Something that may interest those interested in the kind of restrictive separationism described in Secularist Secularism : the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability’s policy statement Protecting the Religious Employment Practices of Churches and Religious Organizations . . . . . Continue Reading »
The problem of suffering and what do to about it has occupied philosophers and religious thinkers since humans first created civilization. This concern has led to to the creation of great religions, such as Buddhism, and impelled some of us to astonishing acts of empathy and charity. . . . . Continue Reading »
Roger Scruton examines Cardinal John Henry Newman’s conception of what a university does : For Newman a university does not exist simply to convey information or expertise. The university is a society in which the student absorbs the graces and accomplishments of a higher form of life. In the . . . . Continue Reading »
Not everyone who showed up to protest Pope Benedict’s visit to the UK were secularists. At least one Eastern Orthodox gentleman joined in to send the pontiff a message : It wasn’t really a poster; it more like Magic Marker theology on a pizza box. And a young man named Toby Guise was . . . . Continue Reading »
Nature had a discussion about whether humans could—or should—wipe out mosquitoes, since they cause us so much harm. I would hesitate to wipe out any species based on the potential ecological consequences and balances, while certainly would support eradicating or deeply reducing the . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s David Brooks’ judicious view of the most celebrated novel of the year. It’s too easy to display people today as being empty or insignificant or having nothing left to lose, and it’s natural for literary men and women to be critical of times without obvious exemplars . . . . Continue Reading »
At The Weekly Standard , Jonathan V. Last examines the culture of childless adults . Last mentions a Washington Post story about “altercations between parents, who bring their children, and childless adults, who bring their dogs, to play in the [Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park].” Here . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia rises to defend Christine O’Donnell on two points for which she (O’Donnell) has been much ridiculed: her statements on lying and on masturbation. In today’s “On the Square” article, she describes O’Donnell as like Palin-Lite; half the experience, . . . . Continue Reading »
“Some questions we ask today would simply baffle our ancestors,” notes theologian Albert Mohler. Once such question is whether Christians should practice yoga : When Christians ask whether believers should practice yoga, they are asking a question that betrays the strangeness of our . . . . Continue Reading »
Once upon a time I was a siren.Being a siren is not difficult; when a mommy and daddy siren loves each other very much . . . baby sirens come along. Humans find us ugly, because we are ugly. There is no way around what constant inbreeding has done to us, but Homer and the lying poets did not have to . . . . Continue Reading »
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