A View from the Right Science, POLITICS, & Religion

“Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.”  — I Tim. 4:1-2 (HCSB) On January 8-11, 1975, an invitation-only symposium was hosted by the Christian Medical Society on the […]

“I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”  — I John 5:13 (HCSB) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself going through long-neglected directories on your computer, ostensibly in search of ancient or otherwise unneeded […]

Have you heard of the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket? From the summary in the Wikipedia entry: “After their parents’ death in a fire, [three] children are placed in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance and, later, orchestrates numerous disasters with the […]

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”  — Matt. 28:19-20 (ESV) Last week, I […]

“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”  — I John 4:1 (ESV) I have mentioned in the past that I am responsible for screening/vetting candidates for a Christian Facebook group I admin. You might recall […]

“I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!”  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), September 20, 2018 Last week, the U.S. Senate passed […]

“If we are going to imagine a Mars P.D., then it is imperative that we also imagine that police department’s potential flaws.” All sorts of people (e.g., Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich) are excited about colonies on the Moon and Mars, planning and talking about the realization of such plans in (possibly) the next few decades, […]

“In all my years in academia, I have never once seen a comparable reaction from a journal within days of publishing a paper that the journal already had subjected to peer review, accepted and published. One can only assume that the response was in large measure due to the intense lobbying the journal received, and […]

“Our nation is about to be transformed, thanks to the #MeToo movement…. #MeToo is going to unleash a new torrent of gender and race quotas throughout the economy and culture, [and] the net consequence will be a loss of American competitiveness and scientific achievement.”  — Heather MacDonald, the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan […]

“The chief modern rival of Christianity is Liberalism.”  — Rev. J. Gresham Machen As a follow-up of sorts to last week’s post, I decided to share an excerpt from a modern Christian classic, Christianity and Liberalism (1923), by another famous “fundamentalist”* (though he would have identified as a conservative evangelical and Presbyterian), J. Gresham Machen. […]