My Theory

Here’s what I think happened:  NT Wright, prodded by Chris Tilling, hired Charles Gadda who with the help of Chris Heard and Herhsel Shanks and The American Homeschooling Association (a.k.a., the ‘home. ass.’) and other nefarious techno-geeks hacked into my site using the password that they cleverly discerned in order to shut me up about Wrightianity, the archaeology of Qumran, homeschooling, and BAR.

My initial depression (aided in no small part by the frigid weather and flurries of snow that were then falling) brought about a desire to abandon once and for all any further exchanges in blogdom.

Then a flurry of mail arrived urging continuation and even a hint that Zwingli would be disappointed with me if I fled the scene and hid from the field of battle.  Well that will push one’s buttons, I must say.  With Zwingli’s portrait hovering over my left shoulder and Calvin glaring at me and Luther scowling and Bultmann looking more than disappointed, I decided to strap on the weapon (!) and enter the contest again.

Not for myself though, but for all those who are oppressed by the Wrightian-Tillingian-Gadda-ian-Heard-ian-BAR-ian coalition of misprision.

That’s my theory, and I’m sticking with it…