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Contradictions in the Gospels: Problems or Opportunities?

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Day One: A Sir Toby's Creation Myth

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A Generous Orthdoxy - Brian McLaren

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The Lost World of Genesis One - John H. Walton

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Contradictions in the Gospels: Problems or Opportunities?


Jacob: Re: Contradictions in the Gospels: Problems or Opportunities?: “So I don’t think there are two disconnected ways of understanding the NT - that of the academics, who have access to a ‘truer’ understanding of the texts, which... (17/03/2010 - 15:55)
Jacob: Re: Contradictions in the Gospels: Problems or Opportunities?: Yeah, I mean “forged” as in built or constructed an interpretation of some set of events—I don’t mean “forged” as in a forged dollar bill.   Thanks for... (16/03/2010 - 23:50)
peter wilkinson: Re: Contradictions in the Gospels: Problems or Opportunities?: Jacob - I guess you meant in the final line of your penultimate paragraph that ‘forged’ was as created as in a blacksmith’s forge, rather than a ‘forgery’, as in... (16/03/2010 - 21:30)

Day One: A Sir Toby's Creation Myth


john doyle: Re: Day One: A Sir Toby's Creation Myth: I’ve pretty well finished editing this book now, which stands at 35 thousand words. In it, as can be seen in the videos, the Sage proposes that Genesis 1 is a description of a 7-day interval... (16/03/2010 - 20:56)

A Generous Orthdoxy - Brian McLaren


john doyle: Re: A Generous Orthdoxy - Brian McLaren: I see that Andrew has written as series of posts about McLaren’s new book on his P.OST blog. Inasmuch as he formerly wrote McLaren-based posts and commented on others’ evaluations of... (16/03/2010 - 20:56)

The Lost World of Genesis One - John H. Walton


john doyle: Re: Some More General Thoughts: Not a good one though. (16/03/2010 - 20:46)
peter wilkinson: Re: Some More General Thoughts: Now there’s a thought. (16/03/2010 - 20:04)
john doyle: Re: Some More General Thoughts: “the spelling has been anglicised” You mean “anglicized,” don’t you? Sure, that sounds fine, but I’d like to see it formatted in book form —... (15/03/2010 - 20:18)
peter wilkinson: Re: Some More General Thoughts: John  your contributions to the published volume of Sir Toby would be as presented on the OST website - except that the spelling has been anglicised. If you’re not happy with that, let me... (15/03/2010 - 20:07)
john doyle: Re: Some More General Thoughts: I expect that Walton and I were writing our books concurrently. Some of the rationales behind our conclusions are very similar (e.g., the meaning of bara’ and tohu, the importance of 24-hour... (15/03/2010 - 19:02)
peter wilkinson: Re: Some More General Thoughts: I enjoyed reading your comments, John. Nice that somebody has finally caught up with you at last, though a shame they got into print first. I’m not quite sure what you mean by:... (15/03/2010 - 11:46)
john doyle: Some More General Thoughts: Walton’s interpretation of Genesis 1 is essentially covered in his Propositions 1 through 9; the remaining 9 propositions are more theological and even political than exegetical. It seems to... (15/03/2010 - 06:29)
john doyle: Propositions 7-9: Temple: Now we’re at the heart of Walton’s argument. If Genesis 1 isn’t about God making the material universe or giving form to it, and if Gen. 1 is about assigning functions to the stuff... (15/03/2010 - 01:58)
john doyle: Propositions 3-6: Proposition 3: “Create” Concerns Functions Walton does a word study of bara’ which is translated as “create” Gen. 1. It’s long been recognized that God always... (14/03/2010 - 23:29)
john doyle: Re: Proposition 2: Ancient Cosmology is Function Oriented: Related to the distinction between what Walton calls material and functional ontology is Aristotle’s theory of causality. To cite the usually-helpful Wikipedia: A thing’s material... (11/03/2010 - 14:25)
john doyle: Proposition 2: Ancient Cosmology is Function Oriented: On to chapter two… Walton distinguishes between material ontology, where an object consists of its properties, and functional ontology, in which an object is defined by its uses or... (11/03/2010 - 05:36)
john doyle: Re: Proposition 1: Gen. 1 is Ancient Cosmology: “What’s interesting about Walton’s presentation…” As I said in my first comment, Peter, I’m commenting on the book as I’m reading it. My most recent... (10/03/2010 - 15:21)
peter wilkinson: Re: Proposition 1: Gen. 1 is Ancient Cosmology: What’s interesting about Walton’s presentation is that while the Genesis creation account uses and works within the terms of ancient cosmology, and there’s no reason why it shouldn... (10/03/2010 - 11:32)

A non-believer's lament...


Tim: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Good question… The entire jbas concept is, at root, an interpretation of joshua ben adam’s ‘kingdom’ of god teaching, focusing on the essence or spirit of jba... (12/03/2010 - 14:27)
Jacob: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Self-exclusion.  “Here I stand, I can go no further.”  I can go with that.   But who would this jbas sit in relation to?  I’m guessing that jbas members can... (12/03/2010 - 05:49)
Tim: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Jacob, as I look back on it, “boundary-free” may have been too broad. Religious boundaries were the specific category I was aiming at. Bob may have been speaking more... (12/03/2010 - 04:50)
Jacob: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Can there be community without some boundaries?  In other words, can there be an “I” without a “you,” a “we” without a “they,” an “us... (12/03/2010 - 04:38)
Tim: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Working uphill? Absolutely… But yesterday. John, you and I seemed to agree that communities do exist whose basic orientation is a self-proclaimed “christian” one (…... (11/03/2010 - 18:16)
john doyle: Re: A non-believer's lament...: Jacob, You’ll observe that I exchanged comments with you on your two pluralism posts, and I liked what you had to say. I’m not as interested in adopting your views as I am in finding a... (11/03/2010 - 02:24)
Jacob: Re: A non-believer's lament...: “An obstacle, however, is Jacob’s apparent reliance on cultural consensus.  If a community of Christians intersubjectively agree that a nonbeliever like me is “out,”... (11/03/2010 - 01:28)
john doyle: Re: A non-believer's lament...: LOL — maybe I was unconsciously channeling Dawkins’ scientific fundamentalist persona. I’m almost surely more of a modernist in contrast to Jacob’s postmodernism, inasmuch as... (10/03/2010 - 21:56)
Tim: Re: A non-believer's lament...: As far as I can tell, there are no “wrong guys” when it comes to stuff like this; well except maybe a zealous fundy preacher here to win souls… :-) i don’t recall if I... (10/03/2010 - 21:24)
john doyle: Re: A non-believer's lament...: “I thought I was going for some testimonials, or examples thereof, from scientist/scholarly types whose worldview has maintained some sort of ‘faith’ in what we generally... (10/03/2010 - 14:55)

What is 'emerging church'?


CheryTen120: Re: What is 'emerging church'?: It is a very important way to love one another if we can listen without condemnation and even better if we can listen and learn! private practice season 3 episode 14 (11/03/2010 - 21:14)

Sex before marriage?


davegs: Re: Sex before marriage?: You know i dont understand why couples dont try a marriage retreat before they start bringing up divorce it seems to be the easy way out without working to fix their problems. (10/03/2010 - 12:54)
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