{"id":2485,"date":"2009-02-22T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-22T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/02\/evolution-and-religion-around-the-blogosphere-2\/"},"modified":"2009-02-22T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T18:38:00","slug":"evolution-and-religion-around-the-blogosphere-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/02\/evolution-and-religion-around-the-blogosphere-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Evolution and Religion 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>Given that my last few posts have been about religion and science, I was struck by how many other blogs I read have also converged on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff Martin highlights the <a href=\"http:\/\/cliff-martin.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/problem-with-intelligent-design.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">problem with Intelligent Design<\/a>, taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com\/video-presentations\/science-and-christian-education\/science-and-education-page-4\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gordon Glover\u2019s latest offering<\/a> as his starting point. Bob Cornwall is <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/defiing-science.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">defining science<\/a>. Stranger Fruit revisits <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/strangerfruit\/2009\/02\/creationist_credentialing_redu.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">creationist credentialing<\/a>. John Pieret <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/ready-aim.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">disagrees with me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>John Shuck\u2019s church also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shuckandjive.org\/2009\/02\/sermon-solar-living.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">celebrated Evolution Sunday<\/a> a week late. Bay of Fundie has a post about (and a cartoon featuring) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bay-of-fundie.com\/archives\/912\/tiktaalik-causing-creationists-consternation-since-2006\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tiktaalik<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/22\/still-more-on-science-vs-faith\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jerry Coyne<\/a> mentions and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogito.co.uk\/2009\/02\/when-scientists-get-silly-reductionism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doug Chaplin<\/a> responds to a piece in today\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/feb\/22\/genetics-religion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Guardian<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Although not quite on this topic, I should also mention Ken Schenck\u2019s discovery that <a href=\"http:\/\/kenschenck.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/calvin-making-no-sense.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Calvin makes no sense<\/a>. Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/earliestchristianhistory.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/luedemann-and-academic-freedom.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Crossley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/22\/the-luedemann-decision\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim West<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tomverenna.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/22\/sad-news-for-the-academy-german-courts-limit-theological-inquiry\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Verenna<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusdynasty.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/22\/sad-news-for-academic-freedom-in-germany\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">James Tabor<\/a> touch on the decision about Gerd Luedemann.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1969486918001530691?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given that my last few posts have been about religion and science, I was struck by how many other blogs I read have also converged on this topic. Cliff Martin highlights the problem with Intelligent Design, taking Gordon Glover\u2019s latest offering as his starting point. Bob Cornwall is defining science. Stranger Fruit revisits creationist credentialing. 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