Read more
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