This episode of the Naked Bible podcast features Dr. Heiser's interview with his friend Dr. Sam Lamerson about the use of the comedic genre in the New Testament. Dr. Lamerson is Professor of New Testament at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He has a...
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What Really Happened with the Mayan Calendar
Jesus and Twitter
Thanks to Martin for sending this to me. Thought it was clever and funny:
Satirical Music Video Targeting Nibiru 2012 Mythology
One of the members of the Boston-based rock band, Metaphor for Everything, sent me the link to a new single, accompanied by a note that the song was inspired by my Zecharia Sitchin site. Apparently the site convince one of the band members to leave the ancient...
How Research Reaches the Public and PaleoBabble is Born
Robert Cargill posted this today on his blog. It's funny because we've all seen it happen, again and again. Although the creators forgot to include the Fantasy Channel (formerly known as the History Channel).
Doctoral Degree for Ancient Astronaut Theorists
I saw two items today that have convinced me that the PaleoBabble blog needs to begin awarding the PhD in Non Sequitur Thinking for ancient astronaut theorists. The first is this wonderful post from the Skeptophilia blog. Please read it. It is an uncannily accurate...
Another End Times Swami (and How Not to Write a Press Release)
I received the following press release in my email today (no, I don't recall subscribing). Another prophecy researcher who will set everything straight. He could start with the person who wrote this terrible press release (or perhaps have decided not to write it...
Think You're An Alien?
The idea that there are people out there who think they are "starseeds" with tragic amnesia about their extraterrestrial heritage wasn't new to me. But it may be to readers, who don't have the benefit of having listened to thousands of hours of Coast to Coast AM like...
Gerber's Baby Christian Food
A friend sent me the image below. I loved it and thought it was worth sharing for a good laugh (or cry). I don't know anything about sacredsandwich.com (see the stamp in the lower right corner). Seems like a good-natured site satirizing Christianity (i.e., it's not...
Naked Bible Survey Updates
Just wanted to give readers a brief update on the Naked Bible's two running surveys. Back in October I opened the competition to the first annual Harold Camping Bunkagesis award. With only a couple weeks to go to the deadline, Harold is running away with his...
2011 Harold Camping Bunkagesis Award — Voting Begins
In a stunning turn of events, Harold Camping got the end of the world wrong again. Go figure. But his nonsense will not be wasted. As promised, it's time to open voting for the first annual Harold Camping Bunkagesis Award. Just follow this link below to vote for your...
Introducing the Harold Camping Annual Bunkagesis Award
The votes are all in, and by a very narrow margin (3 votes), "bunkagesis" has been selected as the term of choice for recognizing egregiously awful examples of handling Scripture. I can't think of a better way to say "please put the Bible down and back slowly away" or...
Camping Crackpottery Survey Update
Contest voting is pretty tight, as the graphic shows. No sign of a clear consensus yet, so I'll be leaving the survey live for a while yet. Not sure if Harold Camping's latest nugget of incoherence will sway voters, either. In case you haven't heard you're blessed,...
Harold Camping, Bible Crackpottery, and a Contest
In honor of today's blazingly stupid (and failed) rapture prediction by Harold Camping, I thought I'd coin a new term to use for Bible crackpottery. I can't decide between two alternatives. I was actually hoping he'd be right since I've been grading (mostly poor)...
Dr. Seuss Does Gnosticism
Give this brilliant Dr. Seuss-ized version of the Gnostic creation myth a read (it's also funny if you are familiar with Gnosticism). Mark Goodacre -- if you read this, this guy deserves an A for something!