The thought struck me today that, since fundamentalism tends to be about having the right doctrines and the right understanding of them, it represents a reversal of the classic memory verse, Proverbs 3:5. The original reads (here in the New Living Translation), “Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” For many fundamentalists, what it means to trust in the LORD is precisely to believe that you have understood and accepted the true... Read more
Here's a list of the most popular posts on Exploring Our Matrix this year (of course, the year isn't quite over, but unless something very surprising happens in the next few days, the list is unlikely to change). The list goes up to 11. You'll see why at the end. Counting down… 11. “Ten Really Bad Reasons to Believe in a Historical Adam.” 10. “What Fundamentalists Worship” 9. “Jabba's Binders Full of Women” 8. “How to Care for Introverts” 7.... Read more
Someone needs to tell the cartoonist about quantum mechanics…and that the universe is much bigger than a single solar system. Read more
Does anyone know what “textbook” this is a photograph of? After I asked that question, a commenter quickly informed me that it is from Behold Your God: Magnifying His Majesty by Frank Hamrick and Jeff Hedgepeth. Take a look: The image has been making the rounds, appearing on BoingBoing and IO9 among other places. Let’s work through the questions in this “textbook,” shall we? The first one says that atheistic evolutionism has to do with “the existence of matter.” In answer... Read more
As a number of other bloggers have already mentioned, the NA28 – that is, the latest critical edition of the Greek New Testament – can be read online for free. It lacks the critical apparatus indicating differences between manuscripts, and features just the eclectic text, i.e. what the committee decided was most likely to represent the original reading. Here’s a sample of what it looks like when you copy and paste from it: ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 1:1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ... Read more
Scot McKnight shared a link to a Yahoo! News item which listed five “useless” and five supposedly better alternative degrees. The data behind the story seems to be bogus. A quick glance at online surveys of alumni indicates that the matter is, at least, more complex. One survey indicates more business majors unemployed than religion majors. And a look at a more reliable source, Georgetown University, suggests that there isn’t a huge gulf between religion majors and business majors when... Read more
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