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September 2012

September 27, 2012

Quote of the Day (Chris Heard)

This is...a plea that we follow Augustine and divest ourselves of the notion that interpreting...

September 24, 2012

Two Witnesses, a Woman, a Baby and a Dragon

The Sunday before last in my Sunday school class we talked about the two witnesses...

September 11, 2012

Fundamentalists Lacking Conviction

Robin Parry has a post on the blog Running Heads entitled "Fundamentalists - Have the...

September 08, 2012

Admiral Ackbar on Genesis 3

Joel Watts shared the above photo on Facebook. I remember some people not getting the...

September 06, 2012

Literalism Humor

Joke-teller: So Ken Ham, Al Mohler, and Pat Robertson walk into a bar... Literalist: Really?! ...

September 04, 2012

Revelation 7: The Seal of God, the Earth’s Corners, and Tribal Errors

This past Sunday in my Sunday school class, we talked about Revelation chapter 7. Given...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Lecture on Genesis 2-3

I have recorded a lecture covering some of the topics I normally discuss in class...

August 26, 2012

Creationists Vote to Ditch Genesis 1-3 for Being Soft on Evolution

News from the future: At their 2025 annual meeting, a well-known young-earth creationist organization decided...

August 22, 2012

Do Young-Earth Creationists Deny that God Spoke Creation into Existence, or Creation out of Nothing?

It illustrates the selective literalism of young-earth creationists, that they never seem to realize the...

August 21, 2012

Lecture on Genesis 1

I've recorded a brief lecture on the creation account in Genesis 1.

August 17, 2012

Sooner or Later, You Have to Choose between the Bible and Inerrancy

A discussion I've been part of on Facebook illustrates something that I have said before...

August 16, 2012

Canon and Compromise

There is something ironic about people pointing to their canon of Scripture and being uncompromising...

August 14, 2012

17 Minutes and 36 Seconds of Living Biblically

Here's a link to A. J. Jacobs giving a TED talk which lasts for roughly...

August 04, 2012

Did Jesus Understand Genesis 2 Literally?

Many will point to Jesus' words about divorce, in the context of which he quotes...

August 03, 2012

Inerrancy and Literalism: Quote of the Day (Theodore M. Vial)

Contemporary conservative Christian exegetes claim both inerrancy and literalism as hermeneutical principles, but will always...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Is Your Theology Weighing You Down?

Two humorous images that appeared on other blogs this morning provide helpful fodder for thinking...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

…Why Is There Still Dust?

Inspired by a comment shared on Jerry Coyne's blog. Presumably most will grasp that this...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

Does the Earth Rotate? Check Out What REAL Biblical Literalism Looks Like

This video has everything one would expect from pseudoscientific charlatans like Ken Ham and his...

February 22, 2012

A God No One Really Believes Exists?

A while back I posted on why I don't think anyone today really believes that...

February 09, 2012

Genesis 1-3 on How to Interpret Genesis 1-3

As Evolution Weekend draws near, many of us will be taking some time to address...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

Some Literalists Don’t Give a Fig

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January 27, 2012

Paul Was Not A Biblicist

Biblicism - the view that one should adhere strictly to what the Bible says, word for...

January 18, 2012

The Most Unintentionally Ironic Creationist Quote of the Day – Perhaps of All Time?

Internet Monk has a post "Creation Police at Toys-R-Us" about an article on the Institute...

January 15, 2012

The Exodus: Which Miracle is Greater?

The Exodus story contains numerous miracles. But one of the biggest miracles involved in taking...

January 06, 2012

Quote of the Day (Matthew R. Schlimm)

“No reader of Genesis has literally been expelled from the Garden of Eden. No reader...

January 04, 2012

Picking and Choosing

From Calamities of Nature HT Evolving Thoughts

December 2011

December 21, 2011

Answers in Racketeering (Does Ken Ham Think Noah Was a Millionaire?)

P. Z. Myers drew attention to the fact that the infamous Answers in Genesis has...

December 18, 2011

Controversial Christmas Carols

In groundbreaking but controversial research, historians are challenging this historicity of the account of the...

December 07, 2011

Fundamentalism Meets Sci-Fi: Truth, Falsity and Fiction

The latest in Cake or Death's series going through the A to Z of modern...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Genesis and Young-Earth Creationists Demean God!

I have decided no longer to put up quietly with the teachings of Genesis 1...

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