Abortion, politics, apologetics: Observations on the conservative and liberal cultures

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

The nomination of Sarah Palin has brought the abortion issue front and center.  She did so by putting her money where her mouth was:  knowing she was going to have a handicapped child but choosing to carry it to term, anyway.  We know that her family shares the same values:  ...

The Need for an Absolute Frame of Reference For there to be Ultimate Meanings

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

When I was in college I made a nuisance of myself once by finding the slope of a vertical line (which, we are told, is 'undefined.')  Impossible, you say.  As did the math instructor.  But I 'found' it by rotating the grid beneath the line and recalculated, for now, of ...

A 1,000 Word Argument for Christianity

Monday, July 14th, 2008

I was once asked to provide a concise, no more than 1,000 word essay, on why I believe Christianity to be true.  I think the hint was that I can be a little too verbose.  :)  As I recall, this essay was well received, if only because it met the ...

Sunday School Christianity Is Dangerous to the Faith

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I received a forwarded email that originally was sent by some media guy who lost his faith reporting on religion.  In that email the following excerpt was provided, abbreviated already, and I abbreviated it more: ... Having been raised to believe in a just God, my faith was shaken when my ...

The Peanut Gallery Hurls Shells: Rational Man Retorts

Friday, June 27th, 2008

My new 'friend' Rational Man (not to be confused with Hyperbole Boy or the Stalker) has fired off a response to my response one or two blog entries ago.  Here it is. I have just a few points. First of all, I loved the instant fixation on the fact that I am ...

Par for the Course: Pot Shots from the Atheist Peanut Gallery

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I loved this wacky 'point by point' response to a blog entry I wrote like 8 months ago.    One already knows that he's in for sarcastic inside jokes that miss the point when, in the first paragraph, the fellah says: [Quoting Sntjohnny]I am reminded of the scene in Monty Python’s ...

Equivocation on the word natural by atheists and philosophical naturalists

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Has anyone else noticed this? As a case in point- in part because atheists have accused me of 'inventing' atheistic positions- consider this entry on my blog and the comments that follow.  But to be clear, I run across this phenomena all the time as I read and debate theism or ...