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Roman Kozlowski left a comment for Beth Davies-Stofka

"Hi Beth, sorry if I seem a little ignorant, but who is this Stewart that so many newbies keep refering to? I just thought you might know."

Nov 10, 2009

Beth Davies-Stofka and Bobbe Jo Carlson are now friends

Oct 24, 2009

db left a comment for Beth Davies-Stofka

"wow..... I have to work on that issue.....it's clear and loud and the screen should be moving through RG. Are you sure you are looking at the right thing? db"

Oct 15, 2009

Beth Davies-Stofka commented on Phi 214 Lynn Honegger's blog post Women as leaders in the church

"Lynn, you might do some research into the early church, say up to the years 200-275 CE. Women were leaders in the early church. Remember that the apostolic church predated the Bible. Just because the Bible closed the door on women doesn't mean…"

Oct 12, 2009

Beth Davies-Stofka commented on Laili Dalloul's blog post Women and Religion

"Laili, a superb post. One question that has bothered me is why women don't do more to restrain and reduce male power! I'm sure that a good part of that reason lies in language, and especially the language of the Quran and the Hebrew Bible…"

Oct 12, 2009

Beth Davies-Stofka replied to Laili Dalloul's discussion PHI 214 class

"Laili, what a great question! It has some real significance to this project. I'll give you a practical response. The Bible is in the public domain, meaning no one owns it, or put another way, we all own it. In addition, there are zillions of…"

Oct 12, 2009

Roman Kozlowski left a comment for Beth Davies-Stofka

"Hi Beth, I think I've hit a raw nerve with my latest topic 'Why Is The Bible God Male?' Interestingly the bible fraternities are evading answering along with the indecisive ditherers. Your carefully objective response would be…"

Sep 30, 2009

db left a comment for Beth Davies-Stofka

"Beth, Did your students have a look at this little tutorial? It seemed to get lost in the shuffle...so I did a retake... db"

Sep 29, 2009

Maegan Wood commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's group Philosophy 214

"Jeff H, i would greatly appreciate any help you can offer. While this is an assignment for a class stuffed in to my already packed schedule, i would love to get the most out of it that I can, but I am not really sure how to go about doing it. I…"

Sep 25, 2009

Molly Goodman commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's blog post The Bible as Reality's Source Code

""Abraham's faithfulness is central to these tales. He does not play a passive role in a drama determined by God's will and word. What Abraham does and says has an effect on what happens in the future. This is why the God of the book…"

Sep 24, 2009

brichie71 Student PHI-214 commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's group Philosophy 214

"Hey Greg, In response to your post: Who, like myself among the group does not consider themselves religious, but as a result has found a stream of spirituality that embraces other belief streams that would not be construed as God. I am at a cross…"

Sep 24, 2009

Jeff H commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's group Philosophy 214

"I've been on RG for a long time. You can check my bio for the "Full Monte" but basically I came here following Sid from a "Panty Raid" on a Christian Site. I am a 5th a day alcoholic, on parole by the grace of God for about…"

Sep 23, 2009

Greg Kramer commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's group Philosophy 214

"Who, like myself among the group does not consider themselves religious, but as a result has found a stream of spirituality that embraces other belief streams that would not be construed as God."

Sep 22, 2009

PH214 Lori T. commented on Beth Davies-Stofka's blog post Here Come the Students

"Brenda, I am also nervous about this endeavor! I know just enough to get myself in trouble, but not enough to get myself out! I am hoping my guide can "guide" me through this. Dr. B, I like your strategy. I just have a question. Where…"

Sep 19, 2009

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What religion or philosophy, if any, do you adhere to?: All of them.

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My question for the OSR community:: I teach philosophy of religion. I would love to get my students involved in this project! What would be a good educational project that helps them participate here?

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Here Come the Students

If anyone's interested, I created a group called Philosophy 214 for my students, but it's open and anyone can join. I'm bringing my Philosophy of Religion students into Redefine God this semester. I'm excited about it! And a little nervous. This will be the first time that people were here because they were required to be here, right.

I posted the project rationale/plan on the group's page, for people's reading pleasure. heh

Beth

Posted on September 7, 2009 at 6:33pm — 7 Comments

The Bible as Reality's Source Code

Media critic Douglas Rushkoff, author of Open Source Democracy and current bestseller Life, Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back, also thinks the Bible (or the book of Genesis, at least) is the source code to reality. He worked on a comic for DC's Vertigo line called Testament, that didn't sell well and was canceled before Rushkoff was done. I write about the first volume, Akedah,… Read More

Posted on August 24, 2009 at 5:48am — 12 Comments

Is Superman a Jesus Figure?

I write and blog for Patheos.com, and this week I wrote a review of 2006's Superman Returns, asking the question, is Superman a Jesus figure?

Writing the piece raised all kinds of interesting questions for me about the actual definition of a savior, vs. a messiah, vs. a hero. I'd love to know if others have ideas.

Posted on August 19, 2009 at 7:41pm — 25 Comments

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At 7:27pm on November 10, 2009, Roman Kozlowski said…: Hi Beth, sorry if I seem a little ignorant, but who is this Stewart that so many newbies keep refering to? I just thought you might know.

At 3:44pm on September 30, 2009, Roman Kozlowski said…: Hi Beth,

I think I've hit a raw nerve with my latest topic 'Why Is The Bible God Male?'

Interestingly the bible fraternities are evading answering along with the indecisive ditherers.

Your carefully objective response would be greatly appreciated.

Kind thanks,

Roman

At 8:11pm on August 28, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: Hey, I'm sorry I didn't realize you commented me on the 22nd! I think it would be very interesting if your students proposed their own ideas of how to flesh out the idea of Open Source Religion in the appropriate forum.
Perhaps you could start the discussion and they could reply.

At 4:21pm on August 20, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: And happy birthday Beth.

At 2:15pm on August 20, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: Most the members at RG are very welcoming and certainly up to any philosophical challenges your students may provide. We're looking forward to your students arrival and the inevitably awesome discussions to follow :)

At 7:57am on August 20, 2009, RevLGKing said…: Did you get my comment about G0D as the no-thing. Keep in mind that I see this just as a starting point. It is not something we have to go back to, or to which we will be sent by an angry god.

IMO, people who fear life and refuse to deal with its pain and suffering can choose to go back there. This is how I think of hell. It is not a place, it is a self-created condition--no pain and suffering, but no joy either. Just nothing!

At 3:50pm on April 18, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: Beth you will notice a new promotional graphic on the front page regarding member involvement. If you click this you will be directed to a page where everyone can submit and vote on whatever scientific topics they feel are of spiritual consequence.

We need many new topics there so feel free to send your students that direction.

At 1:37am on April 16, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: Beth I am honored and excited for your students to participate. People of all faiths are welcome here and I will tell you now, one of our most, possibly THE most, prolific member here is a devout Christian by the screen name of Jeff H.
He's very personable so feel free to say hi.

Beth, what I would like you to do is go through our network here as thoroughly as needed and let me know what I could do to help accommodate your class or to waylay any confusion.

As wonderful as the ideas and philosophy at RG can be, our weak point tends to err on the side of confusing individuals new to the network.

At 11:36pm on April 13, 2009, Sidian M.S. Jones said…: Beth I might recommend starting a group for your students here at Redefine God. You can do this here: http://www.redefinegod.com/groups

But the BEST idea a think is in two parts:

1. Get them commenting on The Source Code topics listed in this forum:
The Source Code Assignments

and 2. Have them submit NEW Source Code topics here:
What should the next The Source Code topic be?

Beth, I will be very happy to help you in this endeavor and look forward to yours and your students input on the project.