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According to an article “Why dinosaur bones were the real nail in religion’s coffin,” people like me who actually believe the Bible are “superstitious” and believe in “myths.”1 This is an article that popped up on my internet search engine page. After accusing Bible believers of being superstitious, the article talks about “humankind’s move from superstition to science,” and goes on to do a lot of elephant hurling, mentioning Copernicus, the printing press, the enlightenment and scientific revolution, Isaac Newton,…..
The death of George Floyd and its aftermath has prompted a lot of discussion of the need for change. Proposals that I have heard include increased training of law enforcement, allowing for law enforcement agents to be personally sued, and one that I like if it is workable – increased body cams. I have also heard of proposals that do not make any sense at all to me, such as defunding the police. What do people want? Total anarchy? That…..
Should we blindly trust our church leadership to tell us what the Bible means? My article “Stop Ignoring the Dinosaur in the Room!”1 referred to a New York Times article that extolled people for doing this because they “had more freedom to accept science.”2 But are these people missing something? Are their church leaders putting their trust in what the scientists are telling them? And what is the worldview of these scientists? Do they have biases?3 What is their view…..
With this interruption to our normal lives the coronavirus has caused, I think we need to ask ourselves: Is the coronavirus a bad thing? How should we respond to this? Should we be taking all of the measures that we are taking to prevent the spread of the disease and save lives? We know that the people who are most threatened by this illness are people with underlying health issues and the elderly.1 From my observation, that is like other…..
It is time to stop ignoring the dinosaur in the room! The opening skit of Saturday Night Live (SNL) on Saturday, March 07, 2020, started out with Beck Bennett playing Vice-President Mike Pence.1 “Mike Pence” was announcing “President Trump has put me in charge of the coronavirus, even though I don’t believe in ‘science.’ And I have to admit, this disease has been quite a test of my faith, just like dinosaur bones or Timothy Chalamet” On the one hand,…..
We can all learn a lot of from history. “The Battle of Singapore” episode of Generals At War analyzed the decision making of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and British General Arthur Percival.1 Under Yamashita, the Japanese drove down the Malay Peninsula; and with the British surrender, captured Singapore. The reason given that Percival decided to surrender was that the British were running out of supplies, to include water. However, when discussing surrender terms, what Yamashita did not want Percival to…..
On Tuesday, October 22, on my drive home, I heard Joe Pags discussing how in court a mother won a verdict against the boy’s father to have her seven year old son transition to a “girl.”1 This would involve the boy taking hormone blockers to prevent puberty.2. The mother says that James “identifies” as a girl and chooses to wear girls clothing. The father says that James wants to wear boys clothing around him. There are a number of points…..
Watching a YouTube video of world renowned atheists Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins, I could not help but to wonder if they were listening to what they were saying.1 Some of the things that they said certainly convinces me of the God of the Bible. At 21 minutes and 30 seconds into the video, Dawkins states: “I think it’s something we need to be proud of our species for; because our species, every species, is designed by natural selection to…..
A recent Texas Public Radio’s The Source1 interview with Elizabeth Waltman, Chief Operating Officer of the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center and Dr. C. J. Winckler, deputy medical director of the San Antonio Fire Department, was filled with biblical truth; even though that was not necessarily their intention. I do not know what their spiritual beliefs are or what they think of the Bible. The Bible tells us: “And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats…..
Several events in the news lately may be seemingly unrelated to a lot of people. One of the news items is tennis great Martina Navratilova being dropped from the LGBT group Athlete Ally.1 She spoke out against men calling themselves women and then competing against women. Navratilova gets that. She understands she would not have wanted to compete against men calling themselves women. What she may not understand is that she helped lay the groundwork for this absurdity by coming…..