For those interested in less distressing forms of science fiction than Young Earth Creationism, Buddy TV<\/a> (HT SF Signal<\/a>) has some hints<\/a> about the season premiere of LOST, coming soon (January 21st is already being referred to as \u201cLostmas\u201d). There\u2019s also a buzz<\/a> in the blogosphere<\/a> about the new Doctor on Doctor Who.<\/p>\n Other<\/a> bibliobloggers<\/a> are making new year\u2019s resolutions. I had already previously made some sabbatical resolutions, which are better, since I only need to stick to them for half a year! \ud83d\ude42 Among them are to work on both a scholarly volume on oral tradition in early Christianity, and a book for a general audience about the notion of Biblical literalism (and making the case that there are in fact no genuine Biblical literalists). I\u2019m still looking for a title for the latter \u2013 I recently thought of perhaps calling it something like Why Fundamentalism Isn\u2019t Kosher<\/em> but I\u2019m not sure whether all English-speaking readers will pick up on the meanings: on the one hand, there is indeed something \u201cdubious\u201d about it, but it also alludes to the irony that Christian fundamentalists claim to believe the whole Bible yet don\u2019t observe the food laws. I also hope to spend some time reading works in Greek (not only the New Testament), Syriac and Mandaic during the sabbatical, although I have thus far resisted inserting the word \u201cdaily\u201d into that committment.<\/p>\n Michael Barton and John Pieret address some myths about Darwin. Matt addresses some creationist \u201carguments\u201d that have been refuted over and over again, and yet continue to be used. PZ Myers plays ping-pong with a poorly-informed science teacher. If you don\u2019t want your children to grow up to spout nonsense on the subject of evolution, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6577333157919812611?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")