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Peter Rollins<\/a> has a challenging story called \u201cThe Rapture<\/a>\u201d that I highly recommend reading. Tony Jones shares a quote on the Newsweek kerfuffle<\/a> (which I think is now the official way of referring to the recent article on the Bible and gay marriage the the reactions to it). Michael Spencer blogs about an ideal evangelicalism<\/a> (and has apparently found \u201cThe Perfect Church\u201d). Craig Blomberg has a guest post on Debunking Christianity<\/a> about why he is still a Christian. Opposing Views joins the discussion of whether Jesus was a historical figure<\/a>. And Michael Halcomb has a blog entry on whether Mary was raped<\/a>. Shields Up sees problems with the notion of Scripture\u2019s \u201cplain meaning\u201d<\/a>. There\u2019s now also Bad Archaeology<\/a> (HT Archaeology Online<\/a>). Ancient Hebrew Poetry<\/a> asks if Early Judaism was wrong. Chris Heard has a quote on writing well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

AIG Busted<\/a> recommends the latest issue of Scientific American<\/a><\/em> be force fed (sorry, he meant recommended for reading) to creationists. John Pieret<\/a>, Troy Britain<\/a> and Larry Moran<\/a> show why this is needed. There\u2019s also a new journal<\/a> that will begin publication next year, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Sound and Silence<\/a> looks at Thomas Talbott\u2019s The Inescapable Love of God<\/a>\"\"<\/em>. Pat McCullough<\/a> reviews Jewish Believers in Jesus<\/em><\/a>\"\". <\/em>NT Wrong<\/a> points to When Faith Meets Reason: Religion Scholars Reflect on Their Spiritual Journeys<\/a>\"\"<\/em>. Unorthodoxology<\/a> is making sure no one has missed the anarchic Twelve Days of Christmas offered by Straight No Chaser<\/a>. And there\u2019s an interesting post on skepticism in theory and practice<\/a> (HT Striking Thoughts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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