by Carl Howard | Dec 30, 2009 | Blog Topics
It’s that time of year again! I had a look at some of the odd, amusing and bizarre keywords used to find my blog in 2009. Overall, my 2008 posts on sexual ethics drew the biggest chunk of search traffic, with the biggest keyword being concensual incest. In fact, I got...
by Carl Howard | Dec 21, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
[continued from previous post]–Samuel’s a lad, helping out in the Temple where the Ark was. He’s sleeping and hears the voice of God calling out to him. In those days, prophecy was rare (YHWH engaging in a hissy-fit with an embargo of silence?) so Samuel doesn’t know...
by Carl Howard | Dec 9, 2009 | Blog Topics
[continued from previous post] –she sings a song of praise to YHWH. Like similar sentiments in Job, the song might sound good to believers but to me it just makes YHWH sound like a mobster. Here’s a sample: “I gloat over my enemies, I rejoice in Your deliverance…The...
by Carl Howard | Nov 21, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
Some creationist ads were appearing on ScienceBlogs.com advertising a free creationist booklet. PZ Myers suggested readers order some and write refutations. It sounded like fun and I haven’t blogged too much on creationism, so I thought why not? If you’re feeling...
by Carl Howard | Nov 16, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
Time to say goodbye to the book of Job. In the last 5 chapters, God himself takes the stage and begins his reply to Job. Unfortunately God’s line of argument is pretty much the same as Elihu’s one from the previous section, so not much new. As is appropriate for a...
by Carl Howard | Nov 5, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Blogging the Bible
Now that Job’s friends have run out of abuse to heap on Job, the next section of the book is dedicated to speeches by Elihu. Elihu steps up because he’s disappointed that Job’s friends didn’t find enough arguments. Again it’s not clear where the authors’ sympathies...
