Rand Paul and Fiction
2013-10-31 – People are up in arms about Rand Paul’s “plagiarism” of a Wikipedia article on the science fiction film Gattaca. I’m not going to join that chorus. He used […]
Tag Archives: Religion
Global Questions
2013-10-29 – You listen to people of faith. You listen to people of science. And you hear the same stuff. Talk about beginning. Talk about ends. Talk about how we […]
Flip Side of Francis
Pope Francis has sent the world into a tizzy with these words: “We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods.” To […]
Why I Am a Conservative (And They’re Not)
2013-10-22 – For several decades now I’ve been listening to people claim to be conservatives who don’t even remotely fit the definition. Conservative are supposed to want to preserve […]
What a Piece of Work Is Man!
2013-10-20 – One of the arguments against evolution is the perfection of God’s creation. Evolution, apparently, can’t arrive at a creature as noble as man. I’m not sure who can […]
So Many Churches
2013-09-24 – When we drive through rural Iowa and Illinois, we often stay clear of the interstates. We like the scenery and it is interesting to see all the towns. […]
Magnets Prove What?
2013-09-17 – There’s a HuffPost story going around snickering about a student in Nigeria who claims he can prove gay marriage wrong on the basis of the way magnets work. […]
For the Sin
2013-09-05 – For doubters like myself, it pays, once in a while, to acknowledge the good side of religion. So much of what we hear about the so-called faithful are […]
Phases of the Moon
2013-08-27 – It is now dark when I leave the house in the morning. There was a bit of a haze in the sky this morning, so there were no […]
Laughs and Tells Jokes
2013-08-20 – In 2004, I wrote the following post: “It is a Jewish tradition to count our blessings each day. There are blessings that form a part of the daily […]
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