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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Exploring Our Matrix</title> <link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix</link> <description>The Blog of Dr. James F. McGrath, Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University, Indianapolis</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:10:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/patheosmatrix" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="patheosmatrix" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">patheosmatrix</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Mythicism as Selectively Critical: The Example of Couchoud’s Treatment of John the Baptist</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-selectively-critical-the-example-of-couchouds-treatment-of-john-the-baptist.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-selectively-critical-the-example-of-couchouds-treatment-of-john-the-baptist.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:10:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mandaeans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John the Baptist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Josephus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul-Louis Couchoud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[skepticism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vridar]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5971</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[That mythicism is selectively critical, and selectively applies rigorous skepticism to sources, is easy to illustrate. Take  Couchoud&#8217;s treatment of John the Baptist as summarized in a recent...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-selectively-critical-the-example-of-couchouds-treatment-of-john-the-baptist.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Doesn’t the Bible Contain Superior Medical Advice?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/why-doesnt-the-bible-contain-superior-medical-advice.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/why-doesnt-the-bible-contain-superior-medical-advice.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:09:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intelligent Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pseudoscience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hygiene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5967</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Many will consider the answer to the question posed in the title of this post obvious, as indeed do I: The Bible does not contain superior medical knowledge, or indeed anything that we might consider...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/why-doesnt-the-bible-contain-superior-medical-advice.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Review of Roberge, The Paraphrase of Shem</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/review-of-roberge-the-paraphrase-of-shem.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/review-of-roberge-the-paraphrase-of-shem.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Coptic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gnosticism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[book review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commentary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gnostic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michel Roberge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nag Hammadi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paraphrase of Shem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[RBL]]></category> <category><![CDATA[translation]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5965</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[My review of Michel Roberge&#8217;s book The Paraphrase of Shem (NH VII,1): Introduction, Translation and Commentary has been published in Review of Biblical Literature. Click through if you&#8217;d...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/review-of-roberge-the-paraphrase-of-shem.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SB 89 Creationism Bill Vote in Indiana Senate Monday</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/sb-89-creationism-bill-vote-in-indiana-senate-monday.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/sb-89-creationism-bill-vote-in-indiana-senate-monday.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pseudoscience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[89]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Center for Science Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCSE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5958</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I received this e-mail from the NCSE, which I assume the author will not mind me reproducing here in order to get the word out as quickly and effectively as possible: Dear Indiana NCSE members and...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/sb-89-creationism-bill-vote-in-indiana-senate-monday.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Time Travel and the Bible</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/time-travel-and-the-bible.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/time-travel-and-the-bible.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:14:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abraham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Back to the Future]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isaac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sacrifice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time travel]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5954</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The blog Unreasonable Faith shared this cartoon, a Bible/Back to the Future mash up: It would presumably have been worth posting just for its humor value, and because it brings together two major...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/time-travel-and-the-bible.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Outrageous! The Skewed Values of Many American Christians</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/outrageous-the-skewed-values-of-many-american-christians.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/outrageous-the-skewed-values-of-many-american-christians.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[morality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[health care]]></category> <category><![CDATA[motivational]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category> <category><![CDATA[values]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5942</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/outrageous-the-skewed-values-of-many-american-christians.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rossi’s Edition of the Coptic Papyrus Codices in the Egyptian Museum in Turin</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rossi%e2%80%99s-edition-of-the-coptic-papyrus-codices-in-the-egyptian-museum-in-turin.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rossi%e2%80%99s-edition-of-the-coptic-papyrus-codices-in-the-egyptian-museum-in-turin.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:17:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Coptic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alin Suciu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[download]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Francesco Rossi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manuscripts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scanned]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turin]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5939</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Those interested in Coptic texts owe a debt of gratitude to Alin Suciu for scanning and making available the out of print and very rare edition of the Coptic manuscripts in the Egyptian Museum in...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rossi%e2%80%99s-edition-of-the-coptic-papyrus-codices-in-the-egyptian-museum-in-turin.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rick Santorum’s Educational Hypocrisy</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rick-santorums-educational-hypocrisy.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rick-santorums-educational-hypocrisy.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:51:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[candidate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[college]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hypocrisy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indoctrination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[liberalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[president]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5936</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Lots of people have mentioned Rick Santorum&#8217;s outrageous anti-education statement. He said, “It’s no wonder President Obama wants every kid to go college&#8230;the indoctrination that occurs in...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/rick-santorums-educational-hypocrisy.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Paul Was Not A Biblicist</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/paul-was-not-a-biblicist.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/paul-was-not-a-biblicist.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul and his letters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biblicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isaiah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[literalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Enns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5928</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Biblicism - the view that one should adhere strictly to what the Bible says, word for word and letter for letter &#8211; is the stance adopted (at least theoretically) by many Christians today. It...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/paul-was-not-a-biblicist.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>27</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Petition Against Indiana’s Creationism Bill, Senate Bill 89</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/petition-against-indianas-creationism-bill-senate-bill-89.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/petition-against-indianas-creationism-bill-senate-bill-89.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:47:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[89]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dennis Kruse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oppose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[petition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5930</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most have probably already heard the news that the proposed creationism bill was approved by the education committee (the bill&#8217;s author chairs the committee, so not too much surprise there)....<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/petition-against-indianas-creationism-bill-senate-bill-89.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Example Of Not Repaying Evil With Evil</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/example-of-not-repaying-evil-with-evil.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/example-of-not-repaying-evil-with-evil.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[funny]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nokia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ringtone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violinist]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5926</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/example-of-not-repaying-evil-with-evil.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Glimpse Every Doctor Who Episode in Less than 10 Minutes</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/glimpse-every-doctor-who-episode-in-less-than-10-minutes.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/glimpse-every-doctor-who-episode-in-less-than-10-minutes.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:33:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[episodes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tribute]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5924</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video of clips from every single episode in the show&#8217;s history. Enjoy! HT IO9 and Galactica: Variants &#160;<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/glimpse-every-doctor-who-episode-in-less-than-10-minutes.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jeff Carter Blogs About The Only True God</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/jeff-carter-blogs-about-the-only-true-god.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/jeff-carter-blogs-about-the-only-true-god.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:05:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[monotheism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[book review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Only True God]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5920</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeff Carter has been reading my book The Only True God and yesterday he blogged about it. Please click through and take a look at what he has to say. Thanks, Jeff, for blogging about the book!...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/jeff-carter-blogs-about-the-only-true-god.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mythicism as Conspiracy Theory</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-conspiracy-theory.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-conspiracy-theory.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:37:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[antivaccination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conspiracy theories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[myth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vaccination]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5916</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the title of an article in Slate by Evgeny Morozov, and there are a couple of quotes in which a simple substitution can be made so that they apply equally well to creationists,...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/mythicism-as-conspiracy-theory.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>44</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Church Professional Blurb Appeal for The Burial of Jesus</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/church-professional-blurb-appeal-for-the-burial-of-jesus.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/church-professional-blurb-appeal-for-the-burial-of-jesus.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Progressive Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tomb]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5911</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday I issued an appeal for scholars who are willing and able to provide a blurb about my book, written for a general audience, The Burial of Jesus: History and Faith, which will be coming out...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/church-professional-blurb-appeal-for-the-burial-of-jesus.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: Frontios</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-frontios.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-frontios.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:17:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eschatology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Tennant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Frontios]]></category> <category><![CDATA[future]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Davison]]></category> <category><![CDATA[planet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tegan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time lords]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tractators]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Turlough]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5907</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The episode &#8220;Frontios&#8221; from the classic Doctor Who series is in many ways a forerunner of the episode &#8220;Utopia&#8221; in the David Tennant era. The Doctor and his companions end up...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-frontios.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Help Needed With The Burial of Jesus</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/help-needed-with-the-burial-of-jesus.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/help-needed-with-the-burial-of-jesus.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:31:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Progressive Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burial]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Church of the Holy Sepulcher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scholarly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Talpiot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tomb]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5904</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I was tempted to say &#8220;the reburial of Jesus&#8221; or &#8220;second Burial of Jesus&#8221; in the title of this post, but having recently discussed the Talpiot tomb and related topics, I feared...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/help-needed-with-the-burial-of-jesus.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Discussions of Evolution and Creationism Around the Blogosphere</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/discussions-of-evolution-and-creationism-around-the-blogosphere.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/discussions-of-evolution-and-creationism-around-the-blogosphere.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intelligent Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pseudoscience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[abiogenesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Fitzgerald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missouri]]></category> <category><![CDATA[origin of life]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5901</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here are some links to discussions around the blogosphere which connect with this blog in some way, shape or form. First, let me link to a post by Sam, a former student of mine, whose blog post...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/discussions-of-evolution-and-creationism-around-the-blogosphere.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Easier Jailbreak Now Available for iPad 2 and iPhone Using PC with Absinthe</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/easier-jailbreak-now-available-for-ipad-2-and-iphone-with-absinthe.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/easier-jailbreak-now-available-for-ipad-2-and-iphone-with-absinthe.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:17:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A5]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Absinthe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cinject]]></category> <category><![CDATA[command line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cydia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[download]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greenpois0n]]></category> <category><![CDATA[help]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPad 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jailbreak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[troubleshooting]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5897</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Lots of people who tried jailbreaking their iPad 2 or iPhone using the initial command line release experienced errors and problems. Thankfully, Absinthe for PC (think of it as Jailbreak 2.0, if you...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/easier-jailbreak-now-available-for-ipad-2-and-iphone-with-absinthe.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Religion in Captain America: The First Avenger</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/captain-america-the-first-avenger.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/captain-america-the-first-avenger.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Testament]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Avengers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[canon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Captain America]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chris Evans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comic books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Norse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul Tillich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Red Skull]]></category> <category><![CDATA[special effects]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Rogers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5893</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just watched Captain America: The First Avenger and found it interesting to see how they connected it with the themes of aliens visiting ancient Norway in Thor and the idea that super-advanced...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/captain-america-the-first-avenger.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>“My View: Inform yourself about creation theories”</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/my-view-inform-yourself-about-creation-theories.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/my-view-inform-yourself-about-creation-theories.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:13:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Butler University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[star]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5891</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Indianapolis Star has posted an opinion piece I sent them about &#8220;creation science&#8221; on their web site. I understand it will also appear in tomorrow&#8217;s paper. It is in the...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/my-view-inform-yourself-about-creation-theories.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Sledding Crow</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-sledding-crow.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-sledding-crow.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:34:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[funny]]></category> <category><![CDATA[news]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sledding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category> <category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5888</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Modern science has provided heaps of evidence of ways in which humans and other animals are similar. Does this video offer yet another example? Do you think this crow was sledding just for fun? Or is...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-sledding-crow.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak available for Mac OSX users (version for PC Windows and Linux to follow soon)</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ipad-2-jailbreak-available-for-mac-osx-users-version-for-pc-windows-and-linux-to-follow-soon.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ipad-2-jailbreak-available-for-mac-osx-users-version-for-pc-windows-and-linux-to-follow-soon.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:36:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A5]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Absinthe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greenpois0n]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jailbreak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[torrent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5884</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The news is breaking that an untethered jailbreak is finally available for the iPad 2, using a tool called Absinthe. The Mac OSX version has been released, and ones for PC/Windows and Linux users are...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ipad-2-jailbreak-available-for-mac-osx-users-version-for-pc-windows-and-linux-to-follow-soon.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Alcatraz: J. J. Abrams Takes Us To Another Mysterious Island, Tries To Make Our Heads Explode</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/alcatraz-j-j-abrams-takes-us-to-another-mysterious-island-tries-to-make-our-heads-explode.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/alcatraz-j-j-abrams-takes-us-to-another-mysterious-island-tries-to-make-our-heads-explode.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alcatraz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[J. J. Abrams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysteries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexplained]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5880</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[It took me a while to get around to watching the first two hours of the new TV show &#8220;Alcatraz.&#8221; There have been comments that it is trying to be the next LOST (which I think is true, even...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/alcatraz-j-j-abrams-takes-us-to-another-mysterious-island-tries-to-make-our-heads-explode.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: The Smugglers</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-smugglers.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-smugglers.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:50:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beamish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[England]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pirates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smugglers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[treasure]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5867</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[For the penultimate episode of the William Hartnell era, &#8220;The Smugglers,&#8221; the show returns to a staple form that was common from early on: an episode in which science fiction is only the...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-smugglers.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pete Enns on the Evolution of Adam</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pete-enns-on-the-evolution-of-adam.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pete-enns-on-the-evolution-of-adam.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:34:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Adam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Enns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5876</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be participating in the upcoming blog tour about Pete Enns&#8217; book The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn&#8217;t Say about Human Origins. As a foretaste, here is the...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pete-enns-on-the-evolution-of-adam.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Genetic Evidence for Evolution</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-genetic-evidence-for-evolution.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-genetic-evidence-for-evolution.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:19:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biologos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chimpanzees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chromosomes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[genetic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[primates]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5871</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a useful video from BioLogos explaining the genetic evidence for evolution, including the evidence of humans and chimpanzees sharing a common ancestor, with humans having one fewer...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-genetic-evidence-for-evolution.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: The Awakening</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-awakening.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-awakening.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:03:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Awakening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[devil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[episode]]></category> <category><![CDATA[malice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Davison]]></category> <category><![CDATA[superstition]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5800</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8220;The Awakening&#8221; is another relatively short episode (by the classic series&#8217; standards, not by today&#8217;s, when most episodes are roughly an hour long). In it, the Doctor, Tegan...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-awakening.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Web Yeshiva</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/web-yeshiva.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/web-yeshiva.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:40:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aramaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[commentaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[digital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hebrew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jewish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Midrash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[online]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Talmud]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tanak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[texts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[yeshiva]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5841</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today I learned about the site Web Yeshiva, which has links to a wide range of important classic Jewish texts -the Tanach, Mishnah, Talmudim, Midrashim, other commentaries, and more. I&#8217;ve added...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/web-yeshiva.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>In Lieu of Plagues and Floods</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/in-lieu-of-plagues-and-floods.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/in-lieu-of-plagues-and-floods.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:52:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[angels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[candidates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[floods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[plagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[president]]></category> <category><![CDATA[strip]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5862</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[From Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/in-lieu-of-plagues-and-floods.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Call for Papers: Religion and Doctor Who: Time, Space, and Faith</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/cfp-doctor-who-and-religion.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/cfp-doctor-who-and-religion.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[50th]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anniversary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[call for papers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CFP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sarah Jane Adventures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Torchwood]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5849</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Doctor Who is a cultural phenomenon in both the UK and the United States, continuing to go from strength-to-strength as it approaches its 50th anniversary in 2013. Over the show’s long history on...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/cfp-doctor-who-and-religion.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>70</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel and the Palestinians: Reading Recommendations Sought</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/israel-and-the-palestinians-reading-recommendations-sought.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/israel-and-the-palestinians-reading-recommendations-sought.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:45:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judaism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[travel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arabs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israelis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Muslims]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palestinians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[study abroad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[undergraduates]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5845</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hoping to read three books with students who will be participating in the trip to Israel/Palestine in May 2012. The first I&#8217;ve already decided on, and it is A Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/israel-and-the-palestinians-reading-recommendations-sought.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Most Unintentionally Ironic Creationist Quote of the Day – Perhaps of All Time?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-most-unintentionally-ironic-creationist-quote-of-the-day-perhaps-of-all-time.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-most-unintentionally-ironic-creationist-quote-of-the-day-perhaps-of-all-time.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:40:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[game]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ICR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Institute for Creation Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[literalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Noah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationists]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5838</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Internet Monk has a post &#8220;Creation Police at Toys-R-Us&#8221; about an article on the Institute for Creation Research web site, complaining about a children&#8217;s game and its depiction of...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-most-unintentionally-ironic-creationist-quote-of-the-day-perhaps-of-all-time.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>“Emergency Access” to Wikipedia during the SOPA and PIPA Protests</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/emergency-access-to-wikipedia-during-the-sopa-and-pipa-protests.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/emergency-access-to-wikipedia-during-the-sopa-and-pipa-protests.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:07:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mozilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reddit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[workaround]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5833</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[New Scientist posted some ways to get access to Wikipedia today in spite of the blackout. On the one hand, I think they are worth drawing attention to, since some of these would definitely be useful...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/emergency-access-to-wikipedia-during-the-sopa-and-pipa-protests.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-warriors-of-the-deep.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-warriors-of-the-deep.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:43:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hebrew]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cold War]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Devils]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Silurians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5788</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The episode &#8220;Warriors of the Deep&#8221; was the first from the final season of Doctor Who to feature Peter Davison as the Doctor. The show took a darker and somewhat more pessimistic turn with...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-warriors-of-the-deep.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>PIPA and SOPA Blackouts</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pipa-and-sopa-blackouts.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pipa-and-sopa-blackouts.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:45:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dictatorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[government]]></category> <category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[infringement]]></category> <category><![CDATA[law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5829</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Very shortly, Wikipedia and many other sites around the internet will be going dark for a day. When I mentioned this in class today, most students didn&#8217;t know about it. Since many people will...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/pipa-and-sopa-blackouts.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Observing Evolution</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/observing-evolution.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/observing-evolution.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intelligent Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pseudoscience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[young-earth creationism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ID]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kinds]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5826</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Creationists regularly claim that evolution is unobservable. This claim is false. To give some examples, just in recent days there have been a few important instances of scientists being able to...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/observing-evolution.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Research in Religious Studies Conference Call for Papers</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/research-in-religious-studies-conference-call-for-papers.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/research-in-religious-studies-conference-call-for-papers.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:03:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Call for Papers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[call for papers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CFP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conference]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graduate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lethbridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[undergraduate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5822</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[From Jim Linville: The Religious Studies Department, at the University of Lethbridge, will present the 10th Annual Research in Religious Studies Conference on May 5 – 6, 2012. The conference provides...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/research-in-religious-studies-conference-call-for-papers.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bart Ehrman’s Did Jesus Exist? to be published in hardback</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/bart-ehrmans-did-jesus-exist-to-be-published-in-hardback.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/bart-ehrmans-did-jesus-exist-to-be-published-in-hardback.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:42:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bart Ehrman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5820</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to Tim Henderson for pointing out that Bart Ehrman&#8217;s book Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth will be published in hardcover and not only in ebook form, as...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/bart-ehrmans-did-jesus-exist-to-be-published-in-hardback.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>39</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/a-comprehensive-bibliography-on-syriac-christianity.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/a-comprehensive-bibliography-on-syriac-christianity.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:35:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Aramaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Syriac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bibliography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[database]]></category> <category><![CDATA[online]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5818</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Via NASCAS I learned that a trial version of the &#8220;Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity&#8221; is now available online.<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/a-comprehensive-bibliography-on-syriac-christianity.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Moses and the Screenwriter</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/moses-and-the-screenwriter.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/moses-and-the-screenwriter.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exodus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[accuracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[exaggeration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Moses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non Sequitur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[screenwriters]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5815</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Non Sequitur HT Kristian Petersen<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/moses-and-the-screenwriter.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: The King’s Demons</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-kings-demons.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-kings-demons.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kamelion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[king]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Magna Carta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Master]]></category> <category><![CDATA[robot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TARDIS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time travel]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5785</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Doctor Who episode &#8220;The King&#8217;s Demons&#8221; is a short (two-part) and fairly entertaining tale about the Doctor and his companions arriving in the time of King John and the Crusade,...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-kings-demons.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Martin Luther King and the Quest for a Just Society</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/martin-luther-king-and-the-quest-for-a-just-society.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/martin-luther-king-and-the-quest-for-a-just-society.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:25:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[morality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[allusions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dystopia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MLK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reason]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sermons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speeches]]></category> <category><![CDATA[utopia]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5811</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[This semester, my freshman seminar course &#8220;Faith, Doubt and Reason&#8221; focuses on utopias, dystopias, and the quest for community and a just society. Since we start tomorrow, the day after...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/martin-luther-king-and-the-quest-for-a-just-society.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: Special Effects Dinosaurs</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-special-effects-dinosaurs.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-special-effects-dinosaurs.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:04:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dinosaurs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[invasion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jon Pertwee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[special effects]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5808</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[IO9 shared this video about the famously poor special effects in the Doctor Who episode &#8220;Invasion of the Dinosaurs.&#8221;<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-special-effects-dinosaurs.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ezekiel 4:12 Cereal</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ezekiel-412-cereal.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ezekiel-412-cereal.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ezekiel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bread]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cereal]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5802</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ask and you shall receive! After I suggested the idea in my last post, Jeff Carter kindly made this addition so as to offer a more comprehensively Biblical range of cereal choices: If you don&#8217;t...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/ezekiel-412-cereal.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Biblical Breakfast?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/biblical-breakfast.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/biblical-breakfast.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:28:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ezekiel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[4:12]]></category> <category><![CDATA[4:9]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breakfast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cereal]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5798</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just saw this on Jesus Needs New PR: It definitely cries out for someone to photoshop it so that it mentions Ezekiel 4:12 and is proudly said to have been baked over excrement!<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/biblical-breakfast.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Follow Me on Twitter!</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/follow-me-on-twitter.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/follow-me-on-twitter.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:22:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exploring Our Matrix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ReligionProf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5795</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are on Twitter, please do follow me there! It&#8217;s a convenient way of keeping up with the latest blog posts here, and also sharing with me things that you find interesting that might...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/follow-me-on-twitter.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>More Mythicist Misrepresentation</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/more-mythicist-misrepresentation.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/more-mythicist-misrepresentation.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[mythicism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[method]]></category> <category><![CDATA[methodology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Neil Godfrey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oral tradition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pseudoscholarship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vridar]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5792</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[I sometimes wonder if mythicists realize when they are making fools of themselves. If they do, then they are presumably akin to clowns and comedians who provide a useful service in providing us with...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/more-mythicist-misrepresentation.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>120</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doctor Who: The War Machines (and the computer that knew the Doctor’s name)</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-war-machines-and-the-computer-that-knew-the-doctors-name.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-war-machines-and-the-computer-that-knew-the-doctors-name.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:08:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Colossus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forbin Project]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gallifreyan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[name]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Norse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sci-fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War Machines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[WOTAN]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5715</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The episode of Doctor Who, &#8220;The War Machines,&#8221; may seem to explore familiar terrain to viewers today. But keep in mind that this episode was written and aired not only decades before...<br/>
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/doctor-who-the-war-machines-and-the-computer-that-knew-the-doctors-name.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Exodus: Which Miracle is Greater?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-exodus-which-miracle-is-greater.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/01/the-exodus-which-miracle-is-greater.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:43:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>James F. McGrath</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exodus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[inerrancy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archaeological]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Egyptians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[history]]></category> <category><![CDATA[literalism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[textual]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/?p=5782</guid>  <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Exodus story contains numerous miracles. But one of the biggest miracles involved in taking the Exodus story literally is only likely to be noticed if you try to correlate the Exodus story in the...<br/>
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