{"id":2176,"date":"2009-08-30T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/08\/around-the-blogosphere-10\/"},"modified":"2009-08-30T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T22:54:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/08\/around-the-blogosphere-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Around the Blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There have been lots of posts this weekend that ought not to be missed. First, Mark Vernon has an insightful and provocative post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markvernon.com\/friendshiponline\/dotclear\/index.php?post\/2009\/08\/30\/How-to-be-a-religious-agnostic\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christian agnosticism<\/a>. Elsewhere there\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/theologyandculture.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/30\/all-hail-king-carlos-the-foolishness-of-the-gospel\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a great analogy<\/a> that gives a sense of what the Gospel might have sounded like to its earliest hearers. Funnily enough, Mark Goodacre has a <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/MarkGoodacresNTBlog\/~3\/NJT6VLasCAU\/nt-pod-10-pauls-humour-programme-notes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">podcast on Paul\u2019s sense of humor<\/a>, while Phil Harland has a whole series on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipharland.com\/Blog\/2009\/08\/30\/series-1-paul-and-his-communities-podcast-collection\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul and his communities<\/a>. James Tabor blogged about the <a href=\"http:\/\/jamestabor.com\/2009\/08\/30\/the-identity-of-the-beloved-disciple\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">identity of the Beloved Disciple<\/a>. SansBlogue discusses the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbible.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/numbering-our-days.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">meaning of Psalm 90:12<\/a>. There are helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakeoftruth.com\/2009\/08\/helpful-posts-new-testament-grad-students\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">links for grad students in New Testament<\/a>. There\u2019s an expensive book on Greek that comes highly recommended, and so now many are <a href=\"http:\/\/evepheso.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/30\/doug-estes-says-sell-your-kidney-buy-christidis\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wondering whether one can simply send one\u2019s kidney<\/a> direct to Eisenbrauns, or whether you have to sell your kidney to get cash and then pay Eisenbrauns with it. There\u2019s an <a href=\"http:\/\/chriscarrollsmith.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/my-new-paper-in-jrrt.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">article on Christian pluralism<\/a> in <em>JRRT<\/em>. Clayboy posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/clayboy.co.uk\/2009\/08\/getting-confused-over-the-resurrection\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the resurrection<\/a>. John Shuck <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shuckandjive.org\/2009\/08\/silly-love-song-sermon.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">preached on the Song of Songs<\/a>. This is surely your <a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldenrule1.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/29\/last-call-for-carnival-posts\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">last chance<\/a> to contribute to the next Biblical Studies Carnival if you haven\u2019t already done so.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/erv\/2009\/08\/school_must_be_neutral_on_reli.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lots<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2009\/08\/missouris_shame.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">of<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/devolution.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/30\/omg-evolution-tee-shirts-banned-for-violating-religious-neutrality\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">bloggers<\/a> and many <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/08\/30\/evolution-of-a-trumpet-player-shirt-banned-in-missouri\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">others<\/a> have noted the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sedaliademocrat.com\/news\/0px-18740-span-font.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">band t-shirt evolution ruckus<\/a>. Presumably the school that withdrew them saying they never intended to \u201cpromote evolution\u201d also desists from promoting algebra, or calculus, or heaven forbid French or Spanish, or any other well-established fields of study that it might be not only appropriate but necessary for a school to \u201cpromote\u201d. Some schools even promote <em>learning <\/em>in general. Imagine that!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3219756569845905756?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been lots of posts this weekend that ought not to be missed. First, Mark Vernon has an insightful and provocative post on Christian agnosticism. Elsewhere there\u2019s a great analogy that gives a sense of what the Gospel might have sounded like to its earliest hearers. 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