{"id":3752,"date":"2008-04-24T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-33\/"},"modified":"2008-04-24T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T11:16:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-33.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><a href=\"https:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/data\/images\/ns\/cms\/dn13766\/dn13766-1_600.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/data\/images\/ns\/cms\/dn13766\/dn13766-1_600.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div>First, don\u2019t forget: LOST returns tonight at a new time, 10 pm! A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/channel\/health\/dn13769-does-the-earths-magnetic-field-cause-suicides.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recent article on geomagnetism<\/a> in <em>New Scientist <\/em>is interesting in view of the place geomagnetism has on the show. <em>New Scientist<\/em> also shares <a href=\"http:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/article\/dn13766-hubble-telescope-reveals-a-zoo-of-galaxy-mergers.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pictures from the Hubble telescope of merging galaxies<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now, on to other news. There is information about a debate between Bart Ehrman and N. T. Wright about theodicy on the <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/24\/n-t-wright-bart-ehrman-debate-some-theodicy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">N. T. Wrong blog<\/a>. John Pieret asks why the Institute for Creation Research has its <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/efficacy-of-prayer.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">prayers left unanswered<\/a>. Pharyngula announces the decisive <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/04\/astrology_disproven.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">disproof of astrology<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5001968622727433197?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, don\u2019t forget: LOST returns tonight at a new time, 10 pm! A recent article on geomagnetism in New Scientist is interesting in view of the place geomagnetism has on the show. 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