Category Archives: Language

Reality Check

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer My wife found “The Queen” in the $5 movie bins at the drug store. Watching it was difficult for me because I’m getting so old I remember living through the historical events of historical movies. It … Continue reading →

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Our Common Latin Poem

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer When I was young (or at least younger) and impetuous (meaning stupid), I agreed to be a part of what we might call a “flash mob” today.  Then it was just a matter of some of … Continue reading →

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LAMO: The Forever Always Never Just “Now”

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer The via antiqua (ancient way) looked back to Eden and the via moderna (modern way) looks forward to Utopia. To the Ancients, “old” was good—tested, tried and approved. To the Moderns, “old” is bad—out of date, … Continue reading →

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Wallace and Ehrman Debate: On Probability

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

*Posted by Barry Creamer CSNTM (the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts) recently hosted a debate between Bart Ehrman and Daniel Wallace on whether the text of the New Testament is trustworthy. Both are world class scholars in … Continue reading →

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Linguistic Turnings (Part 3): Just to Re-Iterate…

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer. Click here for part one and click here for part two of this series of posts. Did you konw taht we can raed a sntenece eevn if the letetrs of the wrods are out of oerdr, … Continue reading →

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Brownies for Dinner: Silly or Catastrophic?

Posted on September 15, 2011 by

*Posted by Joe Wooddell In 1978 Edward Said’s book Orientalism shocked the world of Middle Eastern Studies. In this book he basically claimed that “the West” or “the Occident” held a view of “the East” or “the Orient” that was … Continue reading →

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Linguistic Turnings (Part 2): Being Certain About Uncertainty in a Finite yet Unbounded World

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

*Posted by Kirk Spencer  “Can I say ‘bububu’ and mean ‘If it doesn’t rain I shall go for a walk?’” Ludwig Wittgenstein from Philosophical Investigations (PI) aphorism 38 [PI published posthumously from Wittgenstein’s aphoristic notes] This question about the meaning … Continue reading →

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