Perhaps Jerry Pournelle Should Stick to Fiction
I like Jerry Pournelle, though he’s not on my top 5 or top 10 list of authors, but it looks like he should stick to the “fiction” part of “science fiction.”.
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Religious Attitudes and Worship Styles
One thing I have observed over the years is that relatively few debates in church congregations center around serious theological issues. A few are about administrative and financial issues, but there is nothing like the order of worship to produce an angry debate. Some congregations spend years fighting over things like whether one should raise…
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Resident Alien, Agent of a Foreign Power, Patriot
I planned to post this yesterday, but both work and family intervened, leaving me with insufficient time to complete the task. Work involved family as I helped my brother with a computer problem at his office. Family was in the form of listening to my stepson play baseball via the internet, as the Pensacola Pelicans…
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Word Order and Thinking Order
There’s a new study out dealing with word order that’s fairly interesting. I’m just going to link to a post on this, other than to note that there are a number of serious questions in interpretation. The post is at Not Exactly Rocket Science, which I will add to my blogroll. Here’s the conclusion: Goldin-Meadow’s…
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Oppose Fairness Doctrine
Here’s a case where I support a position taken by a number of religious right groups–the fairness doctrine. I don’t think it was ever appropriate, and it is both inappropriate and unnecessary now in the information age. The story is on the Christian Post. In the information age, all we need to do is refrain…
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Lakeland as Viewed by a Pentecostal Skeptic
. . . at Lingamish. [Note: Linked post withdrawn by author Lingamish.] Well worth reading.
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Christian Carnival Plug
It’s time to start thinking about submitting for the next Christian Carnival which will be hosted at Crossroads. The submission form is at http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_1551.html. Submissions are due Tuesday night by midnight each week. The upcoming hosting schedule is at Parableman.
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The God Exception – Opening Shot
I’m going to try to divide this one up, because the topic promises to get a bit long. Also, objectors please note that I am aware of various approaches to theodicy and am not discussing them here. My point is simply that we assume some good explanation will be available for certain things, while do…
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Christian Carnival CCXL Posted
. . . at Fish and Cans.
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Peter Enns Writes on Inspiration and Incarnation
Earlier this year I commented twice on Dr. Peter Enns and the actions by WTS regarding his theology and writings. Now he has posted some additional information on his views and some responses to prior reviews of his work. (HT: An Evangelical Dialogue on Evolution, though I should note that this does not have to…