pagan christianity? the farce.

10.Jun.08 | book reviews, ecclesiology, emergent, emerging church |

Uh oh… looks like a big hole has just been shot in the “facts” (a.k.a. “well-researched scholarship”) presented by Barna and Viola in their book Pagan Christianity?.

“We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD,” the head of Jordan’s Rihab Centre for Archaeological Studies, Abdul Qader al-Husan, said.”

Is there an upcoming retraction?

(ht: bob.blog)
6 responses

  1. Matt M. |

    10.Jun.08 @ 10:53 am

    “Researchers have also found what appears to be an espresso machine.”

  2. Bradley |

    10.Jun.08 @ 5:13 pm

    how silly. the article says nothing about the details of this finding and why the Jordan arch. determined it was a religious church building. this reminds of the so called first church “finding” several months back that was refuted by other archaeologists who showed that the data was misinterpeted. let’s wait till the other researchers weigh in on this one.

  3. rags |

    11.Jun.08 @ 8:19 am

    The book is crap regardless of this finding.

  4. David Herrick |

    14.Jun.08 @ 1:17 am

    Great. I bought the book a few months ago cause it looked interesting, but I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. Now I kinda don’t want to waste my time.

  5. J. R. Miller |

    15.Jun.08 @ 11:53 pm

    Hi, if you are interested, I am posting a 5 part interview with both George Barna and Frank Viola. Please feel free to pass the word and share your thoughts.

  6. monts |

    18.Jun.08 @ 8:28 pm

    Even Ben Witherington is getting in on the action and proving Barna and Viola’s “research” false:

    http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/06/pagan-christianity-ask-st-nick.html