One highlight of the conference was the bibliobloggers\u2019 dinner<\/a> organized by Michael Halcomb<\/a> (who is now reading<\/a>). Chris Brady<\/a> has shared some photos from the event<\/a>, and will at some point also post a podcast (he\u2019s also shared a site with humorous cartoons<\/a>). Jared feels (as I do) that it is nice to put a face on bloggers<\/a>. We still don\u2019t have a face for NT Wrong<\/a>, but at least he knows my blog is red hot<\/a>. And I likewise found James Crossley to be a nice man<\/a>. It was nice meeting so many bibliobloggers, too numerous to mention individually in what is already a long post.<\/p>\n Jim West also has a post on Mounce\u2019s comment<\/a> equating SBL\u2019s failure to be limited to Evangelicals and coddle them as being \u201cless friendly to Evangelicals\u201d. You can read what Mounce thinks about the Bible here<\/a>. That post helps clarify what the issue is: at SBL we study the Bible, have to face critical scrutiny of our arguments from others, and cannot get away with simply imposing our presuppositions on the text. So indeed, those who want that should look elsewhere, but the irony is that those who do go elsewhere form sectarian groups that manage to persuade themselves that they are the ones who are treating the Bible with respect by shielding it from the honest critical investigation of mainstream Biblical scholarship.<\/p>\n In other news, ThinkChristian has a post on creavolution<\/a>. AIGBusted mentions an atheist supporter of Intelligent Design<\/a>. Jake Bouma<\/a> points out an article about Richard Dawkins and religion<\/a>. RJS blogs about the age of the earth<\/a>. Steve Martin has a post on Adam\u2019s historicity<\/a>. Heather Wax posts on Saving Darwin<\/a><\/em>. <\/em>Chet Raymo <\/em>as always has interesting thoughts on religion and science<\/a>. Chris Tilling also touches on creation and evolution<\/a>. And there\u2019s much of interest at The Panda\u2019s Thumb<\/a>. Carmen Andres shares the new Battlestar Galactica 4.5 trailer<\/a> and Star Trek trailer<\/a>. Crypto-theology has a video clip about alien intertextuality<\/a>.<\/p>\n Judy Redman offers a quote to consider<\/a>. Pomomusings has a twitter of faith<\/a> and a statement of faith<\/a>. Henry Neufeld<\/a>, David Ker<\/a> and Drew Tatusko<\/a> have a similar interest. Matt Kelley shares an inconvenient hermeneutic<\/a>. Nick Norelli shared a link (which doesn\u2019t seem to work) about why professors blog<\/a>. Margaret Barker is on YouTube<\/a>. And (this one borders on the miraculous<\/a>) Ann Coulter\u2019s jaw has been wired shut<\/a>. Blah blah blah shares a photo of an ironic price<\/a>. Cliff Martin blogs the problem of evil<\/a>. Duane Smith blogs about accepting criticism<\/a>. John Shuck looked at Thou Shalt Not Love<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been unable to blog much while I was away at the Society of Biblical Literature conference in Boston. Now that I\u2019m back, there\u2019s a lot to catch up on\u2026 First, some did manage to blog from (and about) SBL. Chris Heard provides a day by day account of his experiences on Saturday, Sunday and […]<\/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-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4998622624368006697?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")