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I believe I previously recommended Science Under Siege, by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez. I also recommend Nonsense on Stilts, by Massimo Pigliucci. I pretty much knew most of the contents before I read these books, but they helped me organize my thinking and connect some dots. There are innumerable entry points t
Chapter 15 appears to be intended as the sign-off, but there is one more chapter, which was probably appended later. Chapter 16 is actually rather interesting, we'll get to that, meanwhile this says pretty much nothing. As to why people believe crazy shit, that's a subject I've been thinking about and reading about and
We at last come to the end of Romans. As I said last time, this chapter was likely appended after the document was originally completed. It's notable for the rather glaring reason that it name checks many women, some of whom are called deacons and one, Junia, is specifically called an apostle. The Catholic Church does
I regret that I haven't been blogging regularly lately, except for keeping up with the Bible reading, because but I'll get back to it. Frankly, I've been so gobsmacked by the insanity of the present moment that I haven't felt as though I had anything worthwhile to say that wasn't obvious. But maybe I'm getting past tha
Yep, that's what Chapter 13 is all about. Paul claims that all rulers are placed on their thrones by God, so you must obey them. This is what the Chinese called the mandate of heaven, and Europeans called the divine right of kings. Some people thought that Jesus intended to incite a revolt against Roman rule, but Paul
That is a news story, but the corporate media, for reasons that are not entirely clear, cannot treat it as such. The New York Times can publish what it labels a "guest essay" which exhaustively and irrefutably makes that case, but they can't state what is obviously true in a news story for which they take editorial res
The first part of Chapter 9 is, as far as I can tell, complete gibberish. But then Paul gets going on the predestination beat. So let's get something clear. Christian theology is actually Paulist theology. Jesus in the Gospels never talked about any of the issues Paul is spewing about here. But let me lay it out for yo
"Deepity" is a term made famous by the late philosopher Daniel Dennett for a statement that appears to be profound but is actually trivial on one level and meaningless or ludicrous on another. Dennett particularly applied it to the charlatan Deepak Chopra, but Chopra had an excellent role model in Paul. Romans 8 is ess
Chapter 11, starting with verse 9, is a weak echo of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, although as I say it's not clear that Paul ever read Matthew. If he did, all he did was cheapen it. This is the kind of banal dreck that any two-bit preacher might spout. Be good, don't be bad, basically. I don't have much to say a
Remember that the epistle to the Romans was actually intended for the Jewish community in Rome, which Paul expected to be visiting soon. They in fact did not receive the letter before he arrived, although presumably he handed them a copy once he got there. Anyway, chapter 11 continues the argument for salvation by beli
In chapter 10, Paul is mostly trying to convert the Jews. But in verses 16 through 18 he claims (quoting a psalm) that everyone on earth has had the chance to hear the Gospel news. " 17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. 18 But I ask: Did they not
the White House resident is . Let me translate the sludge flowing through his deteriorating brain into household level terms. This is literally, in fact, really truly what he thinks. You go to the supermarket once or twice a week. Depending on how big your family is, you might spend $150 or more. You give all that mone
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