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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 118 – Q & A 16
The episode is now live. In this Q&A episode of the Naked Bible Podcast, Dr. Michael Heiser tackles a wide range of theological questions submitted by listeners. From the justice of divine election to the nature of the resurrection body, this episode offers a...
Those Alleged Human Footprints Mixed with Dinosaur Tracks in Paluxy, TX
I came across this well written essay today on the Paluxy River foot prints. For those who’ve never heard of them, the site purportedly shows evidence (via co-mingled foot prints and dinosaur tracks) that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time....
Naked Bible 40: Q&A 1
Our first Question and Answer episode!  Transcript 40 Q&A1  Here is the paper referenced in the show: GOD'S PLAN AND GOD'S POWER: ISAIAH 66 AND THE RESTRAINING FACTORS OF 2 THESS 2:6-7 Q&A Question Summaries with Timestamps 1. [00:55] – Acts 1:15 and the...
Giant Skeleton Hoaxes and Mis-Identifications
I’ve blogged several times about the pictures of giant human skeletons on the web that aren’t what they seem to be. They fall into two categories: hoaxes and mis-identification of the remains of either dinosaurs or (more often) mastodons or mammoths. I...
Pterosaurs in the Bible
Yes, you read that correctly. Jason Colavito just posted about this piece of wacky Bible interpretation. It's a good post, made entertaining by the fact that the notion of pterosaurs in the Bible comes to us from Ken Ham's creation ministry. It's biblical paleobabble...
Poof! The Magic Creationist Dragon Disappears
Readers know I have no axe to grind against the idea of a creator. I know too many scientists with PhDs teaching at research universities to think that the idea of a creator is impossible for a modern scientist to embrace. And I’ve read enough good evolutionary...
Giant Mistaken Identity
Hard to believe, but it’s been three years since I blogged about Adrienne Mayor’s book explaining references to giant skeletons and bones in ancient classical authors (The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times). It’s highly...
The Sad Case of Carl Baugh
I came across some older stuff on Carl Baugh this evening and was startled to discover that, after 300+ posts on this blog, I’d never blogged anything about him. Time to fix that. Carl Baugh is the young earth creationist who claimed to have discovered human...
Dinosaur Petroglyphs and a Lesson in Intellectual Dishonesty
I was alerted to a new scholarly article today on the issue of so-called dinosaur petroglyphs. Here is the citation (the article is free): Senter and Cole. 2011. “Dinosaur” petroglyphs at Kachina Bridge site, Natural Bridges National Monument, southeastern...
Clay Figurines of Real Dinosaurs with Humans?
I was reminded of the (in)famous Acambaro (Mexico) clay dinosaurs this weekend by a list of famous archaeological hoaxes / conundrums sent to me. In case you had not heard of these before (see pictures below), you can get a nice overview on Wikipedia . Unfortunately,...
Biblical Giants and Dinosaur Bones
Aeneas asked a question in a comment to an earlier post about the faked giant human skeleton: I’d like you to comment on the dinosaur bones angle as well. It is certainly not an unreasonable theory for all the stories of giants in the past, including the Bible....