Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Culture, Life, Philosophy, Politics, Religion on Jun 26th, 2008
I have a new theory about theories. It’s a development of my theory about people. And it uses fun words.
I promised earlier that I’d have something more helpful to say about the different reading recommendations you’d get from conservative and progressives Christians. So I’ll do that in this post.
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I just turned on the TV for a second to give myself a break, and saw a woman (Terry Meeuwsen?) on The 700 Club say that new Christians should read the New Testament.
Start in John, she said, and read through to the end (i.e., Revelations).
“Never mind the first three Gospels?” I wanted to ask.
The “start [...]
has been republished over at Precipice Magazine. You can read it here.
It was first published by The Free Liberal here.
Posted in Culture, Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Politics, Religion on Jun 21st, 2008
Dr. Gene Chase, my academic advisor and mentor from my undergraduate days, pointed out to me that my friend from the same era, Anthony DeRosa, has written up some thoughts that are rather consonant with my own re the legalization of same-sex marriage.
I tried to leave a comment over at Anthony’s blog, but the log-in [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics (Philosophy), Scripture (Religion) on Jun 16th, 2008
Yesterday’s sermon was on the Kingdom of God/Heaven. Which was almost guaranteed to be interesting, since I get the feeling that our church members are primarily progressive and pacifist. (The non-pacifist, non-progressive part of me grins. Wait, that would be all of me. Or almost all?)
But after expressing his (I think legitimate) concerns over the [...]
Posted in Scripture (Religion) on Jun 13th, 2008
Once upon a time, someone wrote an article called, “Jesus Wasn’t Crazy: How to Bless Those Who Curse.” In it he wrote:
When you read John (e.g., 1.50-51, 6.48-58) you start to think maybe Jesus is crazy.
Well, today he was reading Matthew. Not all of Matthew. Just some of it. Part of what he read [...]
Posted in Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Religion on Jun 8th, 2008
Below the fold, you’ll find the text of my address for Mt. Sophia Academy’s commencement ceremonies.
If you were there, you may notice that some of the jokes are missing. Sorry. One sometimes does a little ad lib-ing (libbing) when one actually delivers a speech . . . . (And then, sometimes, one has things one [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics (Philosophy), Philosophy, Politics, Religion on Jun 5th, 2008
For context, here are the four articles I’ve written so far that have something to do with gay marriage.
1. Why heterosexual marriage should not be legal (or, how to relieve John Edward’s “personal conflict”)
2. Three Reasons Everyone Wants Marriage De-Legalized
3. Supreme Court of California’s Decision to Legalise Gay Marriage Leaves Many Questions Unanswered (not my [...]
Posted in Life, Philosophy, Religion, Scripture (Religion) on Jun 3rd, 2008
Darren at Precipice Magazine was kind enough to ask if they could reprint my article, “Jesus Isn’t Crazy: How to Bless Those Who Curse.” So I sent him the original version (Catapult’s editors had made some changes to the version they posted).
You can read it here.
On Friday, Michael Gerson, a former Bush administration person, wrote an article entitled, “The Libertarian Jesus” for the Washington Post. It is, strangely, a defense of compassionate conservatism.
I say “strangely,” because no one believes in compassionate conservatism anymore. (I love making general statements like that.) Except Mike Huckabee, and you know what I think about [...]
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