Comments on: Q and Data (and Mark too) http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/ a few graffiti on the wall of life Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stephen (aka Q) http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1563 Stephen (aka Q) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:44:17 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1563 This seems like a good place to answer the question you posed on my blog! When I first started blogging (April 2005), I wasn't blogging on theology. I adopted the name "Q" in reference to the hypothetical document, hypothetically utilized by Matthew and Luke in the construction of their Gospels. It was a joke — a nod to my liberal Protestant inclinations. And it was solely for my personal amusement, since I couldn't expect any of my readers to guess its origins. Now the joke is on me, because I'm a biblioblogger. That said … it's also true that Q is my favourite character from Star Trek: The Next Generation. This seems like a good place to answer the question you posed on my blog!

When I first started blogging (April 2005), I wasn’t blogging on theology. I adopted the name “Q” in reference to the hypothetical document, hypothetically utilized by Matthew and Luke in the construction of their Gospels. It was a joke — a nod to my liberal Protestant inclinations. And it was solely for my personal amusement, since I couldn’t expect any of my readers to guess its origins.

Now the joke is on me, because I’m a biblioblogger.

That said … it’s also true that Q is my favourite character from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

]]> By: Peter Kirk http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1559 Peter Kirk Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:13:29 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1559 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_%28James_Bond%29" rel="nofollow">The Q I am thinking of</a>, whether played by Desmond Llewelyn or John Cleese, has no godlike powers, but plenty of skill at "making new realities" in the world of technical gadgets. Perhaps we need this kind of wizardry rather than the supernatural variety to make progress on the synoptic problem. The Q I am thinking of, whether played by Desmond Llewelyn or John Cleese, has no godlike powers, but plenty of skill at “making new realities” in the world of technical gadgets. Perhaps we need this kind of wizardry rather than the supernatural variety to make progress on the synoptic problem.

]]> By: James McGrath http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1558 James McGrath Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:42:58 +0000 http://www.metacatholic.co.uk/2007/11/q-and-data-and-mark-too/#comment-1558 You are forgetting that Q also has godlike powers and will not simply sit by and take criticism in this fashion! :) You are forgetting that Q also has godlike powers and will not simply sit by and take criticism in this fashion! :)

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