Who I Write Like

There's an interesting website that analyzes your writing and tells you which famous figure of literature you write like. I wonder how consistent my writing style is. Part of the reason I started blogging was to improve my writing so there may be big changes between different posts. I'll submit all my long posts and see what they come up as.

The last post about molinism:

I write like
George Orwell

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The posts "Critic or Theologian," "Rivalry Among Apostles," "Is Theology Important?" and "What Guides Our Theology?":

I write like
Dan Brown

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Apparently I write like Dan Brown. I have never read a Dan Brown book so I can't be subconsciously copying him. I wonder who else is in this website's database.

UPDATE: I submitted this post.

I write like
Isaac Asimov

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"Thou shalt commit adultery"

The wikipedia entry for Bible errata is a fun read. It is intriguing how just omitting a "not" in a particular passage can completely change its meaning.

Imagine purchasing a Bible hot off the press and finding the following inside:

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God?"
(1 Corinthians 6:9)

"Go and sin on more"
(John 8:11)

"Thou shalt commit adultery"
(Exodus 20:14)

"For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their owl husbands."
(1 Peter 3:5)

Things are confusing enough arguing over the original texts and Greek meanings!

Clean Hands, Clean Conscience

Perhaps Pilate's behavior in Matthew 27:24 was more therapeutic than symbolic.

physical cleansing seems to more generally remove past concerns, resulting in a metaphorical “clean slate” effect.

The Lady Macbeth syndrome is a myth. You can wash the spot out!

Lack of Big Name Theologians: Catholic Style

The other day I posed the question, "Why aren't there theological giants anymore on the cover of Time?" The most likely reason I thought caused this was that an increase in postmodern values in the church and our society shifted the focus from detached systematic theology (and the leaders of that) to cultural movements in the church and the behavior of believers (and the pastors and clergy that drive that).

Here's an article that asks a similar question, a bit more broad than mine, "Where have the dominant theologians gone?" This is from a 2005 issue of National Catholic Reporter so it's focused on Catholic theologians (ironically, the writer of the article is a professor at a Methodist university). The article is here.

Here are a few quotes highlighting his position:

"First, there are exponentially many more professional theologians working and writing today than there were 50 years ago. As a result, it will be more difficult for one or two people to dominate the field."

"The complexity of Catholic theology today means that no one can claim expertise in all areas of theology. People have to specialize in specific areas such as Christology, eschatology, ecclesiology or anthropology."

"Now and in the future we need many different Catholic theologies emerging in different cultures and contexts and diverse areas of specialization. No one person or small group of theologians of one station in life, or one sex, or one color will ever again dominate Catholic theology."