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Tackling a Storm God: A Deist’s Impression of Yahweh and the Control over...
1. The Crisis On May 20th, an F5 tornado wrecked havoc in the community of Moore, Oklahoma. Scores of people died, including children; the tornado spared little. Through the devastation, a community...
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Students, What Have I to do with Thee?
So we are now finishing up our first week of class and it seems like it is going to be an interesting semester. In my ‘Jesus’ class, most of the students are very religious. That’s fine. But I am...
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Did the Ancient Jews Practice Crucifixion?
Last night during one of our class discussions on the historical Jesus, the question came up over crucifixion; someone had made the claim that only the Romans had practiced it. But is that really the...
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The Inscription on the Jonah Ossuary Redux and the Shape-Shifting Fish
A lot more has been said on the issue of the Jonah ossuary this week; in fact it has been an interesting few days. As James McGrath keeps the round-ups alive (here and here; I won’t belabor it by...
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Why I Support Pope Francis
Many of my secular friends are having a hard time coping with Pope Francis, and I understand why. He’s an enigma. We’ve all borne witness to the likes of Pope Benedict, whose status as a theologian...
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Why I am Leaving Rutgers University (After This Semester)
As some of you already know, after two years at Rutgers, at the end of the current semester, I will be transferring out. This was a hard decision for me, but one I have had to make out of a growing...
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Jason and the Argonauts and Lightsabers
Because, let’s face it, every story is more interesting with lightsabers. You’re welcome. My first real attempt at lightsaber editing, because Star Wars…d’uh.
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I’m Being Harassed and Threatened by Ralph Ellis
Dear Friends and Family, Since April 8th, Ralph Ellis has been running around Google searching for my name and sending out hateful and spiteful emails to colleagues and friends (also to me, because he...
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Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries: Enslaved Women in a Modern World
I’m not sure how I didn’t know about this sooner. A report in TIME World from last week caught my eye. It seems that Americans were kept pretty much in the dark about this terrible atrocity: They...
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Bill O’Reilly and the Polarizing Political Figure of Jesus
It has come to my attention that Bill O’Reilly will be publishing a book on the life and death of Jesus. This news has been making the rounds on the interwebs and of course I’m concerned. It isn’t...
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