Some of you may have come to this blog and had a noisy ad start playing – probably one for Mucinex and an online drugstore, if your experience was like mine. I think the presence of ads that make noise automatically cheapens web sites and disrupts our enjoyment of them – and it never, ever makes someone want to buy the product in question. I want it to be clear to readers that, as far as I am concerned (and... Read more
Via Facebook. A scientific reminder of our limits human perspective on existence. The title of the post alludes to 1 Corinthians 13. Read more
If one looks online for sources discussing the date of the Book of Daniel (and a number of other Biblical texts where the same issues arise), one is bound to come across conservative works which inevitably accuse scholars who date those works later than they do of “anti-supernaturalism.” Unless one rejects the possibility of predictive prophecy from the outset, they claim, then one will not exclude the possibility that these works genuinely predict the events they purport to, rather than... Read more
Indiana State Senator Dennis Kruse is the man behind several past attempts to pass creationist legislation in Indiana. Having been unsuccessful, he is trying something else, which ironically highlights the challenges for science educators. He says of his newly proposed “Truth in Education” legislation, “If you’re teaching something, then a student could question that and say, you know, ‘How do you know that’s true?’ And so the teacher would have to come up with different sources, ‘This is why I think... Read more
Via Reddit, I discovered James Hance’s delightful art which depicts Star Wars characters as though they were part of the Winnie the Pooh stories. Click through to see more – it is worth it, if you want to see Kanga and Roo turned into Tauntauns! Read more
Via the blog Hieroi Logoi, I learned that the catalog from a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit of Late Antique Christian art in 1970s, with the title Age of spirituality: Late antique and early Christian art, third to seventh century, is available as a free pdf download. It can also be read online. The book is out of print, and a used copy on Amazon.com is selling for $349.88. I think the free digital copy is better value for money,... Read more
Another classic of the holiday season! Read more
Via Sean Carroll’s blog, I learned that legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck passed away today. Read more
I’m grateful to Rachel Held Evans for having sent me an advance review copy of her book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master”. I confess I am a bit embarrassed that I’m only blogging about it after the book is already out. But since her book had no shortage of attention in the run up to its release, perhaps I can make up... Read more
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