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| bio | website | fivesecondreview.wordpress.co… |
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| location | Pasadena, CA | |
| age | 39 | |
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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.
I'm married, with three children: a son and a set of mixed-gender twins.
My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)
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Oct 18 |
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How is Psalm 34 linked to 1st Samuel 21? I'd forgotten about the Abimelech vs. Achish issue. This is a good answer, but I think there is more. (I'll provide my own answer at some point to see what everyone thinks.) |
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Oct 18 |
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How do Jewish scholars differ from Christian scholars in their approach to the Tanakh? I agree with Monica. Your description of "Sod" seems to take the answer off the rails a bit. (And it's potentially offensive to boot.) |
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Oct 18 |
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Did Jesus sweat blood? @Richard: Great minds... ;-) |
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Oct 18 |
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Did Jesus sweat blood? @Richard: If it matters, the article cited by the NET Bible is pre-agnosticism and probably forms the basis for the section in the book. I haven't read it, however. |
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Oct 18 |
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Did Jesus sweat blood? @Richard: Even so, I agree with Ehrman's argument here. But not so much that I am willing to answer "yes" or "no" it seems. ;-) |
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Oct 17 |
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How does Canon Criticism relate to the concept of a Gesamtbiblische Theologie? @Ray: I resemble that! |
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Oct 17 |
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Is Keller's view of the father in the Prodigal Son parable a reasonable interpretation? Your sketch of the argument plus @Ray's clarification sounds reasonable, but to really answer the question I think one would need to read the whole book. Is there a chance you could isolate one particular argument to highlight that could stand on its own? Otherwise, the question may need to wait for someone who has read the book to answer. |
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Oct 17 |
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Should Christians get tattoos or avoid them (biblically) If you really want an answer, I'd suggest reading, studying and meditating on Galatians. Paul's arguments can be hard to grok, but one place to start is here: hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/253/… |
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Oct 16 |
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What is “Midrash” and how does it relate to Christian principles of hermeneutics? I don't know that story! But then again, I haven't been exposed to much midrashim. ;-) Thanks for the answer. |
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Oct 16 |
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What is “Midrash” and how does it relate to Christian principles of hermeneutics? Do you have a source for the story of Jesus asking about the stones? It isn't in the Luke account and the other canonical gospels don't talk about Jesus' youth. |
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Oct 16 |
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How does Jesus' being from Nazareth fulfill the prophets? Great question. I hope someone has a satisfactory answer. :-/ |
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Oct 14 |
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Why is the Septuagint (LXX) significant? I don't know why this answer was downvoted. It's a legitimate stance. |
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Oct 14 |
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Who is being “taken” in Matthew 24:40-41? Excellent parallel. That's a far simpler (and therefore better) answer than my own. ;-) |
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Oct 13 |
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Hermeneutical Approaches vs. Inductive Bible Study @Ray: Thanks for helping clear up my use of terms. I've tried again. Does the latest version use "hermeneutics" more appropriately? |
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Oct 12 |
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Understanding argument in Galatians 3:19-20 I'm sorry for the extreme length. (I just reread the answer and I barely slogged through it.) It's really a tricky question that gets at the heart of Paul's argument. |
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Oct 12 |
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Understanding argument in Galatians 3:19-20 @Richard: I'd love to see your answer since (as I just answered) I think it isn't related to the Trinity as much as I'd like it to be. ;-) |
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Oct 12 |
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How does the Noah's Ark narrative relate to the Gilgamesh flood account? Here's my suggestion to revive this question: grab a copy of Gilgamesh and the Genesis flood account and put them side by side (or on top of each other as is more natural to the site). Then post a few representative parallel passages to ask about. I'm not sure that will work, but I do think it will be a good next step. |
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Oct 12 |
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What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7? My point is that you already did. ;-) |
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Oct 12 |
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What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7? Well, here's one dissenting opinion: biblica.com/niv/study-bible/isaiah But more to the point, I don't know how much any of these theories on the date and authorship of Isaiah are required to understand the text. The one possible exception seems to be the idea that Isaiah is reflecting (or forming) Israel's rejection of the existence of competing gods. That's a good suggestion and worth thinking about, but the extra (not so easily accepted) bits of this answer cloud that insight. |
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Oct 11 |
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What did Isaiah intend with his unusual usage of “create” in Isaiah 45:7? It certainly makes sense to expand God's dominion to things like calamity in the context of oppression by a foreign power. If darkness is under God's command as light is, you don't have to fear the darkness itself. Isaiah 45:12 is certainly a reference to Genesis 1 and 2. |
