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I was sorry to read today that Nahum Sarna, an amazing Bible scholar, passed away June 23rd. His amazing accomplishments are outlined in the NY Times and by his son Jonathan.

Well, this is certainly a shocker. The Shroud of Turin is once again and still a forged relic, according to French scientists who explain how the Shroud was made in the 13th-14th century CE. Who knew? You can check it out here or here.

In two 5-4 rulings, the US Supreme Court ruled today that basically each 10 Commandments display needed to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. They ruled that the display of a framed copy in a KY courtroom was a violation, but that a monument on the grounds of the Texas state Capitol was permissable. The [...]

Some Southern Baptists have established the Happy Trails Cowboy Church. Yeehaw!

According to the NY Times, Israeli doctors and scientists have germinated a 2,000 year old date seed from Masada. They named it, of course, Methuselah.

Yo! On the advice of Bart, the techno-artist behind BibleDudes, you should do like I did and listen to last week’s radio show This American Life by Ira Glass about religion in America. You can listen to it using Real Player, it’s an hour long, and I highly recommend it no matter your political/religious views. [...]

There is a bit of publicity, my dears, on just how Jesus died. Traditionally Bible scholars claim that Jesus died from asphyxiation, as the weight of the body hanging on the cross eventually makes it impossible to breathe. However, recently an Israeli physician claims that Jesus died from pulmonary embolism, which basically means that a [...]

A Presbyterian minister named Russell Smith is leading a Bible Study called “Gospel According to Star Wars” according to Karen Vance of the Enquirer in Cincinnati. The article cites Matthew 28:19, and says that R2-D2 going to such lengths to give Obi-Wan Kenobi the message from Princess Leia is like the Apostles spreading the word [...]

Creighton Lovelace, who heads a Baptist Church in North Carolina, thought it would be a good idea to put the following text on his church sign: “The Koran needs to be flushed.” Then according to this article from the Digital Courier, Lovelace goes on to say that “I said there may be people who are [...]

According to Professor Lynne Teather of the U of Toronto, my darlings, there is a shrine in Ike-Eri Nigeria that many locals claim is the burial site of the famous Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon in Jerusalem according to 1 Kings 10. However, a Nigerian location seems quite unlikely to be historically accurate. Nobody [...]