Reality CheckI want to follow up on Siris’ post about the problem with blogging, especially the danger of blogging too much about just one subject (i.e., politics, religion, one branch of science). I think his points are well taken. It goes without saying, of course, that losing a sense of perspective can include losing your… Continue reading
Month: April 2009
Oh, boy. I’m with Brandon on this one. El PZoid hits the nail on the head: Feelings of transcendence exist, and no one denies it. Those feelings seem to be rather easily triggered by a whole host of phenomena, from a focal seizure to a morning in ritual to a beautiful sunset. We don’t neglect… Continue reading
Bart Ehrman’s Book, InterruptedBen Witherington, in the first of a two-part review of Ehrman’s new book: Now it is always a danger to over generalize when we are dealing with as important a matter as the ‘truth about the Bible’. And frankly it is simply untrue to say that most scholars or the majority of… Continue reading
Siris has a very thoughtful–and I think quite accurate–post about the risks of apologetics and blogging.
Critical Thinking in the Classroom *I recently got acquainted with a young instructor who teaches science to seventh-graders at an evangelical school. He’s a graduate of Wheaton College and a recent convert to Catholicism. This affords him an interesting perspective on how evangelicals handle science in the classroom, in particular how the whole ‘teach the… Continue reading