{"id":3132,"date":"2009-05-06T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/05\/the-rocks-and-blogs-cry-out\/"},"modified":"2009-05-06T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T10:33:00","slug":"the-rocks-and-blogs-cry-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/05\/the-rocks-and-blogs-cry-out.html","title":{"rendered":"The Rocks (and Blogs) Cry Out"},"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>A while back I shared the first part of this video, showing why \u201cflood geology\u201d is bogus. Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FfSvktyxVYA&amp;feature=player_embedded\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">part two<\/a>, with more overwhelming scientific data coupled with enjoyable British sarcasm (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/aigbusted.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/noahs-flood-debunked-part-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AIG Busted<\/a>):<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noah&#039;s Flood debunked (Part 2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfSvktyxVYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Open Parachute blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/openparachute.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/07\/answering-the-big-questions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">answering the big questions<\/a>. 3quarksdaily has Philip Kitcher on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2009\/05\/philip-kitcher-religion-after-darwin.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religion after Darwin<\/a>. See also <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/badastronomy\/2009\/05\/06\/texas-is-only-6000-years-old\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phil Plait<\/a> on what\u2019s been going on with science education in Texas, as well as Friendly Atheist who cover <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/05\/05\/indiana-bus-company-rejects-atheist-ad\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">atheist buses<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/friendlyatheist.com\/2009\/05\/05\/mike-pence-r-in-gets-hammered-on-his-creationism-by-chris-matthews\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">creationist congressperson<\/a> in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Edgecomb offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bombaxo.com\/blog\/?p=1305\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a quote and first impressions<\/a> of John P. Meier\u2019s fourth volume on the historical Jesus. Chris Brady shares some <a href=\"http:\/\/targuman.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/05\/final-exam-essay-questions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">final exam essay questions<\/a>. Ken Brown offers a <a href=\"http:\/\/corthodoxy.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/05\/quote-the-restless-bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">quote about the \u201crestless Bible\u201d<\/a>. Blah blah blah offers wise <a href=\"http:\/\/becoming-peresh.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/nugget-of-wisdom-from-year-of-living.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">hermeneutical advice from <em>The Year Of Living Biblically<\/em><\/a>. R. O. Flyer explains <a href=\"http:\/\/rainandtherhinoceros.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/05\/how-to-talk-to-a-liberal\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">how to talk to a Liberal<\/a>. Lots of blogs are mentioning <a href=\"http:\/\/romanhistorybooks.typepad.com\/roman_history_books_and_m\/2009\/05\/stuff-you-usualy-only-find-on-jstor-antiquarys-shoebox.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Antiquary\u2019s Shoebox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-7515211190350863797?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back I shared the first part of this video, showing why \u201cflood geology\u201d is bogus. Here\u2019s part two, with more overwhelming scientific data coupled with enjoyable British sarcasm (HT AIG Busted): Open Parachute blogs about answering the big questions. 3quarksdaily has Philip Kitcher on religion after Darwin. See also Phil Plait on what\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/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-3132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Rocks (and Blogs) Cry Out<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A while back I shared the first part of this video, showing why &quot;flood geology&quot; is bogus. 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