{"id":3696,"date":"2008-05-20T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/conversations-around-the-blogosphere-2\/"},"modified":"2008-05-20T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T08:47:00","slug":"conversations-around-the-blogosphere-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/conversations-around-the-blogosphere-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Conversations 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><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/spirits-in-material-world-multi-blog.html?showComment=1211263440000#c3668904322192957149\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dan<\/a> was kind enough to share his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/eskeptic\/03-12-19.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">skeptical account of his own religious experience<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/voiceofiyov.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/doug-chaplin-reinvents-sapir-whorf.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iyov<\/a> has joined in the conversation (indirectly). Chuck Blanchard has not only <a href=\"http:\/\/aguyinthepew.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/explaining-progressive-theology-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">joined in our ongoing conversation about progressive Christianity and metaphor<\/a>, but also <a href=\"http:\/\/aguyinthepew.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/bultmann-versus-wright-on-resurection.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">directs readers to a blog<\/a> I hadn\u2019t encountered before, which discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/rainandtherhinoceros.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/16\/resurrection-as-eschatology-in-defense-of-bultmann\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wright and Bultmann on the resurrection<\/a>. Vridar has a series on <a href=\"http:\/\/vridar.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/20\/the-offering-of-isaac-its-evolution-into-jesus-event-3\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the binding of Isaac and the death of Jesus<\/a>, as well as pointing to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvoicesonline.org\/2008\/04\/11\/iranian-bloggers-write-letters-to-christ\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iranian bloggers\u2019 letters to Jesus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Tilling has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christilling.de\/blog\/2008\/05\/quote-of-day.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a quote<\/a> and a treatment of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christilling.de\/blog\/2008\/05\/enoch-and-christian-universalism.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Enoch<\/a> in relation to Christian universalism. Ben Myers blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/faith-theology.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/divisiveness-of-universalism-or-how-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the divisiveness of universalism<\/a>. Henry Neufeld shares <a href=\"http:\/\/energion1.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/20\/4-posts-on-scripture-v-02\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">four posts on Scripture from a moderate perspective<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/tonyj.net\/2008\/05\/20\/a-christianity-worth-believing\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tony Jones<\/a> recommends <em><a href=\"http:\/\/dougpagitt.com\/a-christianity-worth-believing\/a-christianity-worth-believing-another-endorsement#more-213\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Christianity Worth Believing<\/a><\/em>, of which some chapters are available <a href=\"http:\/\/dougpagitt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/c031.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">in pdf format online<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithprogression.com\/2008\/05\/fidelity-of-betrayal.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Progression of Faith<\/a> recommends <em><a href=\"http:\/\/peterrollins.net\/blog\/?p=43\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Fidelity of Betrayal<\/a><\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/liberalpastor.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/power-of-one.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Progressive Churchlady<\/a> suggests that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/05\/20\/africa\/20blogger.php?page=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">one blogger can make a difference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expelledexposed.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Expelled Exposed<\/a> has a new video about the <a href=\"http:\/\/pandasthumb.org\/archives\/2008\/05\/expelled-gone-m-1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evolution<\/a> of creationism into intelligent design:<\/p>\n<p>John Pieret looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/educating-educators.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statistics about high school teachers and evolution<\/a>, as does the <a href=\"http:\/\/evilutionarybiologist.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/epic-fail-evolution-and-creationism-in.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evilutionary Biologist<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/channel\/being-human\/dn13930-16-of-us-science-teachers-are-creationists.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">16% of US science teachers are apparently creationists<\/a>! Josh Rosenau talks about the <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/tfk\/2008\/05\/name_the_creationist_1.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">KKK and <em>Expelled<\/em><\/a>. AIG Busted talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/aigbusted.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/intellectual-poverty-of-pop-science.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pop science<\/a>. John Wilkins blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/evolvingthoughts\/2008\/05\/sudden_impact_darwin_on_cognit.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evolution and cognition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel McKee writes about <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgospel.typepad.com\/sf_gospel\/2008\/05\/loving-the-alie.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">loving the alien<\/a> and whether <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/Gui\/Content.aspx?Page=AR&amp;Id=248\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God and aliens are compatible<\/a>. Carmen Andres blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/intheopen.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/tv-snapshot-how-we-walk-world.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Firefly<\/a>. Jesus Creed has posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/?p=3806\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evolution<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/?p=3817\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">whether \u201cwrath\u201d in the Bible is \u201cimpersonal\u201d<\/a>. Internetmonk calls Christians to have the courage to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/enough-courage-to-go-around\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">acknowledge that Christians have been wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2760516028216076534?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan was kind enough to share his skeptical account of his own religious experience. Iyov has joined in the conversation (indirectly). Chuck Blanchard has not only joined in our ongoing conversation about progressive Christianity and metaphor, but also directs readers to a blog I hadn\u2019t encountered before, which discusses Wright and Bultmann on the resurrection. [&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-3696","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>Conversations Around the Blogosphere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dan was kind enough to share his skeptical account of his own religious experience. Iyov has joined in the conversation (indirectly). 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