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December 2017

December 30, 2017

What Does The Bible Literally Say?

The Bible does not literally say anything, because books do not literally talk, and the...

December 29, 2017

#CFP Conference on Religious and Philosophical Conversion in Ancient Mediterranean Traditions

I received this call for papers and thought I should pass it on, since I...

December 28, 2017

Skeptical of Skeptics’ Skepticism

Jonathan Bernier wrote in a comment on Facebook: In my experience, when it comes to...

December 27, 2017

Making Monotheism

A number of posts around the blogosphere have touched on this topic that has long...

December 26, 2017

Seven Steps to Jesus

A while back I was told that there is a Wikipedia game "Seven Steps to Jesus" which...

December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to my blog readers! And please do like and/or follow my page on...

December 24, 2017

His Light In Us, Even When He Is Silent

"His Light In Us" by Kim André Arnesen is a piece intended for Christmas, although...

December 23, 2017

#CFP Reading is Believing

Reading is Believing? Sacred Texts in a Scientific Age CALL FOR PAPERS Academic Colloquium The...

December 22, 2017

Teaching Information Literacy Using the Bible (or, Is Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem “Fake News”?)

It has been a long while since I radically revised my one-semester course on the...

December 21, 2017

Fox Evangelicals

A recent New York Times opinion piece offers what I think is one of the...

December 20, 2017

New Age Translation of the Lord’s Prayer?

Something that the Pope said about translations of the Lord's Prayer has made the news...

December 19, 2017

Jesus from Birth to Burial

Doug Chaplin shared the following blue circle plaque that he made for Jesus, of the...

December 18, 2017

What Happens When You Review Richard Carrier

A lot more has been blogged that relates to the topic of mythicism. I should begin by...

December 17, 2017

Not The Messiah You Ordered?

If you thought the sausage roll in the manger in Greggs’ advertising was controversial, I...

December 16, 2017

Review of The Last Jedi

I went to see The Last Jedi yesterday afternoon. This post will contain spoilers. If...

December 15, 2017

Atheist Reindeer Conspiracy

I can't believe I didn't notice it before. It was there under my (not bright...

December 14, 2017

Vampire Conference in Transylvania!

This is a really cool conference idea - holding a conference about Vampires in Transylvania,...

December 13, 2017

Looking Forward to The Last Jedi

I assume that other readers of this blog have been surprised by my lack of...

December 12, 2017

Mind The Gap: An Interview with Matthias Henze

I am ever so grateful to Matthias Henze for allowing me the opportunity to interview him...

December 11, 2017

Earl Doherty as Christian Reformer

I decided to break what had been one very long post about two mythicists into...

December 10, 2017

Richard Carrier as False Prophet

Larry Hurtado has written an excellent blog post in which he shows that Richard Carrier...

December 09, 2017

Travel to Transylvania

Students at Butler who want to go on the trip to Transylvania, there is still...

December 08, 2017

Haggling for Peace

Even before the announcement was made that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem, hints in this direction...

December 07, 2017

Darkest Hour

I was delighted to have the opportunity to see the new movie Darkest Hour before...

December 06, 2017

The Real St. Nicholas

Wishing all readers of this blog a happy December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas!

December 05, 2017

Donald Trump as Antichrist

It is one of the most disappointing aspects of conservative Evangelicalism that they are strident...

December 04, 2017

Scribblings in the Margins of the Law

When the above meme was drawn to my attention, I felt I had to share...

December 03, 2017

Faith Palm

Hemant Mehta shared the image above, suggesting that this is how progressive Christians should advertise...

December 02, 2017

Nativity Activity

Jeremiah Bailey shared a great idea for an activity for students. Give them the nativity...

December 01, 2017

The Christmas Season

I got a kick out of this meme, which came my way via Episcopal Church...

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