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» Random Acts of Linkage #119 ::: Subversive Influence — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:03:41 +0000

[...] What you need to know about the Dead Sea scrolls (via IMonk) [...]

By: Dave N.

Dave N. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:54:59 +0000

Here was the statement I was referring to:

Weston W. Fields wrote: “The differences are neither theologically nor historically important. In general the scrolls testify to the amazing accuracy and great care with which ancient scribes passed along the biblical text.”

By: Dave N.

Dave N. — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:54:34 +0000

One often finds such statements in apologetical works that don’t tell you what the differences are or why they do or don’t matter. (You’re just supposed to take them at their word.) While the Isaiah scroll is more or less verbatim, there are actually a surprising number of difference between the DSS and the Massoretic Text. And Weston Fields is certainly no DSS scholar I’ve ever heard of.

And why all the sarcasm about Palestinian claims to the scrolls? Several of the scrolls were seized by the Israelis in 1948.

By: Carol Kankelborg

Carol Kankelborg — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:12:48 +0000

I came here through The GeoChristian. I have a custom WordPress installation (My web host installed it so I’m not an expert). I notice that media files that are too large are rejected. If I use the Flash-based uploader it just hangs. I get an error message only when I use the web-based uploader. I haven’t experimented enough to find the maximum size. Perhaps that is the problem you are having.

By: Patrick Lynch

Patrick Lynch — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:54:12 +0000

Big ups to Religious Intelligence. That blog is great.

By: Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell

Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:52:10 +0000

Link didn’t work. Here it is hardcoded.

http://www.irreligiouscanuck.com/

By: Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell

Eclectic Christian - Michael Bell — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:51:39 +0000

Michael,

I like the wide format used by one of your readers, Irreligious Canuck.

It might suit your purposes.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:50:29 +0000

Oh dear, Michael. I love the look here and change is bad. Now I have to find a different Christian blog that only wants to make me go all qwerty once in every 10 posts. Do you know what a challenge that is?

By: Kevin N

Kevin N — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:47:53 +0000

Phil Roberts:

I recently wrote down a few thoughts about “death before the fall.”

http://geochristian.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/death-before-the-fall-an-old-earth-biblical-perspective/

The young-Earth interpretation that there was no animal death before the fall doesn’t flow from the text, but is something they read into it.

By: Phil Roberts

Phil Roberts — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:23:55 +0000

Uh…the old earth, young creation thing would make perfect sense were it not for the claim of scripture (pesky book anyway) that there was no death prior to Adam’s sin. This claim puts rather a damper on the “survival of the fittest” thing and the billions and billions of years it requires that Darwin and his devotees espouse. Just something to consider.