Just Archaeology- 8

#1. Maybe It Was Disease-- http://www.archaeology.org/news/2667-141029-chimu-skeleton-sacrifice Peruvian archaeologist Gabriel Prieto and John Verano of Tulane University have expanded the excavation of a site where the sacrificed remains of 42 children and 76 young llamas were found in 2011. “This is unusual, and not what we’ve seen before, especially on the coast of Peru,” Religion sells even …

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Announcements

I am taking Sunday off to meet some people so I want to get an extra post in today and possibly tomorrow. #1. BIG NEWS--  other people do it so I will this time Over the past few weeks, with God's permission, I put together 2 collections of what are, hopefully, the best posts on …

Slavery & The Christian

I do not pretend to be an expert on all the slavery issues facing Christians today but at least this post will be a place to start as one researches the issue. A good book that talks about slavery in one of its chapters is the one titled, The Politically Incorrect Guide To the Bible, …

Heresy- 3

After skipping ahead many pages this post will continue to look at Dr. Alister McGrath's book heresy. Again, I am just looking at the content of the quotes and am not applying their intent to Dr. McGrath's actual position on the subject. #1. ...there are no real grounds for supposing  that heresy was the outcome …

Much To Talk About- 75

I had planned to do a third post today because I needed to catch up from missing on Monday and there is a column that is important to draw people's attention to. #1. He Gets It-- http://www.christianpost.com/news/i-love-jesus-too-much-to-call-myself-a-gay-christian-128719/ There's a new kind of Gay Christian. Most of us are aware of the Justin Lees and the …

Rebutting 5 Reasons

The five reasons are found at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/5-reasons-why-i-wont-give-up-on-the-church/ yet more than those 5 reasons will be addressed in this post. It is sad to see alternative believers (or as they should be called false teachers) make such statements because basically, they have already given up on the church and are simply fighting to get their false ideas …

Heresy- 2

There is a lot going on today but I would like to continue the examination of Dr. Alister McGrath's book heresy. The trouble of analyzing a book is that there is just too much information to cover so this time I am only going to be dealing with about 5 pages from chapter 6. The rest …

Much To Talk About-74

#1. He Makes A Point-- http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2014/10/ken_ham_ark_encounter_theme_park_religious_discrimination_may_block_kentucky.html For a man who constantly touts his plans to build a creationist empire in the United States, Ken Ham is surprisingly bad at his job. The professional charlatan’s greatest success, his mind-boggling Creation Museum, faces a serious decline in attendance. His next boondoggle, a Noah’s Ark–themed creationist amusement park, …

Heresy

That is part of the title of Alister McGrath's book and I am becoming tired of reading academic works. The reason is academics do not present what they believe in a clear-cut manner but spend much of the time dancing around their person beliefs in order to present an argument concerning the topic they are discussing. …

Bad Reasoning

I really do not want this website to become an avenue for activism but the past few days the stories on justifying same-sex marriage have just provided good material to discuss. The latest is found below http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/27/ted-olson-gay-marriage_n_6056308.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 The bad reasoning to justify inaction against protecting the definition that marriage is only between a man and a …