MacLaren learns to say Daddy

A proud day!

in search of the historical charlesworth (and the difference between a “mention” and an “endorsement”)

My colleague, Dr. Mark Goodacre at Duke University recently raised an interesting question regarding the invoking of the name of Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Dr. James Charlesworth in support of recent claims by Dr. James Tabor and filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici regarding their supposed “Jonah’s Great Fish” ossuary. Goodacre quite cleverly devised a synoptic comparison between [...]

dead or alive: as excellent observation by jason staples on the contradiction between the ‘jesus’ and the ‘patio’ tombs

Jason Staples of UNC, Chapel Hill, has made an excellent observation regarding the obvious contradiction regarding Jacobovici and Tabor’s so-called “Jesus Tomb” and their recent “Patio Tomb,” containing the alleged “Jonah Ossuary.” He writes: On the one hand, they claim to have found the tomb of Jesus and his family, where Jesus’ body was moved [...]

ARRRGGGHHH: the ramblings of an idiot

Rick Santorum said words yesterday, which means there’s a good chance he threw logic and facts to the wind and simply made stuff up. Really? 4000 years of human history? That’s ‘traditional marriage’? Rosemary Joyce at Psychology Today has some pesky facts that speak to this claim. (HT: Morag Kersel) And 4000 years? That’s as [...]

more maclaren

Here are more photos of MacLaren from Britt Wilson Photography.

how facebook’s launch of video calling can help scholars

what would have been the death of skype is now its salvation. facebook launched its ‘videocalling‘ today (most likely because ‘videoconferencing‘ was already taken by this guy – which is a story in itself!) skype’s collaboration with facebook benefits both companies. i can now video chat someone as easily as i can fb message them, [...]

In the words of Desi Arnaz, “Pakistan, you got some ‘splanin’ to do!”

In the words of Desi Arnaz, “Pakistan, you got some ‘splanin’ to do!” The heat is now on Pakistan. Far from the mountainous region separating Pakistan from Afghanistan, our “partners” in the fight against terrorism apparently didn’t know that Osama Bin-Laden was hiding in a heavily fortified, specially built, digitally dark (lacked all digital communications [...]

go to church. get fat. praise the lard!

A new study out this week links obesity to religious activity. The study, conducted by researchers at Northwestern University, found that young adults who frequently attended religious activities were far more likely to become obese than those who didn’t. “Our main finding was that people with a high frequency of religious participation in young adulthood [...]

the things they don’t teach children in sunday school

one more from i think i believe:

bravo gil meche, bravo

Gil Meche has retired from Major League Baseball. This is nothing special; baseball players retire all the time. However, it is the manner in which he did so that is so refreshingly rare, it’s stunning: Meche retired, forfeiting his guaranteed $12 million contract for this coming season. And the reason he gave: he felt he [...]

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