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Prompt to ChatGPT on 11/8/2025 – Who are the most respected critical bible scholars who have studied and written about Alfred North Whitehead? Provide links to the work. Short answer: There are very few scholars whose primary field is critical biblical studies who have written sustained, specialist work about Alfred North Whitehead. Most of the […]
Continue ReadingValid Point by Marcus Borg: The documents that now make up the Bible were not sacred when they were written, but over time were declared to be sacred by ancient Israel and early Christianity. The process took about five centuries for the Hebrew Bible and about three centuries for the Christian Testament. From Chat GPT […]
Continue ReadingSimply and compactly, “panentheism” means “everything is in God.” The universe—everything that is—is in God, even as God is “more” than the universe. Borg, Marcus J.. Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century (p. 38). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Borg, Marcus J.. The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic […]
Continue ReadingSlides from the above video: Link to Dr. Davis’s web page with links to his papers. Link to A Christian Natural Theology Based on the Thought of Alfred North Whitehead by John B. Cobb, Jr. Links to the entire book. There is a need for a Christian natural theology. To John Cobb, the philosophy of Albert […]
Continue ReadingTwo responses from ChatGPT on 11/6/2025. Yes — according to most critical Bible scholars, Jesus does speak of divine punishment, though his emphasis is typically on warning, repentance, and consequences rather than retribution for its own sake. These sayings are found primarily in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Below are key examples (quoted from […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT, 1/5/2025. Provide an outline comparing how each Gospel portrays Pilate’s motives and attitude—for instance, how Mark’s Pilate is pragmatic, Matthew’s hesitant, Luke’s political, and John’s philosophical? Here’s a concise, practical outline comparing the trial of Jesus before Pilate across the four Gospels. It shows how each writer presents Pilate’s character, motives, and role […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai on 11/3/2025. Location and Context The Song of the Sea is found in Exodus 15:1-18, immediately following the narrative of Israel’s crossing of the Red Sea (or Sea of Reeds) and the destruction of Pharaoh’s army in Exodus 14. The song is sometimes called the “Song of Moses” or “Song of Miriam” (since […]
Continue ReadingPrompt to Claude.ai: Provide the Song of Deborah from the Hebrew Bible, its context and info about it being the oldest part of the bible. Provide all sources. [ Also see https://www.thetorah.com/article/composing-the-song-of-deborah-empirical-models] Response on 11/3/2025. I’ll search for information about the Song of Deborah, its context, and its status as one of the oldest parts […]
Continue ReadingScroll down to find St. Augustine’s prayers from ca. 400 CE and a prayer read by Borg from a Celtic Christian named Alcuin, A-L-C-U-I-N, from around the year 800. “Christ as a Light” Cited by Marcus Borg: The prayer he quoted is a modern English adaptation of an ancient Celtic invocation commonly known as “The […]
Continue ReadingMy vocational passion is adult theological re-education at the congregational level. I think it’s vital in our time… I’ve often thought Jesus was fortunate to have been executed before the gospels were written can you imagine if those manuscripts were already out there and he came into a small town and told them the parable […]
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