Queries & Comments

Minotaur Sensationalism

Myth Article Warrants a Warning

Can you explain to me what on earth Theseus and the Minotaur myth (“Did Theseus Slay the Minotaur?” 32:06) have to do with the Bible? If there is an explanation, I will be able to rescue two recent gift subscriptions from the garbage can.

If I had known in advance that BAR would be deviating into non-Biblical areas, my own subscription would be non-existent. Another article like this and I will consider canceling. Don’t say you weren’t warned in advance.

See “Set Apart from the Nations?” in “First Person”.—Ed.

Don’t Cancel Because of Pagan Theseus

I can hear the keys of the keyboards pounding away right now from the hands of all the furious BAR subscribers. It seems that, once again, BAR has violated the standard by publishing a long article on pagan myths in a Biblical periodical. And, to make matters worse, the cover of the November/December 2006 issue is adorned with pagan art. I can hear the outraged critics right now: