{"id":3707,"date":"2008-05-14T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/around-the-blogosphere-28\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T12:14:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/around-the-blogosphere-28.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>Amused Muse blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/amused-muse.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/of-hedges-hot-dish-and-hogwash.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hedges, Hot Dish and Hogwash<\/a>. Or about Expelled, in case the title isn\u2019t self explanatory. Bad Idea Blog wonders if Expelled is <a href=\"http:\/\/badidea.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/13\/anti-evolutionary-expelled-falls-off-the-radar\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">running out of steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duane Smith comments on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomtally.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/einsteins_1954_letter_of_gutkind.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Einstein\u2019s letter<\/a> (see also <a href=\"http:\/\/vridar.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/einstein-from-a-new-old-letter-on-the-childishness-of-religion-and-arrogance-of-atheists\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vridar<\/a>). Larry Moran <a href=\"http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/i-dont-care.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">doesn\u2019t care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Blanchard blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/aguyinthepew.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/neural-buddhists.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">neuroscience and religion<\/a>. Ancient Hebrew Poetry also touches on <a href=\"http:\/\/ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com\/ancient_hebrew_poetry\/2008\/05\/the-end-of-athe.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">that same article<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com\/ancient_hebrew_poetry\/2008\/05\/the-vatican-its.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Vatican\u2019s recent statement about extraterrestrials<\/a> (on which see also <a href=\"http:\/\/ozfreethinker.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/the-vatican-want-aliens-to-convert-to-catholicism\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Freethinker From Oz<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/05\/shouldnt_the_creationists_be_t.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pharyngula<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Steve Martin invites <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AnEvangelicalDialogueOnEvolution\/~3\/289796387\/invitation-to-contribute.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evangelicals who are persuaded by the evidence for evolution to contribute to his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AIG Busted blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/aigbusted.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/transitional-fossils-more-by-second.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">transitional fossils<\/a>. Chris Heard blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heardworld.com\/higgaion\/?p=1026\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">functions and structures in Genesis 1<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/pandasthumb.org\/archives\/2008\/05\/in-the-light-of-1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Panda\u2019s Thumb<\/a> introduced me to a new blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/idexposed.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/13\/on-the-chemical-constitutuents-of-the-seeds-of-datura-stramonium\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ID Exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Brayton revisits <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/dispatches\/2008\/05\/evolution_and_atheism_a_fascin.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">evolution and atheism<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/evolutionblog\/2008\/05\/evolution_and_atheism_revisite.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jason Rosenhouse<\/a>, who apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/evolutionblog\/2008\/05\/okay_jokes_over.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>was<\/em> kidding<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/c-orthodoxy.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/quote-on-christian-tradition.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">C. Orthodoxy<\/a> blogs about the Evangelical Manifesto. Also at <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/martin_marty\/2008\/05\/evangelicals_are_not_weird.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Myers <a href=\"http:\/\/faith-theology.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/daniel-radosh-rapture-ready-adventures.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviews <em>Rapture Ready!<\/em><\/a> Mystical Seeker blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/idolatry.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">idolatry<\/a>. Metacatholic has the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacatholic.co.uk\/2008\/05\/the-historical-jesus-dating-game\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">historical Jesus dating game<\/a>. Judy joins in the <a href=\"http:\/\/judyredman.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/orality-and-literacy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">conversation about orality and literacy<\/a>. N. T. Wrong blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/william-dever-the-bad-boy-of-archaeology\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bill Dever<\/a> and other <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/13\/biblical-scholars-who-break-into-the-lucrative-children%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99s-book-market-part-2-n-t-wright\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">amusing topics<\/a>. Progressive Churchlady <a href=\"http:\/\/liberalpastor.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/struggling-with-prayer.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">struggles with prayer<\/a>. Jim West <a href=\"http:\/\/jwest.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/the-theology-of-prayer\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">doesn\u2019t, in German<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3430064208666682715?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amused Muse blogs about Hedges, Hot Dish and Hogwash. Or about Expelled, in case the title isn\u2019t self explanatory. Bad Idea Blog wonders if Expelled is running out of steam. Duane Smith comments on Einstein\u2019s letter (see also Vridar). Larry Moran doesn\u2019t care. Chuck Blanchard blogs about neuroscience and religion. Ancient Hebrew Poetry also touches [&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-3707","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>Around the Blogosphere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amused Muse blogs about Hedges, Hot Dish and Hogwash. Or about Expelled, in case the title isn&#039;t self explanatory. 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