From the daily archives:

Saturday, October 3, 2009

If the King James Version was good enough for the apostles …

October 3, 2009

Forasmuch as there be those men which do uphold the magniloquence most blessed by the Holy Ghost in the translation of the sacred writings held to be received from generation unto generation from the time of the apostles by the company of divines gathered by His Most Gracious Majesty King James; be it now known [...]

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Tags, labels and categories: what do you do dear fellow-bloggers?

October 3, 2009

I’ve become a bit dissatisfied with my classification system. If I do a tag cloud, some significant entries are missing – like “Bible” – because they’re categories. So I wonder, do I simply have too many categories, and possibly not enough tags? Though I’m unlikely to get to the gazillion or two that James McGrath [...]

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Christians with Macs …

October 3, 2009

… have been known to talk about Jesus, but are generally more enthusiastic about their computers.
(The first in a possible series of cynical but true observations.)

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BC / AD once more: the Dickie Dawkins view?

October 3, 2009

In a comment on Mark Goodacre’s post, Chris Heard noted that

Richard Dawkins uses BC and AD in his books.

Now, in response, Bob Cargill replies:

dawkins persists in using bc/ad because it fuels his argument that the world is saturated with (read: corrupted by) religious motifs and thoughts. he utilizes the bc/ad system so that he can [...]

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