Yesterday’s post about burning the Quran reminded me of something from my early days.
My first job was as a library page (this was before I realized that it was archivists who got all the girls.) I started working at a small branch library towards the end of their book drive, during which they’d taken [...]
by VorJack
Help me out here folks, because I’m not sure how I feel about this one.
A Swedish scholar named Gunnar Samuelsson has successfully defended his thesis that the Gospels do not clearly describe a crucifixion that matches later traditions.
His argument seems to hinge on the word “stauroun,” which the Gospels use in a way that [...]
by VorJack
Some Christians and former Christians are fond of pointing at the doctrine of biblical innerrancy and calling it idolatry – the act of taking something less than God and making it out to be God. Robert Price is fond of doing this in his BibleGeek webcast.
The idea is that Christian fundamentalists are [...]
by VorJack
James McGrath declares this video (originally from Stuff Fundies Like) as “one of the least intelligible “arguments” I’ve ever encountered to support any point of view, anywhere, ever.”
I’m having a hard time disagreeing.
However, this may be a perfect time to try out YouTube’s “vuvuzela” function. Click through to the YouTube site (by clicking [...]
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by VorJack
Hemant points to an article over at the NYT:
Craft Shop Family Buys Up Ancient Bibles for Museum
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With a goal of establishing a national Bible museum of great depth and size, the evangelical Christian family behind the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores has been spending heavily to amass a collection that has set dealers [...]
by VorJack
Historian John Sparks talking about Barton Stone, grandfather of Charles Chilton Moore, who may have been suffering a brief crisis of faith:
It is not inconceivable that, at this time, [Barton] Stone could have come to that realization so unsettling to anyone who has somehow become convinced and assured that he or she possesses [...]
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