I’m sitting at the Fort Myers, FL airport, boarding just began so this has to be quick. Small layover in Detroit (the new airport I hope) and then on to Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the debate I read David Bentley Hart’s “Atheist Delusions.” EXCELLENT BOOK! MUST READ! I particularly appreciate his emphasis that the rise of Christianity was essentially a moral revolution. No need to political self-aggrandizement with this approach (his descriptions of Constantine and Arius for example are free of the political triumphalism and\/or rant that accompanies so much of the popular narrative). <\/p>\n

Got to run. Zone just got called.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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