Not Just a Pot
There is a comparison between God and a potter on the one hand, and humanity and pottery on the other, in both testaments of the Christian Bible.The analogy is not apt. Pots do not feel pain. And as...
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The above image is from a post by J. M. Green that focuses on precisely what the image illustrates: the problematic nature of prooftexting and appeals to texts as allegedly predictions of later...
View ArticleThese Preachers are Liars
This paraphrase of Jeremiah 14:14 is striking. I’m often in two minds about The Message. What do you think of its rendering of this particular text?
View ArticleNot Just a Pot
There is a comparison between God and a potter on the one hand, and humanity and pottery on the other, in both testaments of the Christian Bible. The analogy is not apt. Pots do not feel pain. And as...
View ArticleChristmas Trees in the Bible
The above image is from a post by J. M. Green that focuses on precisely what the image illustrates: the problematic nature of prooftexting and appeals to texts as allegedly predictions of later things....
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