{"id":3801,"date":"2008-04-07T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-36\/"},"modified":"2008-04-07T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-07T12:41:00","slug":"around-the-blogosphere-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-blogosphere-36.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:\/\/i.somethingawful.com\/inserts\/articlepics\/photoshop\/04-04-08-magazines\/any-colour-you-like.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.somethingawful.com\/inserts\/articlepics\/photoshop\/04-04-08-magazines\/any-colour-you-like.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/notes-from-offcenter.com\/2008\/04\/07\/what-presbyterians-believe\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Drew<\/a> draws attention to a series about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcusa.org\/today\/believe\/believe.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what Presbyterians (PCUSA) believe<\/a>.<br>Ancient Hebrew Poetry asks <a href=\"http:\/\/ancienthebrewpoetry.typepad.com\/ancient_hebrew_poetry\/2008\/04\/what-counts-as.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what counts as an error in the Bible<\/a>.<br>Mark Goodacre talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/markgoodacre.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/doctor-who-series-4-episode-1-partners.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the season premiere of Dr. Who<\/a>, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/lorenrosson.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/goodacre-and-rosson-at-doctor-who.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Busybody<\/a>.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.newhumanist.org.uk\/2008\/04\/dawkins-to-appear-in-doctor-who.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard Dawkins will appear on Dr. Who<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/265764708\/this_is_one_way_to_frame_scien.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this season<\/a>.<br>Galactica Sitrep has a <a href=\"http:\/\/galacticasitrep.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/post-game-reports.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">round-up of the responses to the season premiere<\/a>. IO9 <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/376595\/doctor-who-keeps-going-backwards-in-time\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">compares the BSG and Dr. Who premieres<\/a>.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingawful.com\/d\/photoshop-phriday\/reverse-magazines.php?page=5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Something Awful<\/a> shares some wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somethingawful.com\/d\/photoshop-phriday\/reverse-magazines.php?page=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reverse magazines<\/a>.<br>Beyond the Firmament <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.beyondthefirmament.com\/2008\/04\/06\/news-update\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">aspires to be my quote of the day<\/a>. Should I do it?<br>Evolving thoughts addresses <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pDRn\/~3\/265478517\/the_different_epistemologies_o.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religious and scientific epistemology<\/a>.<br>John Pieret continues to highlight <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/inconsequential-arguments.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">what\u2019s wrong with Expelled<\/a>.<br>P.Z. Myers wishes you an ontogenetically deep <a href=\"http:\/\/pandasthumb.org\/archives\/2008\/04\/have-a-querulou.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Nelson Day<\/a>, as well as highlighting a bizarre and <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/265717070\/get_out_of_here_atheists.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">disturbing religious outburst<\/a>.<br>The Bad Idea Blog features Ben Stein\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/badidea.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/06\/ben-stein-continues-to-face-the-hard-questions-on-expelled-from-calvinist-minister\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">predestined expulsion by a Calvinist minister<\/a>.<br>Mike Beidler has <a href=\"http:\/\/thecreationofanevolutionist.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/questions-for-answers-in-genesis-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">questions for Answers in Genesis<\/a>.<br>An Evangelical Dialogue on Evolution suggests it might be best for seminarians to <a href=\"http:\/\/evanevodialogue.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/suspension-of-peter-enns-historical.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">have their crises of faith in seminary rather than as ministers<\/a>. Northstate Science discusses the way <a href=\"http:\/\/northstatescience.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/06\/intelligent-design-and-creationism-put-faith-at-risk\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">intelligent design and creationism put faith at risk<\/a>.<br>Progress is being made on accounting for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificblogging.com\/news_releases\/did_a_meteorite_cause_the_existence_of_left_handed_amino_acids\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the left-handedness of amino acids<\/a>.<br>Chrisendom reviews the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christilling.de\/blog\/2008\/04\/guest-book-review-gods-rivals.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God\u2019s Rivals<\/a><\/em>. Liberal Pastor discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/liberalpastor.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/politics-of-proselytization.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">proselytizing<\/a>.<br>Evangelical Textual Criticism outlines the <a href=\"http:\/\/evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/ehrmanwallace-debate-ii.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ehrman-Wallace debate<\/a>.<br>Prophets and Pop Stars <a href=\"http:\/\/prophetsandpopstars.com\/?p=173\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">desperately needs this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1698311647029663085?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew draws attention to a series about what Presbyterians (PCUSA) believe.Ancient Hebrew Poetry asks what counts as an error in the Bible.Mark Goodacre talks about the season premiere of Dr. Who, as does The Busybody.Richard Dawkins will appear on Dr. Who this season.Galactica Sitrep has a round-up of the responses to the season premiere. 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