Daily Archives: 06/04/2011

David Sexton’s scathing review of ‘The Good Book: A Secular Bible’ by atheist A. C. Grayling

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We can divert ourselves with a different and superbly simple-minded attempt to fill the gap left by the demotion of the Bible: AC Grayling’s The Good Book: A Secular Bible, which on the cover is said simply to be “made” … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Joe Zias on David Elkington’s fake metal codices

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‘They are of such poor quality I’m surprised that anyone bought the story.  On the other hand it’s always the biblical scholars who fall for this stuff as dirt archaeologists, museum curators, and dealers can usually spot these items as … Continue reading →

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Jordanian metal codices update: Peter Thonemann confirms they are fakes and explains why

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The Messiah codex decoded by Peter Thonemann, Wadham College, Oxford Who could resist?  Photographs of a mysterious-looking copper notebook duly arrived.  Strange sequences of Greek letters curled around depictions of a palm tree, a walled city, a crocodile and, oddly, Alexander … Continue reading →

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Darrell Dow asks: Why is Jesus Christ almost totally absent from fundamentalist preaching?

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Christ?

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The Rob Bell debate: says he’s been “taken to a place of profound brokenness”

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Rob Bell says he’s been “taken to a place of profound brokenness” in recent weeks as his book about heaven and hell was denounced as heresy by fundamentalists such as Al Mohler and John Piper. More: The Rob Bell debate: … Continue reading →

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