{"id":393,"date":"2011-01-31T22:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/links-for-a-snow-day\/"},"modified":"2011-01-31T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T22:48:00","slug":"links-for-a-snow-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/links-for-a-snow-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Links for a Snow Day"},"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>Adam Kotsko offers <a href=\"http:\/\/itself.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/31\/a-classic-re-posted-the-real-reason-jesus-hasnt-come-back-yet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a repost of the most original explanation ever as to why Jesus hasn\u2019t come back yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Religion Nerd has <a href=\"http:\/\/religionnerd.com\/2011\/01\/31\/prayers-or-curses\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post on the increasingly widespread phenomenon of imprecatory prayers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Watts asks if <a href=\"http:\/\/thechurchofjesuschrist.us\/2011\/01\/is-the-taliban-more-biblical-than-christians\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheChurchOfJesusChrist+%28The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Taliban is more Biblical than supposed Biblical literalists among Christians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scot McKnight shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2011\/01\/31\/a-fb-comment-now-even-more-public\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PatheosJesusCreed+%28Jesus+Creed%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">an encouraging Facebook update from Egypt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Douglas shares <a href=\"http:\/\/undeception.com\/mondays-with-macdonald-on-penal-substitutions-pagan-affinities\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Undeception+%28Undeception%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a quote from George MacDonald about penal substitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/thebiblicalworld.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Byron<\/a>, a video of our mutual friend Loren Stuckenbruck talking about the Dead Sea Scrolls and their connection to the Essenes.<\/p>\n<p>Or if you are looking for something less serious in a video, then via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/how-king-solomon-scored-with-the-ladies\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JesusNeedsNewPr+%28JESUS+NEEDS+NEW+PR%3A+The+blog+of+author+Matthew+Paul+Turner%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus Needs New PR<\/a>, here\u2019s pick-up lines from the Song of Solomon:<\/p>\n<p>And Marc Cortez shares something new in the realm of YouTube videos \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/westernthm.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/30\/interactive-videos-the-wave-of-the-youtube-future\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interactive, \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d videos<\/a>. Are they the future?<\/p>\n<p>Tom Verenna <a href=\"http:\/\/tomverenna.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/31\/richard-carrier-on-historical-methods-and-jesus-studies\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shares some pdfs from Richard Carrier<\/a>, which illustrate his application of Bayes Theorem to the subject of the historical Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>Diglotting continues <a href=\"http:\/\/diglotting.com\/2011\/01\/31\/review-jesus-of-nazareth-maurice-casey-part-ii\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviewing Maurice Casey\u2019s recent book on the historical Jesus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BioBlog offers some thoughts on <a href=\"http:\/\/sciblogs.co.nz\/bioblog\/2011\/01\/31\/attitudes-towards-teaching-evolution-in-the-us-classroom\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">attitudes towards teaching evolution in US public school science classrooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5045720139932065659?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Kotsko offers a repost of the most original explanation ever as to why Jesus hasn\u2019t come back yet. Religion Nerd has a post on the increasingly widespread phenomenon of imprecatory prayers. Joel Watts asks if the Taliban is more Biblical than supposed Biblical literalists among Christians. 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