July 7, 2024
This is the third entry in my series citing Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense (2023) by Dr. Hugh Ross, which I began this past May. In this week’s excerpt, Ross addresses the ideas of “history” and “myth” in interpreting the Old Testament creation passages. How similar are these texts to those of other Ancient Near […]
Tags: ancient Near Eastern religions, ANE creation myths, biblical creation passages, biblical distinctives, biblical implications, Bruce Waltke, Christian theology, Francis Collins, Genesis, hermeneutics, history, Hugh Ross, literary genre, myth, Old Testament, Peter Enns
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
June 30, 2024
“To be clear, we never have and never will endorse Biden.” — tweet from the National Border Patrol Council in response to Biden’s claim I have to say up front that I did not personally sit through the debate on CNN. I had other stuff to work on and, frankly, did not look forward to […]
Tags: Biden-Trump debate, Democrats disappointed in Biden, fact-checking, false, hyperbole, lies and misinformation, PolitiFact, poor Biden performance, presidential debate on CNN, Snopes, The Daily Signal, true, unproven
Posted in Politics |
June 23, 2024
“If a homicidal, Iranian-funded, terrorism proxy wants to pick up your college education tab, you really, really might want to reevaluate things.” — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on X/Twitter (May 3, 2024) It wasn’t all that long ago that we were all — Left and Right — shaking our heads in wonderment at this big […]
Tags: anti-squatters rights, anti-woke Democrat, breaking ranks, criticizing Biden admin, hoodie, John Fetterman, no soft-on-crime policies, pro-closing the southern border, pro-Israel, pro-law enforcement, regular Democrat, trolling Menendez, U.S. Senator
Posted in Politics |
June 16, 2024
“If you think that not paying someone a living wage is morally equivalent to dismembering a living human being, your moral compass is broken.” — Scott Klusendorf, president of Life Training Institute As with last week’s “8 Things the Abortion Debate Is NOT About”, this post is brought to you via the excellent book, The […]
Tags: bad arguments, Christian ethic, false claims, inconsistencies, intrinsic evils vs. contingent evils, John Pavlovitz, lazy slander, life issues, logical syllogism, moral equivalence, operational objectives, pro-choice, pro-life, redefinition of terms, Scott Klusendorf, The Case for Life, whole-life
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
June 9, 2024
Allow me to get right to the point. In its essence, the pro-life argument can be summarized with the following syllogism (2 premises and a conclusion): 1) It is morally wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being.2) Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being.3) Therefore, abortion is morally wrong. Personally, I might tweak it […]
Tags: bad arguments, distractions from the issue, logical syllogism, pro-choice, pro-life, Scott Klusendorf, sidetracked discussion, The Case for Life
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
June 2, 2024
“No other conventional material is this robust.” — Tibi Puiu, ZME Science Materials scientists are always experimenting with metal alloys in order to improve one or more properties. For example, add a little (~1%) carbon to a lot of iron and you get steel, which (among other things) is stronger than iron alone. The resulting […]
Tags: David Cook, highly fracture resistant, incredibly strong, jet engines, kink bands, materials science, new alloy, spacecraft applications
Posted in Science |
May 26, 2024
This is the second entry in my series citing Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense (2023) by Dr. Hugh Ross. The matter of concordism/concordance between the words of Scripture and what can be seen in nature, and in particular whether or not this is a valid thing to expect or seek, is somewhat controversial even among […]
Tags: anti-prophecy, Bernard Ramm, biblical inerrancy, biblical worldview, Brent Sandy, concordance, concordism, Denis Lamoureux, doctrinal erosion, Hugh Ross, John Soden, John Walton, Johnny Miller, possible overreaction to YEC claims, Rescuing Inerrancy, scientific defense, Stanley Jaki, William Lane Craig
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
May 19, 2024
“Look carefully into the Scriptures, which are the true utterances of the Holy Spirit. Observe that nothing of an unjust or counterfeit character is written in them.” — Clement of Rome (ca. AD 35-99) Not long ago, I finished reading Rescuing Inerrancy: A Scientific Defense by Dr. Hugh Ross. I generally try to read books […]
Tags: ante-Nicene fathers, apostolic writers, Aquinas, Augustine, biblical implications, biblical inerrancy, biblical references, Clement of Rome, concordance, concordism, dual revelation, Hebrew prophets, Hugh Ross, John Calvin, Kenton Sparks, Martin Luther, medieval Christian leaders, Peter Enns, Reformation Christian leaders, Rescuing Inerrancy, Robert Boyle, Rogers & McKim, scientific defense, the Apostle Peter
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
May 12, 2024
Did you catch this bombshell? I don’t think I saw anything about it in mainstream media. (Then again, I don’t spend much time perusing the MSM.) Sure, outfits like NPR and The Guardian reported on the related fact that presiding US district court judge Aileen Cannon delayed the trial. But, this particular detail about the […]
Tags: anti-Trump narrative, classified documents, corrupt DoJ, cover sheets, David Strom, Declassified, Donald Trump, FBI raid, Hot Air, Julie Kelly, Mar-a-Lago raid, misleading the American people, Special Counsel Jack Smith, staged photo, Top Secret
Posted in Politics |
May 5, 2024
“[I]t is the progressive elites, not their conservative opponents, who are engaging in cultural revolution!” — Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute As you may know, I often share excerpts from relevant articles at other publications. One semi-regular source is Imprimis — the newsletter from Hillsdale College, which adapts presentations from their seminars and lecture series […]
Tags: AAMC, AMA, disparate impact analysis, Heather Mac Donald, Hillsdale College, Imprimis, MCATs, medical school curriculum, racial discrimination, racial disparity, removal of merit-based standards, shift to focus on social issues and psychology, woke medicine
Posted in Politics |