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Category Archives: Religion
The Faith of Reason
A colleague of mine in the blogging world, Adrian Thysse commented on my last article, The Fifty-First Psalm in English Verse. His comment brought up some interesting and very important questions facing the world today. These questions are some of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Creationism, Culture, culture war, Current News, educational, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Islam, Philosophy, psalms, Religion, Science
Tagged apologetics, Christianity, creation, culture war, Evolution, Faith, ID, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, rationality, reason, Religion, Science
Pseudo-Polite Conversation
“Never mention politics or religion, in polite conversation.” It’s a common phrase and you heard it many times. It is also one of the most destructive ideas of Western civilization. Think about it for a minute, is there anything more … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, culture war, Education, educational, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Rhetoric, Trends
Tagged conversation, Culture, Debate, Politics, Religion, worldview
Burqas for Finland!?
This is from, Jihad Watch who in turn got it from, Infidel Bloggers Alliance. I never thought of the Fins as the type to back down from a fight. I always had this idea that they were rugged individualists who … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, culture war, Current News, Diplomacy, educational, Ethics, Faith, Islam, Politics, Religion
Tagged culture war, finland, freedom of speech, Islam, mohamed, mohamed cartoon, seppo lehto
A New Low for the New York Times
I read the New York Times every day, and on the whole I find it to be a pretty good source of news. Though the New York Times leans liberal as with most news agencies in the US, I do … Continue reading
Translations of the Bible, and Why We Should All Learn Greek
Another debate that has been going for some time along similar lines, is what is the best English translation of the Bible. I have no sympathy of opinion with the King James only camp. This is a ludicrous and logically … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Culture, Faith, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Trends
Tagged aramaic, Bible, greek, hebrew, koine, latin, new testament, old testament, source language, syriac, translations
Languages of the Bible
A debate has raged for centuries in the halls of seminaries and theology departments around the world. This debate centers on what language the New Testament was written in. It is generally well accepted that the language of the Old … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Education, Faith, Linguistics, Religion, Rhetoric, Theology, Trends
Tagged aramaic, Bible, greek, hebrew, koine, latin, new testament, old testament, source language, syriac, translations
Titles for Christians, Humanists, christians, and humanists…
“While some humanists embrace calling themselves secular humanists, others prefer the term Humanist, capitalized and without any qualifying adjective. The terms secular humanism and Humanism overlap, but have different connotations. The term secular humanism emphasizes a non-religious focus, whereas … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Faith, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric, Trends
Tagged Christianity, cultural christian, humanism, secular humanism
A New Ethic? Absolute Uniquanatism?*
I am generally a moral absolutist. I believe that there is a right and wrong path to take on moral issues. However I also believe that decisions must made completly on a case by case basis. I believe that in the exact situation, defined … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Education, Ethics, Faith, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric, Theology
The Golden Compass by, C.S. Lewis
I went to see the Golden Compass yesterday, as I said I would. I thought it was a good movie overall and I expect that the book is much better. It did suffer from what I call Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Current News, Entertainment, Faith, Fiction, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric, Theology
Mitt Romney and the Mormon Church
First I would like to say that Mormons deservedly have the reputation of being highly moral people. It is true that Mormonism shares a common ethic with Christianity. However that does not make them Christians and they are not. My … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Current News, Education, Faith, Mormonism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Theology