August 30, 2015
“In matters that are obscure and far beyond our vision, even in such as we may find treated in Holy Scripture, different interpretations are sometimes possible without prejudice to the faith we have received.” — St. Augustine (AD 354-430), Bishop of Hippo, early Christian theologian & philosopher Part 1 Part 2 Part 3b Whereas the […]
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August 23, 2015
“Experience has shown that, even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” — Thomas Jefferson I have more research to do for my previously intended post, so this is a “filler”, of sorts. But, it’s not empty filler. It’s important, substantial […]
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August 16, 2015
“All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the truth that God discloses, whether in his world or his Word. While God wants to reach the heart with truth, he does not bypass the mind.” — Jonathan Edwards, 18th […]
Tags: abductive reasoning, Adam & Eve, age of the Earth, bibilical position, biblical authority, Biologos, cosmology, creation days, Creation Week, creation/evolution/design debate, CSC, CSI, directed evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, evolutionary creationism, genealogy, General Revelation, Gerald Rau, harmonizing the Two Books, ID theory, Intelligent Design, intervention, Mapping the Origins Debate, Michael Behe, naturalistic evolution, nonteleological evolution, OEC, old-earth creationism, origins debate, planned evolution, process, RTB, science/faith issues, special revelation, specified complexity, TE, teleology, theistic evolution, theology, YEC, young-earth creationism
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August 9, 2015
“Without special revelation, general revelation would be for sinful men incomplete and ineffective…. Without general revelation, special revelation would lack that basis in the fundamental knowledge of God as the mighty and wise, righteous and good, maker and ruler of all things.” — B.B. Warfield, distinguished “Princetonian” theologian As an admin at the “Old Earth […]
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August 2, 2015
I am still slowly working my way through Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics, 4th ed. I don’t think I expected the topic of air/water pollution to come up in a tome on economics, but it does make sense, as you’ll see. Cries for increasing efforts toward environmental (i.e., ecological) purification are common — all in the […]
Tags: anti-pollution, Basic Economics, categorical laws, clean air, clean water, ecological concerns, economic efficiency, environmental studies, EPA, give a hoot, incremental trade-offs, point of diminishing returns, political pressure, public perception, removing impurities, save the childrem, save the wildlife, Thomas Sowell, toxicity testing, wasting taxpayer money
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