Sunday, August 2, 2009

Faith, science and Francis Collins: the atheist attack (revisited)

August 2, 2009

A little while back, I expressed my surprise at some of Duane Smith’s ruminations about the appointment of Francis Collins as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (in the USA). They struck me as at the most a very tepid welcome, hedged around by anxieties about Collins’ faith. (Though I don’t think my [...]

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Impassibility once more: the God who is not passive

August 2, 2009

It’s probably not a coincidence that two of the main responses arguing against my views on God’s impassibility have come from OT scholars: John Anderson in the comments there, and now Joseph Kelly in a new post. In a way both of them make one of my points for me – even if it is [...]

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This week’s link love: starting and finishing in bad taste

August 2, 2009

A weekend round up the day after Biblical Studies Carnival 44 seems a little superfluous. Nonetheless I press on under the obligation of assumed duty, or something. (Whatever!) James McGrath posts a wicked satirical video on taking the Bible literally. Stone those gay dwarves now. Mark Goodacre is starting a podcast section of the NT [...]

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