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Monthly Archives: April 2009
EXISTENTIALIST CHRISTIANITY IN THE 21st CENTURY: Four Things That Every Honest Christian Must Face, Sooner or Later
It seems to me that every honest Christian living in the 21st century must, sooner or later, come up against four “truths”—and a question that must then be digested. Here are the four truths: There is no hell The Bible is … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, biblical inerrancy, Christianity, evolution, fundamentalism, hell, inerrancy, James Dobson, Jesus, John Macarthur, modernism, the Holocaust
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Quote of the Day
In 1837, George Sand wrote: We cannot tear out a single page of our lives, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. I would qualify Sand’s observation by noting that many people are actually quite good at … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, death, existentialism, george sand, Jean-Paul Sartre, life, memory, philosophy, psychology, suicide
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Why Are There TEN COMMANDMENTS (and Not, Say, Fifteen)?
Mel Brooks has a theory:
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Tagged apologetics, Christianity, Exodus, Hebrew Bible, hypothesis, Jesus, mel brooks, Moses, Old Testament, religion, ten commandments
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From Liberty Bonds to Bailout Bonds?
The NY Times says that Barack Obama is contemplating letting small individual investors in on the bank bailout—wedding Main Street to Wall Street. Like a mutual or bond fund, you would buy shares, perhaps for as little as a few … Continue reading
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Tagged bailout, economy, Great Depression, Great Depression 2.0, main street, recession, Russia, The Great Gatsby, wall street
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“The thing that made the things for which there is no known maker”: A Brilliant YouTube That Reflects on the Problem of the Infinite Regress
Intelligent Design in a nutshell:
How Anti-Gay Marriage Sausage Is Made: Anti-Gay Rights Ad Audition Tapes are Leaked and Put on YouTube!
The making of an anti-gay rights ad ain’t pretty. First, you’ve got to find ACTORS who will PRETEND to be doctors, pastors, and besieged parents claiming that they are VICTIMS of pink fascism (that is, the gay rights movement). Here are the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, feminist, gay marriage, gay rights, Hugh Hewitt, Iowa, lesbian, marriage, out of the closet, pink fascism, rush limbaugh, sausage
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OUT OF THE CLOSET: National Review Online Comes Out in Opposition to BOTH Gay Marriage and Civil Unions
National Review Online today conflated same-sex marriage and civil unions, declaring them both “unwise.” In other words, the editors of National Review not only oppose same-sex marriage, they oppose even civil recognition (and legal protection) of homosexual relationships: Vermont has … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, equality, feminism, feminist, gay marriage, gay rights, James Dobson, John Macarthur, lesbian, National Review, Proposition 8, women's rights
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Mental Health Break: A C-17 Landing on Ice
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Tagged c-17, flight, global warming, ice, mental health break, military, planes, psychology
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“The Political Theory of Evolution”: See Here Santi Tafarella’s New YouTube Video
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Tagged agnostic, apologetics, atheist, Charles Darwin, evolution, geology, intelligent design, Jesus, religion, science, the multiverse, young earth creationism
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BBC Chef Gordon Ramsey Was in Our House!
Metaphorically, so to speak. My wife (who is British) and I love to watch Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, and it turns out that The BBC’s uber-chef was in our town (in California) trying to shape up one of our local restaurants. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley Press, cooking, food, gordon ramsey, Lancaster, Lancaster California, palmdale, restaurants
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One Reason I’m an Agnostic: Intelligent Design and the Multiverse Hypothesis Mirror One Another
Jim Manzi, at the excellent blog site, the American Scene, points out something quite profound and interesting: Whether one believes that something conscious and intelligent (“a god”) created the universe, or one believes that we live in a multiverse in which the cosmos … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, apologetics, atheist, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, Jesus, multiverse hypothesis, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, science
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