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July 2015

July 08, 2015

Hamblin 26: Goose and Gander

My friend Neal Rappleye recently posted an important response to some of the things Jenkins...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Jenkins Response 11: Historicity and Authenticity

The following was published here: I'm presenting it so Dr. Jenkins can understand where...

May 2015

May 18, 2015

Philip Jenkins on Book of Mormon Historicity

Philip Jenkins, a scholar I admire, has been critiquing Book of Mormon historicity on his...

May 03, 2015

“Not a Divine Product”

On his blog David Bokovoy suggest that Latter-day Saints should adopt the views of Marcus...

May 03, 2015

Should we Assimilate?

In his latest blog David Bokovoy suggests that resistance is futile, and we should assimilate...

May 03, 2015

Tree veneration in India and the Bible

The latest Hamblin-Peterson Deseret News Column "Tree veneration in India and the Bible" Be sure...

April 2015

April 04, 2015

Deseret News Column: Grand Mosque of Abu Dhabi

This week's Hamblin-Peterson Deseret News Column focuses on what could be called the contemporary "Islamic...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Historical Criticism and Historicity

I'm off traveling for a while, and will have intermittent internet access, and time for...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

In his ongoing attacks on the historicity of the Bible, David Bokovoy insists that the argument...

February 18, 2015

What is Historicity?

In his blogs of the past few David Bokovoy has been using the term "historicity"...

February 15, 2015

Historicity and the New Testament

On his blog, David Bokovoy wrote: Surely, therefore, the New Testament contains “historicity.” Wellllll. ....

February 07, 2015

Is Modern Biblical Studies a “Historical” Discipline?

John Gee presented an interesting analysis of the question of whether a person can get...

February 07, 2015

Historicity 1: What is History

Hamblin and Peterson Desert News Column on Historicity. More to come!

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Gee on HIstoricity

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks due to my mother's...

January 22, 2015

Hancock on Secularism

Over at his Patheos blog "The Soul and the City," Ralph Hancock has been making some...

January 13, 2015

Decline of Philosophy?

Indeed.

January 08, 2015

Is Atheism Rational?

What any individual knows is only a minute fraction of the aggregate of all human...

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

David Bokovoy is a smart guy, a good scholar, and a wonderful human being. But...

January 07, 2015

A Noble Lie

Often what we hear from progressive and liberal Mormons is that the way to keep...

January 02, 2015

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Infallible?

David Bokovoy advises that we should Remind youth ... that [Church] leaders have made mistakes...

December 28, 2014

Despair

I have come to despair of ever having a coherent discussion with liberal Mormons. Conservatives...

December 24, 2014

More Excellent Insights

More excellent insights from Ralph Hancock about the controversies related to the new direction of the Maxwell...

December 22, 2014

“To Whom Shall We Go?”

Ralph Hancock's important insights into the controversy surrounding the new direction at the Maxwell Institute....

December 15, 2014

On Clarity and Misrepresentation

Without clarity there can be no understanding. Human language is inherently ambiguous. We've all experienced being...

December 15, 2014

Ben Park’s Response

Ben Park has posted a response to the controversy. It can be found here. It...

December 15, 2014

Grant Hardy on Park’s Essay

Grant Hardy and I have been corresponding concerning my interpretation of Ben Park's essay. I...

December 13, 2014

Please Don’t Ask Me to Bear My Testimony!

My critics are much exercised because they believe I am trying to force someone to...

December 12, 2014

Clarification on Park’s View?

Some of my critics have claimed that I have taken Ben Park’s statements out of...

December 12, 2014

“You’re a plague and we are the cure.”

“You're a plague and we are the cure.” Agent Smith, The Matrix Benjamin Park, Ph.D. Cambridge,...