John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 5) -- The reason most politicians in D.C. are shameless liars with no character is because most Americans will knowingly choose a shameless liar … [Read more...]
Shameless self-promotion: Vote for me!
June 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
An online newspaper for one of the local towns in my area is holding a contest for the best photo from the fireworks. The winner gets lunch for two at a local restaurant. Photo number 1 is my wife's photo. (LINK HERE) Voting ends todaybat noon. Just puttin' it out there... draw your own … [Read more...]
Atheists do believe God exists
June 21, 2013 by 79 Comments
Ordinarily I'd side with Atheists who would object to the Theist (Christians mostly) who would assert that the Atheist does in fact know God exists. Not because I think the accusation is wrong, but because telling someone what they believe is generally not a good starting point. Why would a … [Read more...]
Why is Bill Gates going to hell?
June 20, 2013 by 25 Comments
Why is Bill Gates going to hell? I have no idea and I don't even know that he is. But every once in a while you run across a graphic created by a critic of Christianity (and religion) which attempts to show why its soteriology doesn't make sense... or something. So whats the problem? Simple, no … [Read more...]
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes is a blessing in the world
June 19, 2013 by 3 Comments
https://twitter.com/PeaceHugs/status/347316313380757504 Yes, the same Chris Hayes who was caught lying about racist Democrat Governor of Alabama, George Wallace by labeling him a Republican on his show. Eventually Hayes … [Read more...]
What are moral issues?
June 19, 2013 by 7 Comments
Regardless of one's worldview there needs to be a structure in place to identify and navigate through moral issues. I think most of us do this automatically -- our moral filters are already in place by the time we need them. After reflecting on this for the past day or so, I'm finding it … [Read more...]
Is the Christian doctrine of inerrancy derived from circular reasoning?
June 18, 2013 by 11 Comments
I pondered this quite some time ago and have no shame is presenting my own uncertainties to an audience. Inerrancy as I understand it can be summed up as: everything the Bible asserts to be true, is true. Of course this gets to the heart of the post. Inerrancy, at least on the surface, appears to … [Read more...]
Is America becoming the world’s bad example?
June 17, 2013 by 5 Comments
Is he serious? you ask yourself. Well, yes and no. The governmental structure of communist USSR was terrible, both for the citizens of the nation and for the threat it posed to the free world. People were the innocent victims of political oppression; those seen as potential enemies of the … [Read more...]
Orwell’s 1984 Sales Increase
June 14, 2013 by 7 Comments
George Orwell's classic,1984, is fashionable yet again. According to Amazon.Com, the 64-year-old novel has seen a 24-hour sales increase of 3,300%, an astounding number by any measure. The following passage may ring a bell: "Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 4
June 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 4) -- As often as not in America, the people claiming to be “victims” are the real bullies and they don’t deserve anyone’s sympathy. The example … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 3
June 13, 2013 by 5 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 3) -- Most black Americans are good and decent people, but percentage wise there are more black Americans in jail because percentage wise, black … [Read more...]
Plan B: The Slippery Slope
June 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
Well, you can't say the pro-life groups didn't call it. Only a month after the court decision to allow the "morning after pill" (a pill which will prevent pregnancy by prohibiting a fertilized egg i.e., a new human being, from implanting in the uterus) to girls as young as 15, the Obama … [Read more...]
Senate candidate Markey: It’s Not Math, It’s Arithmetic
June 12, 2013 by 15 Comments
How sad is it that Massachusetts voters will likely vote this man into office? __________________________________________________________ About as sad as the Georgia voters who keep electing this guy (warning, if you make it through the mindless questions about the size of Guam, your attention … [Read more...]
Can we guess the day or the hour?
June 11, 2013 by 10 Comments
This is more of an in-house discussion among Christians, but feel free to weigh in with some speculation on the issue if you're outside the Christian camp. Jesus tells us no man can know the day or the hour, and I believe him, no one can know the day or hour. But could someone guess? There is no … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 2
June 11, 2013 by 28 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. (Number 2) -- Most people who remain poor over the long haul in America stay that way because of their own poor life choices. This is one of those … [Read more...]
Why do you think the poor stay poor?
June 10, 2013 by 36 Comments
I've already made clear what I believe to be the prime factors causing long-term poverty for individuals in America. Here's the results from an NBC/WSJ poll asking people what they believe are the reasons for continual poverty. See Dan, America is on my side on this one. And they're … [Read more...]
Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore, Part 1
June 10, 2013 by 7 Comments
John Hawkins from Right Wing News posted a list of 20 issues which are considered too politically incorrect to discuss openly in America anymore. I am not a regular reader of this site but found this post through a link aggregator and recognized the list as topics on which I've written. These hot … [Read more...]
Dialect Survey — Do you call it “soda” or “pop”?
June 8, 2013 by 18 Comments
Apparently there are several different ways to say the same word or refer to the same idea. HERE is an interactive map to see what parts of the country refer to sugared carbonated beverages as soda or pop (by the way, it is correctly called soda). Among some other interesting things on the list … [Read more...]
Open Thread — United States, 1984
June 6, 2013 by 19 Comments
As much as I hate conspiracy theories, it's difficult to dismiss that there has been a conspiracy afoot by this president's administration. Between targeting reporters who reported on the Fast and Furious scandal; the IRS targeting conservative applicants for tax exempt status; now we're finding … [Read more...]
The “Challenge” to Atheists
June 6, 2013 by 58 Comments
Earlier this week I responded to a logically flawed "challenge" to Christians. It aimed to have Christians offer "scientific" evidence for the existence of only the God of Christianity. Well, I have a challenge of my own for Atheists who claim to reject God on the basis that the advances in … [Read more...]
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