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“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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
“[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 […]
In case you missed it, last week we looked at what the ESV Study Bible and the Baker Illustrated Study Bible (CSB) have to say about God’s seemingly out-of-the-blue attempt on the life of Moses(?) and Zipporah’s appeasement of God by circumcising their firstborn son. As promised, this week we continue the investigation by looking […]
It is time for the third entry (each in two parts) in this series, which looks at particularly baffling passages from the Old Testament that are often glossed over in study Bibles and Bible commentaries. The first entry was focused on Gen. 6:1-4 (“sons of God” and the Nephilim), and the second examined Gen. 9:18-29 […]
“[I]f you have an existing nuke, keep it open if you can. I think most people are agnostic on new nuclear, hoping that the next generation of reactors might pan out but fearing that they’ll be too expensive.” — Bill McKibben, author, activist, founder of 350.org If this topic sounds vaguely familiar, it might be […]
