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What About All the Spiders?
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A commenter asks why I have all the spiders in my header and even suggests that there would be many other cool pictures I could use, thus avoiding the spiders. Let me tell you the story of this blog. Actually it started before I began using blogging software. I would just post essays. A friend…
David Ker is Underemployed
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He did this.
Example of Doing Dialogue
Byhenry
I comment from time to time on dialogue and diversity (most recently here), a pair of topics that I regard as particularly important. It’s important amongst Christians because we have much in common, but we often focus on difference. It’s important in general, because we do share a home planet, however much we might think…
Jim West Justifies Biblioblogging as an SBL Affiliate Group
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In this case, it’s the first thing that has really made sense to me. I largely ignored the previous discussion on this topic, falling under the “who cares?” group to which Dr. West refers. I remain less than totally enthusiastic, but I do see the value in identifying scholarly participation on the web. I normally…
Most Popular 10 Posts of 2009
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After noting that on my Jevlir Caravansary blog, two of the top ten posts were editions of the Christian Carnival, which says things about the traffic on that blog, I was gratified to note that all of the top ten posts here are ones that I wrote rather than compilations of links. When I split…
Ed Brayton on the Hidden Tax Argument
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And I think he pretty much demolishes it as an argument. It is, of course, quite valid to calculate the cost of some policy and then ask whether the result is worth the price, but the simple statement that their is a cost accomplishes nothing. One further note I would add. Just because jobs are…