October 23, 2016
“[A]ll federal court judges, but most particularly Supreme Court justices, exert substantial influence on the development and application of the law over a long period, often for decades after the president who appointed them has left office…. The stakes are high indeed.” — John G. Malcolm, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center […]
Tags: Antonin Scalia, candidates for Supreme Court justice, consitutionalism, Heritage Foundation, John G. Malcolm, judicial activism, legislating from the bench, Mark Halperin, Maryanne Trump Barry, originalism, replacement nominees, SCOTUS, Trump's nominees, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Posted in Politics |
October 16, 2016
“[W]e do not have the choice to vote for [some] ideal candidate but only for the real ones that are on the ticket. In an ideal world this would not happen, but we do not live in an ideal world…. [W]e can only choose the best one available, not the best one conceivable. And as […]
Tags: #NeverHillary, 2016 presidential elections, 3rd-party votes, Access Hollywood tape, character of the president, David Limbaugh, do the least bad, do the most good, don't waste your vote, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, hot mic, imperfect candidate, Jeff Myers, John Stonestreet, lesser of two evils, lewd remarks, Mike Pence, moral outrage, next presidential administration, no vote, Norm Geisler, presid, reluctant vote, Rick Walston, stop Hillary, Trump for President, Trump is only viable candidate who can beat Clinton, work with current system
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
October 9, 2016
“The legal/cultural battle over whether biological males who have a female gender identity (or vice versa) can use the public bathroom, spa facility, or school showers reserved for the opposite sex is consuming the attention of the national media and the national conscience. Christians find themselves caught in an awkward situation, facing another obstacle they […]
Tags: A New Kind of Apologist, accusations of bigotry, Alan Shlemon, Archives of General Psychiatry, Christian ambassador, Christian response, culture wars, First Things, gender identity, Greg Koukl, mixed-gender facilities, moral and social issues, National Center for Transgender Equality and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New England Journal of Medicine, scienctific evidence, Scriptural teaching, Sean McDowell, sex reassignment surgery, Stand to Reason, STR, the Federalist, Time, transgender, transphobia, transsexual regret, truth and compassion
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
October 2, 2016
“Is a scientific analysis in terms of light waves more ultimate than a human being’s perception of a red apple?… No, neither one is more ultimate. Reality has many levels, and human beings have many legitimate perspectives.” — Dr. Vern Poythress As you may recall, I blogged on an excerpt from Vern Poythress’ book, Redeeming […]
Tags: Christian worldview, empiricism, epistemology, idealism, multiple perspectives on reality, ontology, philosophy of science, postmodernism, practice of science, pragmatism, realism, Redeeming Science, Symphonic Theology, symphony of perspectives, Vern Poythress, what is reality?
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
September 26, 2016
Came across this interesting nugget of science news this week and had to share…. Who would have thought that commercial optical fiber networks would be instrumental in developing quantum teleportation technology? But, yes, it’s true. Now, we’re not talking about Star Trek-type teleportation, here. (Sniff!) Quantum teleportation is limited to transmitting information, not physical things. […]
Tags: Adrian Cho, Avaneesh Pandey, Einstein quote, entangled pairs, Hamish Johnston, Nature Photonics, phase, photons, polarization, quantum computing, quantum entanglement, quantum physics, quantum state, quantum theory, spooky at a distance, subatomic particles, University of Calgary, University of Science and Technology of China
Posted in Science |
September 18, 2016
“He is there, and He is not silent.” — Francis Schaeffer This should sound familiar to some of you…. Sometimes, skeptics of Christianity or of “revealed truth” more generally will throw out various claims about the Bible or about what (they think) God would/should/could do, in an attempt to undermine Christians’ faith in what we […]
Tags: Bible, can we trust the Bible?, casting doubt on authenticity of the Bible, communication from God, counter skeptic claims, James White, Scripture Alone, undermining Christian faith, Word of God
Posted in Religion |
September 11, 2016
“[T]he Bible alone is the written Word of God, and as such is the only infallible, definitive standard in matters of controversy in the church.” — Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Orthodoxy and Heresy If you are a Christian (and maybe if you aren’t), you have probably heard of the term sola scriptura. It is one […]
Tags: Bible-only, James White, London Baptist Confession of 1689, Orthodoxy and Heresy, protestant principle, Protestant Reformation, Protestantism, Reformed theology, Robert Bowman, Roman Catholic Church, Scripture Alone, sola scriptura, sole infallible rule of faith, sufficiency of Scripture, The Cambridge Declaration, the Reformers
Posted in Religion |
September 11, 2016
“Mourn the dead, Fight like hell for the living.” — Mother Jones There are scads of 9/11 memorial images and memes online, but I wanted to share just a few that I really liked. Like!0
Tags: 9/11, memorial of 2001 terrorist attack, never forget, Pentagon, September 11th, Somerset PA, Twin Towers
Posted in Politics |
September 4, 2016
“It’s difficult to agree on secure borders without realizing that Donald Trump is the only candidate that has the spine, conviction and love for America to do what is necessary.” — Dan Celia, “Trump’s Immigration Plan is a Winner” The subject of immigration, and particularly of illegal immigration, into the U.S. has been a hot […]
Tags: 2016 presidential elections, border wall, build a wall, Donald Trump, illegal drug trade, illegal immigrants cost taxpayers money, illegal immigration, immigration policy, international relations, LifeZette, make the cartels pay, Mexican government, Mexican people, Mexico, President Pena Nieto, remittances, trade partners, U.S.-Mexico border, use seized drug assets, visas
Posted in Politics |
August 28, 2016
“Bang! Zoom! To the Moon!” Did you miss it? Splashdown! Just a couple days ago, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule came home after spending over a month at the International Space Station (ISS). This mission was the 9th (out of a planned 20 under contract) since 2012, when Dragon “became the first commercial spacecraft in history to […]
Tags: arstechnica, beyond Earth orbit, Bob Richards, Commercial Crew Program, commercial spaceflight, commercialization of space, Dragon capsule, Elon Musk, Florida Today, Google Lunar X Prize, IDA-2 docking ring, International Space Station, ISS, lunar resources, Moon Express, MoonEx, MX-1 lander, NASA, new industry, private space mission, privately-funded lunar mission, SpaceX
Posted in Politics, Politics & Science, Science |