Nov
30
2009
Along with attacks on Christianity that are timed to coincide with Easter and Christmas, we must also endure attacks on love in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. As a dense, clumsy male, February 14th is not a day on which I tend to excel. Frankly, it is hard being romantic and a curmudgeon at the same time. Knowing that Valentine’s Day is largely a creation of the greeting card industry does nothing to curtail my curmudgeonly inclinations.
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Sep
30
2009
The YECs are Coming!
The YECs are Coming!
People who take the Bible seriously are accustomed to disrespect. It comes from atheists on the one side and theologically sophisticated (i.e., liberal) co-religionists on the other. The barbs from people who would seem, at least on the face of it, to be on the same side in opposing Darwinism are, however, a little harder to take. Let me explain by getting a little historical.
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Aug
25
2009
Maybe it was a lack of caffeine. Maybe it was low blood sugar. No one really knows why, but at the dawn of the so-called Enlightenment, Isaac La Peyrère totally flubbed his reading of Romans 5:12-14. This momentary lapse of reason added fuel to the smoldering embers of two seemingly unrelated ideas: higher criticism and colonial racism.[1]
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Jul
18
2009
Introduction
Though we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer adequate, the quest for the good life is still the central task for mankind. Humanist Manifesto I, 1933 [1]
Happiness and the creative realization of human needs and desires, individually and in shared enjoyment, are continuous themes of humanism. We strive for the good life, here and now. Humanist Manifesto II, 1973 [2]
Remy, the star of Ratatouille, is in love with food. His rat family is in love with food, too, but in a very different sense. Remy loves food for its smell, texture, taste and color. He loves food as an end in itself. He loves food as a medium of art. He loves food for the experiences it creates in others. For his brother rats, food is nothing more than a means to an end. Food satisfies their basic needs. Food relieves the pain of an empty stomach. Clearly, Remy stands out from the pack. He is inspired by the great Chef Gusteau who is spreading a bold and surprising message: “Anyone can cook.” If ‘anyone’ includes rats, Remy reasons, then there is nothing to stop him becoming a cook as well, and so the adventure begins.
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Jun
22
2009
Evolutionists are fond of making a theological argument, which goes something like this:
1. If all living creatures and their parts are the product of a perfect Designer, then all living creatures and their parts are perfectly designed.
2. Not all living creatures and their parts are perfectly designed.
3. Therefore, not all living creatures and their parts are the product of a perfect Designer.
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