{"id":3327,"date":"2008-11-11T08:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T08:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/around-the-blogosphere-16\/"},"modified":"2008-11-11T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T08:44:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/11\/around-the-blogosphere-16.html","title":{"rendered":"Around the Blogosphere"},"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>I\u2019m grateful to Jim West for pointing out this amusing new book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0316017302?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0316017302\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>How to Profit From the Coming Rapture: Getting Ahead When You\u2019re Left Behind<\/em><\/a><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0316017302\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>. Jim <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/11\/the-dumbest-book-ever-written-more-dilettantism\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">seems not to have gotten the joke<\/a>, though. He also has a post\/link on <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/11\/this-is-why-the-press-cant-be-trusted-in-archaeological-matters\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">press coverage of Biblical archaeology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Goodacre shares his conference paper on <a href=\"http:\/\/ntgateway.com\/weblog\/2008\/11\/sbl-paper-on-dating-crucial-sources-in.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">dating New Testament sources<\/a>. NT Wrong shares a video with <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/11\/bart-ehrman-brings-suffering\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bart Ehrman on the Bible and suffering<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/kenschenck.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/me-me-me-me-meme.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ken Schenck<\/a> continues his series on <a href=\"http:\/\/kenschenck.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/antichrist-5-destiny-of-israel.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the antichrist<\/a>. Scotteriology continues surveying <em><a href=\"http:\/\/scotteriology.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/11\/gwihw-ch-9-negotiating-the-context-of-the-whole\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God\u2019s Word in Human Words<\/a><\/em>. Scot McKnight continues his series on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/11\/original-sin-returns-4-rjs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">original sin<\/a>. Experimental Theology explains <a href=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/christians-and-proposition-8.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">why legislation like Proposition 8 is bad news even for Christians who oppose gay marriage<\/a>. Jason Rosenhouse explains <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/evolutionblog\/2008\/11\/another_round_on_evolution_and.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">thermodynamics and evolution<\/a>. John Shuck shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shuckandjive.org\/2008\/11\/let-mystery-be.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">music about mystery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And given the name of my blog (and the fact that I\u2019m a PC user) I had to share this gem of a video: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/video:1886349\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Matrix Runs Windows<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/007407.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SF Signal<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/moogaloop\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1886349&amp;fullscreen=1<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:5px 0;text-align:center;width:640px\">See more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/videos\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">funny videos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/pictures\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">funny pictures<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CollegeHumor<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-442732985814897540?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m grateful to Jim West for pointing out this amusing new book: How to Profit From the Coming Rapture: Getting Ahead When You\u2019re Left Behind. 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