Category: Nature of Man
What & Why of Human Dignity
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,…
What & Why of Human Dignity
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,…
The God Haters, Part 1: Hath God Said?
You cannot fix a problem unless you are willing to admit the problem and not be in a state of denial. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ~ Ro 8:7 This is…
Reflections: Cats Are People Too
Our Limited Knowledge and Foresight
God is omniscient, yet we often act as though we are the ones with all knowledge. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of…
The Moral Slide: Is God Relevant In Today’s World?
[Originally published in February 2009] We’ve all seen the list. It usually comes as an email, but it has been promoted by a lot of people. Even Billy Graham and Dear Abbey have used the list. Like many urban legends, the list of the top school problems of the 1940s…
Science, Fallibility and Love
Harry Harlow with a “wire mother” surrogate nurse and a rhesus monkey subject Hard as it is to believe, during the early Twentieth Century, a whole school of mental health professionals decided that unconditional love was a terrible thing to give a child. The government printed pamphlets warning mothers against…
Contemporary Religion and the Tree of Knowledge
There is a story in the Bible that pretty much sums up most of the world’s largest religions, including mainstream Christianity: 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,…
Katrina and Love Waxing Cold
MSNBC.com posted on 24 August the article “‘No compassion’ for Katrina loan applicants". It is a story about how employees in the SBA who were supposed to help victims of Hurricane Katrina were rewarded for closing loan applications quickly and penalized if they did not. Very often, applicants were required…
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What & Why of Human Dignity
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,…
What & Why of Human Dignity
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,…
The God Haters, Part 1: Hath God Said?
You cannot fix a problem unless you are willing to admit the problem and not be in a state of denial. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. ~ Ro 8:7 This is…
Reflections: Cats Are People Too
Our Limited Knowledge and Foresight
God is omniscient, yet we often act as though we are the ones with all knowledge. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of…
The Moral Slide: Is God Relevant In Today’s World?
[Originally published in February 2009] We’ve all seen the list. It usually comes as an email, but it has been promoted by a lot of people. Even Billy Graham and Dear Abbey have used the list. Like many urban legends, the list of the top school problems of the 1940s…
Science, Fallibility and Love
Harry Harlow with a “wire mother” surrogate nurse and a rhesus monkey subject Hard as it is to believe, during the early Twentieth Century, a whole school of mental health professionals decided that unconditional love was a terrible thing to give a child. The government printed pamphlets warning mothers against…
Contemporary Religion and the Tree of Knowledge
There is a story in the Bible that pretty much sums up most of the world’s largest religions, including mainstream Christianity: 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,…
Katrina and Love Waxing Cold
MSNBC.com posted on 24 August the article “‘No compassion’ for Katrina loan applicants". It is a story about how employees in the SBA who were supposed to help victims of Hurricane Katrina were rewarded for closing loan applications quickly and penalized if they did not. Very often, applicants were required…