{"id":3926,"date":"2008-02-08T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/dont-forget-about-the-evolution-weekend-blog-a-thon\/"},"modified":"2008-02-08T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T12:29:00","slug":"dont-forget-about-the-evolution-weekend-blog-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/02\/dont-forget-about-the-evolution-weekend-blog-a-thon.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Forget About The Evolution Weekend Blog-A-Thon!"},"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>Don\u2019t forget that this is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.butler.edu\/clergyproject\/rel_evolution_weekend_2008.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">EVOLUTION WEEKEND<\/a>! If you have a blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/evolution-weekend-blog-thon-february-8.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">please blog about evolution and religion at least once this weekend<\/a>! Now, on to a recap of some recent activity in the blogosphere\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Stranger Fruit has a <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/strangerfruit\/2008\/02\/the_shy_fragile_face_of_id.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">post<\/a> that should not be missed, about a conference at which <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/strangerfruit\/2008\/02\/the_shy_fragile_face_of_id.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a scientist connected with the Intelligent Design movement acknowledged he came up with results that support evolution<\/a>. The International Society for Science and Religion has issued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ekklesia.co.uk\/node\/6706\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a statement about Intelligent Design<\/a>. IO9 has a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/354136\/first-proof-that-evolution-can-work-faster-than-genetic-engineering\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the speed of evolution compared to genetic engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A blog I hadn\u2019t heard of before, <a href=\"http:\/\/dneiwert.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Orcinus<\/a>, has a piece about <a href=\"http:\/\/dneiwert.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/are-they-crazy-dangerous-or-just-plain.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recognizing the signs that a millenialist group is headed for the dark side<\/a> (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/secher-nbiw.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/are-they-crazy-dangerous-or-just-plain.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Secher Nbiw<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/merkavah-vision.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/new-word-is-born-religulous.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Merkavah Vision Biblioblog<\/a> introduces us to a new word.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tatuskofam.com\/off-center\/?p=148\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew Tatusko<\/a> points to <a href=\"http:\/\/goringe.net\/theology\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a multi-post discussion of <em>The God Delusion<\/em> at kai euthus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mystical Seeker quotes <a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/spong-on-bible.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spong on the Bible<\/a>. Just an apprentice asks about <a href=\"http:\/\/justanapprentice.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/07\/exclusion-and-embrace\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">exclusion (and expulsion) and embrace<\/a>. Mike L asks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithprogression.com\/2008\/02\/is-emergent-christianity-doa.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the future of the Emergent Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of bloggers are talking about Rowan Williams\u2019 statement about Sharia law. <a href=\"http:\/\/timescolumns.typepad.com\/gledhill\/2008\/02\/has-the-archbis.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ruth Gledhill<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/faith-theology.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/on-sharia-and-hysteria-or-why-rowan.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Faith &amp; Theology<\/a> are but a couple of recent examples. Jim West addresses the issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/drjimwest.wordpress.com\/2008\/02\/08\/are-biblio-bloggers-political\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">politics and biblioblogging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, while <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheSciFiCatholic\/~3\/231319655\/mecha-manga-bible-heroes.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">it isn\u2019t the first manga version of the Bible, there is a new one that certainly stands out<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8804521637558729343?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t forget that this is EVOLUTION WEEKEND! If you have a blog, please blog about evolution and religion at least once this weekend! 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