Nelson's Blog – May 2009 Archive (2)

on Zeitgeist the movie... (stop recommending it!!!)

ok, guys, we need to stop talking about this movie. we need to stop recommending that people watch it. in the last week i've seen mention of the movie contributing to one member's abandonment of their faith and another person recommending that a Christian watch it. why am i saying that we need to stop? because the film is total bullshit and rarely, if at ever, intersects with scholarly consensus or reality at any time. you recommend this movie, and someone takes the suggestion and watches it,… Continue

Added by Nelson on May 17, 2009 at 4:00pm — 28 Comments

on the Tower of Babel and the character of God...

the Tower came up in a recent conversation and James made the great point that God doesn't seem very omniscient or omnipotent in the story. let's find out why.

it's related to Sumerian mythology. first of all, the tower was likely just a Babylonian ziggurat temple. the story appears in the J document and uses a pun based on the name of the city. supposedly,… Continue

Added by Nelson on May 5, 2009 at 2:02pm — 5 Comments

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