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Problems With Penal Substitution
DISAMBIGUATION: This blog post is not about penile substitution – for information on that topic, go here.Penal substitution is a phrase used to describe a particular view of the atonement, which says...
View ArticleThe Gamification of Online Discourse about Religion
One doesn’t have to spend much time online, whether on a blog like this one o ever more so a site like Reddit, to experience what I am talking about. There seem to be more people than ever before who...
View Article“Biblical Parenting” and Parental Images of God
David Hayward has a cartoon today that gets at the heart of an issue many of us have with the depiction of God in some Biblical stories as well as elsewhere: We would be horrified if human parents did...
View ArticleIs This Bible Verse a Metaphor?
Terry Firma shared the above image. It helpfully illustrates what is really going on in fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible. Their view should never be referred to as “Biblical literalism” since...
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