tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post7414082954322968142..comments2023-09-30T10:36:23.154-05:00Comments on Accidental Historian: AtF: HistoriographyGedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-66561190191364857002009-08-10T17:05:27.098-05:002009-08-10T17:05:27.098-05:00Is there enough whiskey in the world to get you th...Is there enough whiskey in the world to get you through this book? <br /><br />...Sadly, the question is not entirely rhetorical.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-10402899254863984452009-08-10T12:01:58.402-05:002009-08-10T12:01:58.402-05:00"There comes a point in any evaluation of a h..."<i>There comes a point in any evaluation of a horrifyingly bad bit of scholarship when there’s almost nothing to do but throw up your arms and say, “I give up.”</i>"<br /><br />Congrats on being able to read that stuff, I would replace "throw up your arms" with "have your head explode."<br /><br />"<i>“Maybe Mark made a mistake.”</i>"<br /><br />I love that story and the lesson, why bother with the convoluted arguments for inerrancy. The bible became a lot more interesting when I started digging in on that option. Too bad it came with the label of "apostate." :^)atimetorendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563649474540441597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-21145630161215559432009-08-10T07:58:50.992-05:002009-08-10T07:58:50.992-05:00I thought for years that a census was like a famil...I thought for years that a census was like a family reunion. (A reasonable assumption for a child reading that particular story.)Then I heard about the US Census and got very confused.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.com