Archive for 2010
Why It is Immoral and Impossible to Exclude One’s Religious Views from the Public Square Debate?
As many of you know, I participated in the Oxford Round Table at Harris Manchester College in Oxford in July. I presented a paper entitled “A Proposal for a Proportional Accommodation and Appreciation Model For Governing the Relationship of Church and State.” I am presently working to make that paper into a book. However, because…
Read MoreA Proposal for a Proportional Accommodation and Appreciation Model
I’m back from the United Kingdom, and here is a summary of what I presented at the Oxford Round Table. A Proposal for a Proportional Accommodation and Appreciation Model
Read MoreGenetic Engineering
Recently Doug Gray presented a concise, detailed explanation of Genetic Engineering to the Roundtable in Ethics. He begins with the scientific research that forms the basis for the current biotechnology, with an explanation of terms and events along the way. He ends by considering the moral and ethical impact of this genetic altering technology. This…
Read MoreThink About IT: Difference in Practice and Law
The reason secularists continue to seek removal of public expressions of faith such as “National Day of Prayer” or “In God We Trust” is because they have turned the First amendment on its head to mean no public expressions of faith whereas historically it actually protected that expression. Historically, the First Amendment limited only the…
Read MoreThink About IT: Globalism vs. Globalization
Often these terms are used synonymously in order to promote globalism by demonstrating the undeniable and thereby summarily equating all dissenters with flat-earthers. The argument conflates globalization and globalism and is stated something like “Globalism is undeniable,” and demonstrates that by banding a few supposed indisputable evidences, e.g. the interconnectedness of commerce, communication, travel, etc.…
Read MoreThink About IT: Planning Is Looking Better All the Time
My sabbatical began by driving to Seaside, Florida, in order to perform a wedding. We planned to divide the trip into two days by getting a room for the night in Mobile, Alabama. Now, for some reason, we decided not to book a room in advance–I guess that decision was made in an adventurous moment…
Read MoreThink About IT: The Europeanization of America
I love to visit England and would be delighted to visit other European countries. However, this fondness for sojourning in Europe in order to drink from the abundant fountains of history is markedly distinct from a desire for the U.S. to become England’s twin. If my recollection of history is correct, there was a time…
Read MoreThink About IT: Darwin, Eugenics, Compassion
Without a doubt, you are familiar with Hitler’s attempt to produce a better race by elimination of those with “inheritable undesirable traits”, which is known as negative eugenics whereas encouraging reproduction by persons with “inheritable desirable traits” is referred to as positive eugenics. Well, Darwinist were promoting and practicing the same thing in the United…
Read MoreThink About IT: The Cruelty of Darwinian Compassion
Darwin says, “The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts…” ((Charles Darwin, Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, (originally published 1871: reprint with introduction published New York: Barnes &…
Read MoreThink about IT: A Gospel Standard for Movies and Music
Recently I was asked a series of questions regarding the application of Christian principles in the area of entertainment. Although these are neither exhaustive nor thorough, I hope you find them helpful. Q: More and more we see the church looks like the world. One area is entertainment – the music we listen to, the…
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