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	<title>Exploring Our Matrix</title>
	
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		<title>Christians, Monotheism, and the Trinity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As Trinity Sunday approaches, there is bound to be an increase in blogging about the Trinity and about Christian views of God more generally. Here are some items that have already come across my...<br/>
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		<title>Quote of the Day (Karl Giberson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Science is open to correction. In the event that evolution does become a &#8220;theory in crisis,&#8221; we will read about that in Scientific American, Nature and Science, not the blogs of the...<br/>
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		<title>Retelling Romans 1:18-2:16</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epistle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gentiles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[judgment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14513</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;God&#8217;s anger is being poured out from heaven on all the godlessness and injustice of those people who, in their wickedness, suppress the truth. Because that which can be known about God...<br/>
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		<title>Video of John Green’s Butler University Commencement Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14553</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I previously mentioned (and shared the text of) this wonderful speech to graduates by John Green at this year&#8217;s Butler University Commencement. But now there is a video available. Enjoy!<br/>
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		<title>Remnants from the Jewish Temple?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al Aqsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeological]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cedar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herod]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An interesting story came to my attention via a Greek archaeology feed aggregator, which with a bit of help led me to a story from the Biblical Archaeology Society. If the results of carbon dating...<br/>
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		<title>Christ’s Elementary Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hebrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elementary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foundation]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday in my Sunday school class we discussed Hebrews 5:11-6:3. After a bit of discussion of the penchant in some Christian circles (although by no means all) to be content with an immature...<br/>
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		<title>Kept Apart by Theology</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hayward]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14540</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#039;m certain that not all real-life situations mirror David Hayward&#039;s cartoon that I&#039;ve shared above. Sometimes people eagerly put their theologies out in front of them to keep others...<br/>
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		<title>Soufflés and Souls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The episode &#8220;The Name of the Doctor&#8221; offered some interesting material for discussing notions of identity and immortality, life and death. When the Great Intelligence is asked where he...<br/>
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		<title>Orawa (Wojciech Kilar)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISO]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Polish]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Friday evening, I had the privilege of attending a concert by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra string musicians, led by Zach de Pue. It was wonderful. My favorite pieces of the evening were an...<br/>
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		<title>Of Course…Who Else? [Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor SPOILER]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50th anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God complex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Name of the Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Moffatt]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although there are some things that have not all been tied up (why didn&#039;t the Silence try to do something about this?), some loose ends and unanswered questions seem to have been wrapped up...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 02:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50th anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impossible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Hurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Name of the Doctor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season finale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re expecting the episode &#8220;The Name of the Doctor&#8221; to make perfect logical sense, you must be new to Doctor Who. As it has from the beginning, Doctor Who skirts the boundary...<br/>
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		<title>Exploring Our Matrix 3.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biblioblogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Name of the Doctor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[season finale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I want to let blog readers know that Patheos will be upgrading its website &#8211; including blogs &#8211; tomorrow, Saturday, May 17th. I won&#8217;t be able to post new content between 8am and 8pm....<br/>
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		<title>CFP: Academic Loncon 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Call for Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[call for papers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loncon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today I had my attention drawn to the fact that the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention or Worldcon, known this year as Loncon 3 because it will be in London, will have an academic component,...<br/>
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		<title>Retelling Romans 1:8-17</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paul and his letters]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[First, I give thanks to my God, through Jesus the appointed king, for all of you, because your faithfulness to God is being reported all over the world. God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit...<br/>
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		<title>Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2013/05/time-and-relative-dimensions-in-faith.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since David Moloney of Darton, Longman, and Todd tweeted this photo, presumably I can share it here. It is the cover for the book Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who, of...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Doctor Who episode &#8220;The Claws of Axos&#8221; from the Jon Pertwee era features aliens who remind me of golden gods, perhaps from Greek mythology. And the story actually echoes, in a sense,...<br/>
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		<title>James D. G. Dunn Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14502</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I learned today that there is a WordPress site for James D. G. Dunn. Jimmy Dunn supervised my PhD research, and is indisputably one of the top New Testament scholars of recent decades. I have not...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: First Night, Last Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 02:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How had I missed these Doctor Who minisodes until now?<br/>
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		<title>Erich Wolfgang Korngold – The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Suite</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Erich Wolfgang Korngold came to Hollywood from Vienna, bringing with him his own unique style born from a context shaped by Richard Strauss in particular. What you know as the typical sound of...<br/>
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		<title>Still Thinking About LOST</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tony Rossi has reposted some of his reflections on the show and its religious themes on the blog Christopher Closeup. Of course, there is a lot of blogging at Exploring Our Matrix about LOST,...<br/>
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		<title>Retelling Romans 1:1-7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[To all God&#8217;s people in Rome, who are loved by God and called and sanctified, Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and Jesus his appointed king. Let me introduce myself. I am Paul &#8211;...<br/>
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		<title>Teaching Religion Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The &#8220;Spotlight on Teaching&#8221; section of the latest issue of Religious Studies News is focused on online education. It includes interesting articles such as: Sandie Gravett,...<br/>
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		<title>WHOcharist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I received an invitation on Facebook to attend WHOcharist. It is apparently a discussion of Doctor Who at a church called South Wedge Mission in Rochester. Who knew? In honor of this creative event...<br/>
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		<title>Quote of the Day (C. S. Lewis)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am a democrat because I believe that no man or group of men is good enough to be trusted with uncontrolled power over others. And the higher the pretensions of such power, the more dangerous I...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: The Original Concept</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I had it drawn to my attention that the original background notes for the TV show Doctor Who, written by Cecil E. Webber and Sydney Newman, is available on the BBC website (I&#8217;ve embedded the...<br/>
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		<title>Studying the Bible, Loving the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Facebook friend asked me the following: I&#8217;m sure this is an extremely broad question but I&#8217;m really curious! How do you combine a love for scripture and a respect for it&#8217;s...<br/>
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		<title>Do You Want to Know the Name of the Doctor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you want to know the Doctor&#039;s name? I&#039;m not asking whether you want to watch a leaked copy (more information here) of &#8220;The Name of the Doctor&#8221; early after downloading it,...<br/>
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		<title>Mars Attacks Young-Earth Creationism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ian Millington recently drew my attention to an article about NASA&#8217;s Mars rover, and pointed out to me an interesting implication for young-earth creationism. If young-earth creationism is...<br/>
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		<title>He Learned Obedience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is material in Hebrews 4-5 that is particularly striking when considered in relation to some of the classic creedal formulations of Christian orthodoxy, as well as other popular ways of...<br/>
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		<title>John Green’s Butler University 2013 Commencement Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I just saw that John Green has shared the text of his commencement address, delivered at the graduation ceremony at Butler University this year. It was great, and so I encourage you to click through...<br/>
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		<title>Open Access Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2013/05/open-access-scholarship.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I had a librarian mention to me that they had heard about a scholar whose blog got not merely quoted but responded to and interacted with in a peer-reviewed journal article. I quickly responded by...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who season finale “The Name of the Doctor” leaked early!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 03:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are a Doctor Who fan, you have surely heard the news that some copies of the season 7 Blu-Ray shipped early, meaning that a few lucky people in the United States who pre-ordered them now have...<br/>
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		<title>Worse Than Losing Your Faith?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 19:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The vigor with which some people defend their beliefs online &#8211; refusing to do basic research, offering completely unpersuasive off-the-cuff arguments, and denigrating their opponents &#8211;...<br/>
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		<title>Retelling Romans: Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 17:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have long said I wanted to write a &#8220;blogmentary&#8221; (blog commentary) on Romans. I think what I really wanted to do, above all else, is try retelling Paul&#8217;s letter to the Romans so...<br/>
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		<title>Geza Vermes 1924-2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I apologize that it has taken me a while to mention the recent passing of Geza Vermes, the renowned scholar of ancient Judaism and the historical Jesus. I had wanted to mark his passing not merely by...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: Nightmare in Silver</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We were told that, in the episode of Doctor Who &#8221;Nightmare in Silver,&#8221; Neil Gaiman aimed to make the cybermen scary again. It is arguable that he accomplished that, not only by making the...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: She Said, He Said (Prequel to The Name of the Doctor)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 00:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<title>Congratulations, Class of 2013!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Congratulations to Butler University&#039;s 2013 graduates! I wish you every success in the future! Please keep in touch! &#160; &#160;<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who, Judaism, and the Ineffable Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tablet magazine has an article about Doctor Who from a Jewish perspective. It includes less well known details, such as the Jewish background of the show&#8217;s creator Sydney Newman, as well as...<br/>
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		<title>Madonnas of Science</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since one of the topics this blog explores is the intersection of religion and science, I had to give a mention to the Madonnas of Science by Chris Shaw which an IO9 article recently highlighted, and...<br/>
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		<title>Up, Up, and Away!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 03:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today was the Feast of the Ascension. There are two favorite quotes of mine related to the ascension, which I have shared at least twice before on this blog. Here they are again: First, Keith Ward...<br/>
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		<title>Doctor Who: Rewatching Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently rewatched the double Doctor Who episode &#8220;Silence in the Library&#8221; and &#8220;Forest of the Dead.&#8221; Having now seen so much of the later interaction between the Doctor and...<br/>
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		<title>Happy End of Spring Semester!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Prof. Gandalf&#8230;<br/>
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		<title>Eugenie C. Scott – Evolution vs. Creationism</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2013/05/eugenie-c-scott-evolution-vs-creationism.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In honor of Eugenie C. Scott&#8217;s announced retirement from her role as executive director of the National Center for Science Education, the NCSE has made chapter two of the second edition of her...<br/>
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		<title>Romans in Three Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[new perspective]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[John Byron posted on Facebook that he has a three-hour class in which to cover Romans. While the text could be read in that period of time, given its rich contents and extensive history of...<br/>
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		<title>Was Jesus a Seditionist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent article by Fernando Bermejo-Rubio in The Bible and Interpretation raised the question of whether Jesus was a &#8220;seditionist&#8221; &#8211; which he defines as &#8220;The hypothesis that...<br/>
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		<title>Young-Earth Creationists Living in Sin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14369</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It is interesting to read the sorts of things one finds on the Answers in Genesis website about sin. There are studies on the topic by the organization&#8217;s leaders and members, as well as classic...<br/>
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		<title>Young-Earth Creationism vs. Sodom and Gomorrah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=14367</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the Biblical story about Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham pleads with God to spare the cities even if just a certain minimum number of righteous people are found in it. Eventually he bargains God down...<br/>
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		<title>St. Arbucks: The New Patron Saint of Scholars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[HT Jim West &#160;<br/>
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		<title>Ken Ham Continues to Contradict Himself</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve recently heard Ken Ham denying knowledge of where the notion of humans riding dinosaurs comes from, when it was his own books. Now we have Ham denying the stance that his own...<br/>
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