Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss anniversaries and birthdays in the Facebook age, whether the Vikings referenced Allah in their gear, and why "The Dark Ages" is such a troublesome concept (and why we're currently in the midst of The Digital Dark Age).

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• Debunking Viral Story, Art Historian Says 'Allah' Does Not Appear on Ancient Viking Garment | artnet News
• Dark Ages (historiography) - Wikipedia
• 6 Reasons the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark - History Lists

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss anniversaries and birthdays in the Facebook age, whether the Vikings referenced Allah in their gear, and why "The Dark Ages" is such a troublesome concept (and why we're currently in the midst of The Digital Dark Age).

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• Sam Harrelson on Instagram: “It's here (no, I'm not going to do a dorky unboxing video...maybe)!” • Instagram
• Debunking Viral Story, Art Historian Says 'Allah' Does Not Appear on Ancient Viking Garment | artnet News
• Dark Ages (historiography) - Wikipedia
• 6 Reasons the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark - History Lists

Love of books, Kindle vs hardbacks, home ownership, hell, sex, generational divides, and epistemology

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• Amazon.com: Jeffrey Burton Russell: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
• George Michael - I Want Your Sex - YouTube

Love of books, Kindle vs hardbacks, home ownership, hell, sex, generational divides, and epistemology

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• Amazon.com: Jeffrey Burton Russell: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle
• George Michael - I Want Your Sex - YouTube

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson talk about phone problems and promises, growing up, and the finale of the First Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge Extravaganza.

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• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Google is tryharding at phones right now, and I love it - The Verge
• How to Get Into and Out of iPhone Recovery Mode
• The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 201, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
• Apple’s iPhone X notch is an odd design choice - The Verge
• Donald Trump–Russia dossier - Wikipedia
• Gospel of Mark

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson talk about phone problems and promises, growing up, and the finale of the First Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge Extravaganza.

Podium Winners:

Sponsored By:

• Sam Harrelson Consulting: Get a free estimate for your church or nonprofit's website redesign or social media campaign from the experts at Sam Harrelson Consulting this summer. Promo Code: Hermeneutics

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• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Google is tryharding at phones right now, and I love it - The Verge
• How to Get Into and Out of iPhone Recovery Mode
• The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 201, With Special Guest Matthew Panzarino
• Apple’s iPhone X notch is an odd design choice - The Verge
• Donald Trump–Russia dossier - Wikipedia
• Gospel of Mark

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined again by David Ray Allen Jr. to cover the Final Four of the Bible Bracket Challenge. It gets bloody this week.

Special Guest: David Ray Allen Jr..

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• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive in major milestone for country
• Twitter on Twitter: "Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters? 🤔 We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the character limit to 280! Excit… https://t.co/y1rJlHsVB5"
• MRBlog | The Price of Patriotism - The Marginalia Review of Books
• The Brick Testament
• Gospel Parallels: A Comparison of the Synoptic Gospels, New Revised Standard Version: Jr. Burton H. Throckmorton: 9780840774842: Amazon.com: Books
• ANTICHRIST NUMEROLOGY IN GANGNAM STYLE - YouTube

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson are joined again by David Ray Allen Jr. to cover the Final Four of the Bible Bracket Challenge. It gets bloody this week.

Special Guest: David Ray Allen Jr..

Sponsored By:

• Sam Harrelson Consulting: Get a free estimate for your church or nonprofit's website redesign or social media campaign from the experts at Sam Harrelson Consulting this summer. Promo Code: Hermeneutics

Support Thinking Religion

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• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive in major milestone for country

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson compare their phones' home screens, discuss the relevance of Facebook to political campaigns, and continue the very contentious Bible Bracket Challenge Elite 8 Round to decide the Final Four. It's on.

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• Thinking Religion is creating Podcasts | Patreon
• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Facebook agrees to release Russian-purchased ads, pledges deeper look at 2016 election - POLITICO
• Arcade Fire singer on 'fake news' prank: I understand why Trump won now | TheHill
• Arcade Fire’s Win Butler on ‘Everything Now’ Album Rollout — The media is built for clicks now, and we were trying to see firsthand how it all works. I feel like I now understand on a much deeper level why Trump got elected. Negativity is what travels. So we learned more about how the internet functions, and how it’s an insane feedback loop. It’s like, we just played a show in London that was one of the best shows we’ve ever played there. It was honestly so fucking exciting. And at the show we sold a T-shirt where we put an ironic Everything Now logo on top of Kylie Jenner’s face. It was visually punk as hell. We knew doing that would get a lot of press pickup but every single news outlet in the world covered it. Somehow there’s a story in that, but there’s not really a story in Band Is Really Amazing at Music and Plays a Live Show and People Cry Because It’s So Beautiful. So it was really interesting to us to see what got picked up about Arcade Fire. That idea plays into what we were doing as well: We were providing the ammunition for people who wanted to write negative things about the band: Here you go! Here’s something to be outraged about!
• The Super-Aggregators and the Russians – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Google Play Music
• Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse: Adela Yarbro Collins: 9780664245214: Amazon.com: Books
• Should A Christian Get a Tattoo?  Is It Wrong To Put Ink On My Body?

Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson compare their phones' home screens, discuss the relevance of Facebook to political campaigns, and continue the very contentious Bible Bracket Challenge Elite 8 Round to decide the Final Four. It's on.

Support Thinking Religion

Links:

• Thinking Religion is creating Podcasts | Patreon
• Thinking Religion Bible Bracket Challenge - Challonge
• Facebook agrees to release Russian-purchased ads, pledges deeper look at 2016 election - POLITICO
• Arcade Fire singer on 'fake news' prank: I understand why Trump won now | TheHill
• Arcade Fire’s Win Butler on ‘Everything Now’ Album Rollout — The media is built for clicks now, and we were trying to see firsthand how it all works. I feel like I now understand on a much deeper level why Trump got elected. Negativity is what travels. So we learned more about how the internet functions, and how it’s an insane feedback loop. It’s like, we just played a show in London that was one of the best shows we’ve ever played there. It was honestly so fucking exciting. And at the show we sold a T-shirt where we put an ironic Everything Now logo on top of Kylie Jenner’s face. It was visually punk as hell. We knew doing that would get a lot of press pickup but every single news outlet in the world covered it. Somehow there’s a story in that, but there’s not really a story in Band Is Really Amazing at Music and Plays a Live Show and People Cry Because It’s So Beautiful. So it was really interesting to us to see what got picked up about Arcade Fire. That idea plays into what we were doing as well: We were providing the ammunition for people who wanted to write negative things about the band: Here you go! Here’s something to be outraged about!
• The Super-Aggregators and the Russians – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Google Play Music
• Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse: Adela Yarbro Collins: 9780664245214: Amazon.com: Books
• Should A Christian Get a Tattoo?  Is It Wrong To Put Ink On My Body?