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$\"Gnomad\"$ <\/p>\n

I had to share this cartoon from Evolving Perspectives<\/a>. It brings together Jesus-mythicism and Star Trek, after all.<\/p>\n

First, if you are wondering about the hat, that is because this is\u2026wait for it\u2026GNOMAD!<\/p>\n

But now, about the substance, it seems to me to use \u201cagnostic\u201d in a rather bizarre way. We are not \u201cagnostic\u201d about things that have a certainty that is less than absolute. If I say that something is probable, does that make me an agnostic about it?<\/p>\n

Historical uncertainty is a problem for fundamentalist dogmatism. But it seems odd to suggest that\u00a0anyone who reject such dogmatism is aptly labeled \u201cagnostic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"