{"id":3804,"date":"2008-04-05T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-battlestar-he-that-misseth-the-season-premiere-shall-not-perish\/"},"modified":"2008-04-05T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T16:44:00","slug":"around-the-battlestar-he-that-misseth-the-season-premiere-shall-not-perish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/around-the-battlestar-he-that-misseth-the-season-premiere-shall-not-perish.html","title":{"rendered":"Around the Battlestar: He That Misseth The Season Premiere Shall Not Perish"},"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\u2019ve yet to watch the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica, which aired last night. So I am sharing posts that I won\u2019t actually read until I\u2019ve seen the episode itself:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescifiworld.net\/img\/wallpapers\/various\/galactica_04_1600x1200.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"172\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thescifiworld.net\/img\/wallpapers\/various\/galactica_04_1600x1200.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Galactica Sitrep tells you <a href=\"http:\/\/galacticasitrep.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/s4-x-03-he-that-believeth-in-me.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">where to find the episode<\/a> if you missed it.<br>IO9 <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/376446\/liveblogging-the-battlestar-premiere\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">live blogged the episode<\/a>, and also has a post on the <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/376315\/documentary-fetishism-in-battlestar-galactica\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stats of survival<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/galacticablog.com\/index.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Battlestar Galactica blog<\/a> also liveblogged it.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/c-orthodoxy.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/he-that-believeth-in-me-battlestar.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">C.Orthodoxy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgospel.typepad.com\/sf_gospel\/2008\/04\/and-gaius-balta.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SF Gospel<\/a> have reflections on the episode and in particular religious themes.<br>Paul Levinson also has <a href=\"http:\/\/paullevinson.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/battlestar-galactica-is-back-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post about it<\/a>.<br>Bear McCreary, who has composed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearmccreary.com\/blog\/?p=247\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">music<\/a> for the show, has a blog, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bearmccreary.com\/blog\/?p=241\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post on the season premiere<\/a>.<br>If you speak Hungarian, <a href=\"http:\/\/battlestar.freeblog.hu\/archives\/2008\/04\/05\/Isten_a_segitom\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this<\/a> may interest you.<br>There\u2019s a discussion forum at the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/battlestar_blog\/934581.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Battlestar Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Goodacre will get to see <a href=\"http:\/\/markgoodacre.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/doctor-who-series-4-is-nearly-here.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the season premiere of Dr. Who<\/a> before most of the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, Mike Beidler encourages Answers in Genesis to <a href=\"http:\/\/thecreationofanevolutionist.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/arguments-i-think-creationists-from.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">follow its own advice<\/a>.<br>The Bad Idea Blog admits that there <em>is<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/badidea.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/05\/the-4th-wave-of-creationism-guerrillas-for-god\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a way for creationists to defeat evolution<\/a> \u2013 in theory, at least (if you\u2019ll excuse the pun).<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energionpubs.com\/wordpress\/?p=1256\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Henry Neufeld<\/a> drew attention to a post at <a href=\"http:\/\/pigeonchess.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/30\/more-irony-from-the-id-creationist-crowd\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Playing Chess With Pigeons<\/a> about who is <em>really<\/em> discriminated against when it comes to science and religion, and by <em>whom<\/em>.<br>Science Avenger discusses why a so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceavenger.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/fair-and-balanced-culture-and-why.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cfair and balanced\u201d approach<\/a> is not always best.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/bible-is-not-last-word-it-is-first-word.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mystical Seeker<\/a> pointed me to an interesting post (and blog) from <a href=\"http:\/\/liberalpastor.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/bible-and-me.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Liberal Pastor<\/a>.<br>Drew shows how Sally Kern continues to use <a href=\"http:\/\/notes-from-offcenter.com\/2008\/04\/05\/discrimination-cloaked-in-piety\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">piety as an excuse for discrimination<\/a>.<br>April DeConick has had several interesting posts lately, on subjects like <a href=\"http:\/\/forbiddengospels.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/manuscript-month-on-forbidden-gospels.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Testament manuscripts<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/forbiddengospels.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/why-synoptic-problem-cant-be-solved.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Synoptic Problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1258507449969117652?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve yet to watch the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica, which aired last night. 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