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September 2007

September 27, 2007

On Millstones and Stumbling Blocks

In response to a comment I left on William Dembski's Uncommon Descent blog, someone made...

September 27, 2007

“That’s Not Me”: More on Bionic Women

There is much more to be said about the new series Bionic Woman (which should,...

September 26, 2007

The $50,000,000.02 Woman

I just finished watching the season premier of the new TV series on NBC, Bionic...

September 26, 2007

Let Us Make Humanity In Our Image (update)

In an earlier post I mentioned the intriguing interpretation of the phrase "Let us make...

September 26, 2007

Natural Explanations and the Inexplicable

I'm currently engaged in a discussion at the Uncommon Descent blog, on the subject of...

September 25, 2007

Cartoons on Evolution and Intelligent Design

Chris mentioned his favorite Doonesbury cartoon in his comment on my last blog entry, and...

September 25, 2007

Monkeys and Typewriters on the Edge of Evolution

Seth Lloyd suggests that the appropriate analogy to the universe is monkeys typing a computers....

September 25, 2007

The Force Among Us: Discussion of Star Wars and Religion

On October 7th at 9pm Eastern Time there will be an online "episode", connected to...

September 24, 2007

Poverty and Worship

In my Sunday school class yesterday we reached the story of Mary (only identified as...

September 24, 2007

Child Sacrifice In The Bible

There is an interesting irony in the fact that a tradition that apparently once practiced...

September 24, 2007

Teaching the Genesis Creation Stories

There is an interesting entry on the Higgaion blog on the subject of teaching the...

September 23, 2007

The Brick Testament

Looking for something to liven up your powerpoints in a course on Biblical literature? Don't...

September 23, 2007

Negative Images of God in the Teaching of Jesus

This post ties in closely to my earlier one on the counter-cultural teachings of Jesus...

September 23, 2007

Stories of Miraculous Births

As I read the Buddha-karita (attributed to Asvaghosha) again in connection with my class on...

September 22, 2007

Jesus’ Sense Of Humor

There are extensive studies of subjects such as irony in the Gospels, and scholars regularly...

September 21, 2007

Trying On Other Religions For Size

A student of ours at Butler University, Diane Hardin, undertook a very interesting religion project...

September 21, 2007

Facts and Opinions

I came across a great quote on the Evolving Thoughts blog that sums up in...

September 21, 2007

Atheist Meditation & the Problem of Defining “Religion”

Those who are not scholars of religion are often unaware of just how hard it...

September 20, 2007

Let Us Make Human Beings In Our Image

The plural used at a decisive moment in the creation account in Genesis 1 has...

September 20, 2007

Biblical Inerrancy and Theological Dishonesty

Biblical inerrancy is a concept that is at best meaningless and at worst dishonest. The...

September 20, 2007

Our Daily Bread

I often wonder how many people who say the Lord's Prayer around the world, or...

September 19, 2007

The Counter-Cultural Teachings Of Jesus

The criterion of dissimilarity is particularly useful when looking at the parable in the Gospels...

September 18, 2007

Protestant Hinduism in the Bhagavad Gita

Among my favorite parts of the Bhagavad Gita (which I've been re-reading as I teach...

September 18, 2007

Let God Be True And Every Young-Earth Creationist A Liar

Is "creation science" science? The answer to this question becomes clear through a simple glance...

September 17, 2007

Award for the Most Hypocritical Argument in the History of Creationism

I am reading parts of John C. Whitcomb's book The World That Perished which I...

September 17, 2007

Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am?

A new book will be appearing early in 2008 entitled Who Do My Opponents Say...

September 16, 2007

Christianity Without Resurrection?

Today in my Sunday school class (discussing John 11), I went off on a tangent...

September 16, 2007

Being Good Without God

Bertrand Russell talks about morality as a motivation some people have for adhering to and...

September 15, 2007

Evidence and Faith: The Creationist Paradox

There is a fundamental tension in young-earth creationism. It is claimed that there is evidence...

September 14, 2007

Why I Am A Christian

Today the philosophy club at Butler University held a lunchtime discussion of Bertrand Russell's famous...

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