{"id":2393,"date":"2009-04-17T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-12\/"},"modified":"2009-04-17T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T09:12:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-12.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 are so many interesting posts today that simply adding them to the \u201cBlogs I\u2019ve been reading\u201d sidebar will inevitably leave some out. So here are some highlights\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Smith asks whether <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hackingchristianity.net\/2009\/04\/johns-gospel-hating-on-other-gospels.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John\u2019s Gospel hates on the other Gospels<\/a>. Mark Goodacre raised the possibility that <a href=\"http:\/\/ntweblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/centurions-sarcastic-cry-in-mark-1539.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the centurion\u2019s exclamation in Mark\u2019s Gospel was sarcastic<\/a>, to which Josh McManaway adds some <a href=\"http:\/\/ntstudent.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/mark-on-mark.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">further thoughts<\/a>. John Hobbins explains why <a href=\"http:\/\/ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com\/ancient_hebrew_poetry\/2009\/04\/why-no-one-smiles-in-the-bible.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">no one smiles in the Bible<\/a>. Douglas Mangum contrasts <a href=\"http:\/\/bibliahebraica.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/apologists-bible-scholars.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">apologists and Biblical scholars<\/a>. Chris Tilling quotes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christilling.de\/blog\/2009\/04\/kasemann-on-harmonisation.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">K\u00e4semann on harmonization<\/a>. Anumma asks what <a href=\"http:\/\/anumma.com\/2009\/04\/16\/pay-no-attention\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">things educators hide from students<\/a> and why. Tony Jones <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/my-interview-with-bart-ehrman.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed Bart Ehrman<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/biblefilms.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/movieguide-jesus-christ-in-movies.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Page<\/a> shares a <a href=\"http:\/\/cftvc.org\/JesusInFilms-Print.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pdf<\/a> by Ted Baehr of Movieguide about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movieguide.org\/articles\/1\/296\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christ in the Movies<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/sibboleth.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/jesus-great-but-paul.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daniel Kirk<\/a> is asking <a href=\"http:\/\/nearemmaus.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/what-annoys-you-about-apostle-paul.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what annoys you most<\/a> about the <a href=\"http:\/\/metalepsis.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/daniel-kirk-is-resurrecting-paul.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">apostle Paul<\/a>. Bob Cornwall has a <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/judging-canonization-process.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">quote from Kurt Aland<\/a> about the canonization process (as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/process-of-canonization-how-we-got-new.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">another post<\/a> on that subject). Nijay Gupta draws attention to <a href=\"http:\/\/nijaygupta.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/16\/james-dg-dunnthricely-honored\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">three books<\/a> including one in which I\u2019ve contributed a chapter. Ben Witherington continues his series on <a href=\"http:\/\/benwitherington.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/bart-interrupted-detailed-analysis-of_16.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bart Ehrman\u2019s latest book<\/a>. James McGrath is wondering, with this many posts over the past 24 hours, what the size of the next Biblical Studies Carnival will be\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Drew Tatusko blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/notes-from-offcenter.com\/2009\/04\/16\/doctrinal-whoring\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">doctrinal whoring<\/a>. Eric Reitan discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/archive\/rdbook\/1322\/rd10q%3A_is_god_a_delusion_a_reply_to_religion%E2%80%99s_cultured_despisers\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether God is a delusion<\/a>. Gideon Addington asks God to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gideonaddington.com\/2009\/04\/god-save-us-from-your-theologians\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">save us from his theologians<\/a>. Jesus Creed continues to look at how <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/beginnings-4-rjs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">ancient Christians interpreted the Genesis creation stories<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/jokes-exclusion-and-embrace.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Beck<\/a> explains that there are only 10 kinds of people: those who know binary and those who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The Panda\u2019s Thumb explains the <a href=\"http:\/\/pandasthumb.org\/archives\/2009\/04\/the-real-reason.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">real reason biologists laugh at creationists<\/a>. John Pieret looks at weaknesses in claims about <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/heading-to-china.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">weaknesses<\/a>. Answers in Genesis BUSTED shares a <a href=\"http:\/\/aigbusted.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/testing-evolution_16.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video about testing evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.docarzt.com\/lost\/lost-news\/michael-emerson-talks-season-finale\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael Emerson talks about LOST<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5215856\/every-wolverine-question-answered-every-new-transformers-robot-profiled\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5683000818132431794?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many interesting posts today that simply adding them to the \u201cBlogs I\u2019ve been reading\u201d sidebar will inevitably leave some out. 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