4/6/2010 8:41:16 AM My problem with “The Truth Project” is that it does precisely what I warn against. It mixes legitimate doctrines of the church with a lot of positions that are based on partisan

p. 44 : “namely the uniqueness” but it also raises another theological issue, namely the uniqueness of Israel’s religion vis–vis other ancient Near Eastern religions. That there are striking similarities between Israel and her neighbors

Dates

““We know the Big Bang happened about 14.5 billion years ago,”” End of Bronze Age – start of Iron Age 12th Century BC

6/21/08 Evangelical buffoonery on scientific matters betrays a deep and latent gnostic infection – North American evangelicals, in my experience, too frequently veer right to the brink of outright Gnostic heresy. [Quintessence of Dust blog

“fundamentalists fortify their beleaguered sense of identity by a selective retrieval of doctrines, beliefs and practices from a sacred past, which they then refine and modify to fend off outsiders” “Fundamentalists set and maintain boundaries,

“In conclusion: naturalistic explanations of ordinary phenomena do not threaten God’s involvement with creation.” “the shifting of our scientific worldview – initiated by the faithful study of God’s creation (not new exegetical insights)” “As much

Chaos

‘By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.’ Job 26:12.  This creation myth is a picture of bringing order out of chaos, represented here by the monster

One thing I have learned is – there are multiple realities.  You can’t know that your particular version is the correct one.  ‘’These contradictions underscore the novel’s key idea that there is no absolute perception