Steve Caruso noticed that the supposed name of Jonah is upside-down on the ossuary. Of course, so is the supposed stick figure of Jonah himself. So is this two strikes against the idea that Jonah is depicted, or do they fit nicely together? Rogue Classicism has a lengthy discussion of the documentary and its claims. (Jim Davila linked to it). Jim West noted that the documentary didn’t do very well, as far as ratings are concerned. James Tabor offers an... Read more
David Bailey posted about project Steve, which seeks to illustrate the overwhelming consensus among scientists – and especially scientists in relevant fields – about evolution. For those who may not be familiar with it, when the Discovery Institute produced a list of people who “dissent from Darwin,” Project Steve was created in response, to illustrate that there are more Steves among scientists who support the consensus, than there are scientists of any name who dissent. Here is an infographic with... Read more
Hilary White, definitely, for the painting below, “Beaker Slaying Honeydew” based on Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes”: IO9 shared this and many others. Several involve characters from Star Wars, superheroes, and many other figures that were not yet around when the original paintings were created. See the full collection here on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wytrab8/sets/72157626449405026/ Read more
Cartoon removed at cartoonist’s request – please visit the cartoonist’s web site to see it! HT Jim West Read more
Χριστός ανέστη, Hristos a înviat, and Happy Easter to those who observe the orthodox calendar! Thanks for the above image to Pithless Thoughts – who I hope will also share how one actually says “Christ is Risen” or “Happy Easter” in Klingon, since even the language site Omniglot doesn’t know. I wonder if that is because the closest Klingon equivalent is something like “Kahless has been cloned.” For those who observe the Western Christian calendar of holidays, the second Sunday... Read more
Hemant Mehta shared a Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoon. This is where it ends up: Click through to see how it got there, and be sure to click on the red button for the final punch line. In my class, I’m the one raising the issues. Which I suppose also makes me more like the kid than the teacher in the snippet from Malcolm in the Middle that was shared at Unreasonable Faith today. Read more
Patheos blogs have a new look, and Exploring Our Matrix is no exception. The changes that were being made are the reason for my not posting until now. Now that the changes are done, please let me know what you think – and those of you who read this blog in a feed reader, please do click through this once to take a glance and, if you have thoughts, leave a comment. Thanks! Read more
Steve Caruso offered a “post mortem” on the “live blogging” about the documentary which aired last night, and the incongruity of a post mortem about live blogging seemed oddly appropriate. He also offered an analogy to the “there’s no consensus about what kind of vase it is, therefore it is a fish” argument. Bob Cargill, Mark Goodacre and Tom Verenna live blogged the documentary. Christopher Rollston offers a review of the book, covering claims made in the recent book and... Read more
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This is the second part of my review of Bart Ehrman’s book Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, in which I discuss the second and third parts of the book. The first part of my review, on the first part of the book, can be found by clicking anywhere on this sentence. The first part of the book focused on making the positive historical case for there having been a historical Jesus of Nazareth. The second... Read more
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