On reading W.B. Yeats’ “The Song of the Happy Shepherd” The poets in their foolish song Have captured for my reading Glimmers of their thoughts, long gone Desperately pleading. We walked in sunshine once as you And toiled after truth We gloried in our bodies...
As a former vaccine skeptic, I can tell you why many people are suspicious: 1. Overly-aggressive timing The *timing* of some vaccines seems unnecessary. For example, Hep-b vaccines are recommended AT BIRTH in the US – not because infants are likely to contract it, but...
Full disclosure, I have not seen Obvious Child, and have only read/heard a handful of detailed reviews, both positive and negative. However, this film appears to bring up some important questions and concerns for those of us who are pro-life and anti-abortion. 1. Planned Parenthood helped...
I was just listening to an interview with Robert Spencer on ACM. Spencer is the author of Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth About the War We’re In. One of the questions I got to ask was ‘how do we reach the 75% of Muslims...
This post is part of a series. Of the three philosophical arguments marshaled in this series in support of Conditionalism, the argument from proportional, finite justice is the most powerful, if not most important. However, it is critical to understand the case against the Traditional view from this...
The Catholic Church is not the only part of the Christian Church that has problems with sexual abuse. As Kathryn Joyce reveals in her new piece in The American Prospect, Protestant churches have a problem, and Billy Graham’s grandson is on a mission to “persuade...
This series is made up of the following articles: The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 1, Introduction The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 2, The Main Arguments The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 3 – Inherent Mortality The Philosophical Case for Conditionalism 4 – Proportional Justice and Traditionalism...
I have previously discussed what our approaches can and should be in addressing the spread of Islam in our country and world here: Dealing with Islam: Passive or Active Resistance? Five Responses to Islamofascism But this past weekend, I had a long talk with a...
