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One reliable sign that a blogger is taking a stand for truth and open to following the evidence where it leads is when a negative post about them appears at Answers in Genesis<\/a>. Joel Watts has now had this honor<\/a>. Keep up the good work<\/a>! Joel<\/a> and Rod already have responses and comments posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love that AiG\u2019s \u201crefutation\u201d of his point about unicorns is a link to their earlier article that inspired Joel to comment on the subject in the first place.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere around the blogosphere, Mike Beidler addresses the issue of a mythological Adam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rachel Held Evans talks about false fundamentals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

David Hayward illustrates what happens when you ask for an answer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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RJS continues blogging about Joel Green\u2019s book on being human.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pete Enns wrapped up a series on evolution and Christian theological traditions at BioLogos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kristen Swenson blogs about the perils of Bible reading<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adrian Worsfold explains why you shouldn\u2019t get into a Star Trek transporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charles Halton shares a classic bit of publishing wit<\/a> (why a publisher might opt not to accept certain classic manuscripts if it were sent them today).<\/p>\n

Jesus Creed shares some charts about e-book readers<\/a> and some Barna results on technology use<\/a>, while This Lamp offers a review of the Barnes and Noble Nook 2nd edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alin Suciu blogs about two new fragments by Isaiah of Scetis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zev Garber has an article in The Bible and Interpretation<\/em> about the Jewish Jesus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is there an emerging consensus regarding the Secret Gospel of Mark<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Via AMIR, hell is online<\/a>, and we\u2019re reminded<\/a> about an issue of <i>Oral Tradition<\/i> related to Biblical studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0 Peter Kirk<\/a> and That Jeff Carter<\/a> have responses to my Harmonizing Judas meme<\/a>. They don\u2019t have to be in the sci-fi, genre, although I like the ones that have been so far! Time travel<\/a> helps a lot!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"