The relationship of faith and science is controversial, and there are perhaps 5 simple philosophic positions you can take: 1. Science Trumps Religion (EMA) That is,…
My skeptic friend at the Facebook group Atheism vs Christianity (no holds barred) is at it again (see my last post), asking me questions. I guess that’s…
One of the Facebook forums that I watch but rarely participate in (more heat than light) is called Atheism vs Christianity (no holds barred). Recently, a…
Conferences I am thinking of attending – comment below if you are going or want to! Oct 20 :: Vault Conference (Las Vegas, NV) Speakers:…
Ever bought a new car, only to realize that you missed some big thing that now makes you hate the car? Me neither, until now.…
In 2014, I attended the inaugural Rethinking Hell Conference, at which John Stackhouse Jr. gave an outrageously fine opening lecture (see more of the lectures…
I have read and annotated my books for a long time, but I have always subconsciously been unhappy with the system I developed. So I’ve…
This series is made up of the following posts: 8 Reasons why Islam is a Destructive Falsehood 1 – Religious Exclusivism & Racism 8 Reasons why Islam…
This post is part of a series. Listening to yet another daily horror committed by ‘extremist’ Islamists, I again became incensed at how many people (millions)…
On reading W.B. Yeats’ “The Song of the Happy Shepherd” The poets in their foolish song Have captured for my reading Glimmers of their thoughts,…
As a former vaccine skeptic, I can tell you why many people are suspicious: 1. Overly-aggressive timing The *timing* of some vaccines seems unnecessary. For…
Full disclosure, I have not seen Obvious Child, and have only read/heard a handful of detailed reviews, both positive and negative. However, this film appears to…
I was just listening to an interview with Robert Spencer on ACM. Spencer is the author of Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth About the…
This post is part of a series. Of the three philosophical arguments marshaled in this series in support of Conditionalism, the argument from proportional, finite justice is…
The Catholic Church is not the only part of the Christian Church that has problems with sexual abuse. As Kathryn Joyce reveals in her new…
This series is made up of the following articles: The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 1, Introduction The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 2, The Main Arguments…
I have previously discussed what our approaches can and should be in addressing the spread of Islam in our country and world here: Dealing with…
This post is part of a series. The first of the three philosophical arguments supporting Conditional Immortality is that of the mortality of man. As…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I introduced the idea that, in addition to scriptural arguments in support of Conditional Immortality (CI),…
This post is part of a series. One way to state the ethos of the Christian story would be to state it in terms of the…
Yes, there are a hundred ways to back up your phone’s photos and videos using services like dropbox, google plus, or other cloud drive services.…
We all have things that annoy us. Here’s mine. Pet Peeves #001, In the men’s room Pet Peeves #002, At the restaurant Pet Peeves #003,…
There’s been a lot of ballyhoo about the liberties taken by director Darren Aranofsky in his new film Noah. As an evangelical myself, I wondered…
Today I read an article about another Evangelical pastor deciding that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality. The article mentioned that a non-traditional interpretation of…