Every theologian, wanna-be theologian, a-theologian, and otherwise thinking person has one. Discuss a point of theology long enough, and you’ll inevitably see it played. Call it Anderson’s Law: As a theological conversation grows longer, the probability of seeing the mystery card . . . . Continue Reading »
The problem is what to do about pain. See: the common argument here — which Loftus plainly uses to dismiss God — is that all pain ought to be stopped whenever possible. A universe with suffering in it precludes the Christian God (he says), so the onus is now on John or anyone else who sees pain to stop pain.
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Several years ago it was mildly amusing when people would joke about heavy snowfall refuting global warming. Now the bit is just stale—and I’m starting to wonder if people really believe there is a direct connection between individual storms and changing climate patterns. For those who . . . . Continue Reading »
Writing at Vox Nova , the author known as “Morning’s Minion” has published a post calling for consistency in the application of canon 915 — the denial of Holy Communion to those who “obstinately persevere in manifest grave sin”— in this particular case, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Honestly calling euthanasia, “euthanasia,” reveals that most Americans oppose legalization. From the story:A new Angus Reid poll find that 42 percent of American adults are in favor of making euthanasia legal in the United States, although 52 percent feel legalizing induced death . . . . Continue Reading »
I have said it until I am blue in the face and I will continue saying it: Once a society decides that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering, that which is deemed “acceptable suffering” will continue to expand until just about any category of suicidal person will eventually . . . . Continue Reading »
Note to pompous, Kant-bashing public intellectuals : Before quoting from a book you haven’t read, you might want to check Wikipedia to make sure the tome even exists. Bernard-Henri Levy, France’s loudest voice of the 1970s school of nouveaux philosophes , who rarely appears on TV with . . . . Continue Reading »
The last two paragraphs of Dr. Hughes’s remarks provides the best opportunity to engage him in conversation. Here, he provides a comparison between the transhumanist definition of reason and a pre-Enlightenment explication by examining two houses floating in mid-air. The pre-Enlightenment . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an interesting take on the foundational issues surrounding the apologetic for atheism, and the Theist/Christian response. Continue Reading »
It is not difficult to find Christian theologians and liturgical scholars commenting on what makes for a good hymn text. For example, last year I read J. Gresham Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism, in the course of which he discusses the merits of three familiar hymns, Nearer, My God, to . . . . Continue Reading »
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