Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
Anyone who thinks that evangelicals are rigid stand-patters are probably picking themselves off of the floor at the news that Pat Robertson has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the Republican Presidential nomination. It's something I discussed back in February, and my guess is that Pat went through some of the same thought processes as well. Although …
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It's obvious that Sen. Charles Grassley has too much time on his hands, as he asks six ministries to turn over financial records within one month. The "Religious Right" is is political disarray these days. As a Republican (RINO?) Grassley ought to know that. They're certainly not the force to be reckoned with they were …
My piece late last week on The Golden Compass has generated some interesting comment, especially from Mark. First, an interesting follow up. I spent some time talking about the reality of some people's atheism. Atheist Theodore Dalrymple, writing on Sam Harris' site, has also come to the conclusion that being a "pure" atheist is a …
What should churches start doing, given Wuthnow's findings? My answer would be that they should redistribute energy. When we think of all the time and energy that churches invest in children, youth and their parents, and when we think of the high level of clout exercised by senior church members, it's clear that young adults …
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Abu Daoud is absolutely correct in his response concerning the impact of the falling US Dollar on American missions: The weakening dollar will have a bad effect on world missions, by the way. It will become more difficult for the US to send out as many missionaries as it does today. Working as I do …
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CNN's piece that Some Christian Pastors Embrace Scientology is one of the sorriest developments I've witnessed in a long time. Scientology and Christianity are diametrically opposed in their entire approach to life and eternity. The fact that Christian pastors are seeking help from Scientology is a sign of the desperation that too many Evangelicals (?) …
It looks like we're "off to the races" again with the impending release of the anti-religious children's film The Golden Compass. Based on the open atheist Philip Pullman's books, the release is beginning to generate the predictable firestorm. Unfortunately, as is the case with much anti-religious (usually anti-Christian, most of these people don't have the …
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The announcement that the Fed Cuts Interest Rate by Quarter Point is another nail in the coffin of dollar hegemony. Dollar hegemony, for those of you who aren't familiar with the term, is the phenomenon whereby the status of the dollar as the world's premier reserve currency affords the greenback "privileges" that other currencies lack. …
From Black Swan Trading: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, subprime rears its vicious jaws again; this time in Europe. As reported in Bloomberg this morning, “UBS AG, Europe's largest bank by assets, reported its first quarterly loss in almost five years after declines in the U.S. subprime …
One of the newer blessings (other than same-sex blessings for people) that Episcopalians can avail themselves of is the "blessing of the animals." Needless to say dear old Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach not only did this, but got a video of this in the online Shiny Sheet. (Who needs YouTube when you have the Palm …
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