Forgive the “we’s” and the ‘us’es – this is cross posted from a school blog and I’m too focused on my studies to re-write it. Here’s a funny thing. I study Christianity, but I live and breath secularism. In fact, I’m … Continue reading
One of the difficulties of reconciling the goodness of the Christian God (the God that Jesus Christ believed in; the Jewish God; I AM WHO I AM) with the badness of the world we live in is that it’s easy … Continue reading
I like Seth Godin’s stuff but I don’t agree 100% with everything he writes. In this post he conflates professionalism with continuous improvement, and then he conflates continuous improvement with scientific observation. He contrasts the professional (scientific) approach with a … Continue reading
Why does a good God allow bad things to happen? The character of a God who would desire something, have the power to make it so, and yet not do it is foreign to us. We find it confusing and … Continue reading
This is, in some way, a follow-up to my previous post on the goodness of life. Please pardon the focus on excrement. Excrement is filthy. It holds all the toxins and bits of food that we don’t want. We associate … Continue reading
Then life must be good, no matter what I think or feel about it. Can I really believe that God created all things and is above all things – and at the same time claim that man’s badness is greater … Continue reading
So often, we find ourselves talking about the Church… But not talking about Jesus. Witness(and read, it’s excellent) this article in the New Yorker (examining the Papal visit to Britain). Conventional wisdom holds that such respect is increasingly misplaced, and that … Continue reading
Hmm.. Britain’s Defence Minister doesn’t like the video game, “Medal of Honor.” On the face of it, this is odd; after all, aren’t violent desensitizing video games the army’s bread and butter? Didn’t the US Army even set up it’s … Continue reading
If you live in Connecticut, the answer is yes. They have a law against “injury or risk of injury to, or impairing morals of, children.” I think this law is fantastic. It’s exactly the kind of law that should exist … Continue reading
I don’t remember the name of my Grade 7 Social Studies teacher. Does that make me a bad person? Well, I don’t remember much of her class, either But there was one fantastic lesson in that class, and I sincerely … Continue reading