by VorJack
Bad news for Fred Clark (AKA Slacktivist), but maybe good news for his readers: Tim LeHaye is coming out with another round of the “worst books ever written.” Bill Berkowitz has all the painful details over at Talk2Action.
On April 20, Zondervan, a HarperCollins company which describes itself as “a world leader in Christian communications,” [...]
Don’t worry Mr. Caterpillar, God loves you and made you for a purpose…
by VorJack
Three bad arguments over the Church Sexual Abuse scandal:
Russ Douthat, “Pox on both your houses” argument:
In reality, the scandal implicates left and right alike. The permissive sexual culture that prevailed everywhere, seminaries included, during the silly season of the ’70s deserves a share of the blame, as does that era’s overemphasis on therapy. (Again [...]
“Guaranteed to break Satan!”
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by VorJack
Via Paleojudica, I see that one of our friends has moved up in the world. James McGrath has received an endowed chair at Butler University:
A New Testament Scholar Is Named to a LOST Chair at Butler U.
So congratulations to James McGrath, who’s contributions to the field of LOST scholarship is finally being recognized. [...]
by VorJack
Newsweek is running an article about an incredible archeological find in southeastern Turkey. Called Gobekli Tepe (“potbelly hill,”) it appears to be the oldest temple ever discovered. If the current archeological team is correct in i’s dating, then the temple was originally constructed in 11,500 BCE.
By most estimations, this is before [...]
I’m trying to figure out if this shirt is awesome or just really weird.
by VorJack
All of us know about the Catholic child sex abuse scandal that rocked America. Most of us are aware of the same scandal that was reported in Ireland. Well, it looks like Germany may be next.
According to Spiegel Online, there has been a rash of cases that have suddenly come to [...]
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