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theorem'/><category term='public relations'/><category term='apologetics'/><category term='JP_Moreland'/><category term='nihilism'/><category term='Quentin_Smith'/><category term='ATA'/><category term='freethought'/><category term='Brian Garvey'/><category term='Louise Antony'/><category term='satire'/><category term='free speech'/><category term='Euthyphro_dilemma'/><category term='Frederick_Copleston'/><category term='George Schlesinger'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Secular Outpost: The Parsons Test of Biblical Literalism</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/feeds/4809004374449316442/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html'/><author><name>Jeffery Jay Lowder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10289884295542007401</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-8232822672490087071</id><published>2012-01-16T07:12:02.492-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T07:12:02.492-06:00</updated><title type='text'>If they were all probable mundane things of life w...</title><content type='html'>If they were all probable mundane things of life why would they have bothered to write them for narration to future generations? They say if a dog bites a man it is not news but if a man bites a dog it will be a story!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/8232822672490087071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/8232822672490087071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html?showComment=1326719522492#c8232822672490087071' title=''/><author><name>thekenyanpaul</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17783370131373120086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-4809004374449316442' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/posts/default/4809004374449316442' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-426730264'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-1705029266839670035</id><published>2012-01-15T20:20:53.910-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T20:20:53.910-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I scored 10...</title><content type='html'>I scored 10...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/1705029266839670035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/1705029266839670035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html?showComment=1326680453910#c1705029266839670035' title=''/><author><name>Francois Tremblay</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04760072622693359795</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='28' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_OidNreX4l5k/R4mPt9q9rBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oNg06owsgfs/S220/th_godbless.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-4809004374449316442' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/posts/default/4809004374449316442' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-641831281'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-4090589124754760361</id><published>2012-01-13T17:40:37.159-06:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T17:40:37.159-06:00</updated><title type='text'>When the passages are taken out of context as you ...</title><content type='html'>When the passages are taken out of context as you have done here, the first eight still describe something highly coincidental, unlikely, or even miraculous. However, the last two passages seem rather mundane by comparison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is only by reading them in context that it is understood that the final two passages are supposed to describe miraculous events. As is, all we see here is that a rock had been moved and that Jesus had surprised some people. Nothing terribly unusual there.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/4090589124754760361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/4809004374449316442/comments/default/4090589124754760361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html?showComment=1326498037159#c4090589124754760361' title=''/><author><name>Pulse</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07559081710058635050</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://secularoutpost.infidels.org/2012/01/parsons-test-of-biblical-literalism.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20891893.post-4809004374449316442' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20891893/posts/default/4809004374449316442' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2055502290'/></entry></feed>
