Extra-Biblical Texts

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | Comments Off

For years, centuries actually, debate has gone on about the reliability of the biblical texts. Questions have been raised about whether the events in the gospels actually happened and how much, if any, of the related events are historically accurate. During that time, one key component of the nay-sayers has been this argument about a lack of what they call "extra-biblical texts." In other words, their claim is that the Bible amounts to circular reasoning because ...

Life and Death

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | 1 Comment »

Last week, I wrote about how the meaning of some of our words can change over time and completely depart from their originally intended definition. Sometimes it is because the words get misused. But sometimes, I think there is just too little understanding of the word itself. It is possible, also, that in some cases we are so far removed from the original meaning that we don't recognize that this has happened. One word that seems ...

The Nobel Peace Prize Doesn’t Always Go to the Most Deserving

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 by Ty Wallace posted in Political Issues | 1 Comment »

When I heard that President Barak Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, my first thought was , "For what?" Many in the world share the same thought. Then a friend sent me a very interesting write-up on another individual who was in consideration for the prize in 2007 but was passed over for Al Gore. I thought I'd post it here for your consideration.

The Changing Meaning of Words

Thursday, December 17th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | Comments Off

I think I’ve hit this topic before, but it seems worth going over once again. There definitely seems to be an issue of misunderstanding with regards to certain concepts and the language used to represent them. Two of the most prominent of these are the common uses of words like “intolerance” and “fundamentalism.” Interestingly, these two words are often found being used alongside one another. We hear all the time about how those “fundamentalists” are being ...

Social Injustice

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | Comments Off

It may be stating the blatantly obvious to say that there are a large number of differing ideologies between the liberal left and the conservative right. The way these two sides of the political spectrum tend to be marketed is, I think, very misleading. At least insofar as I understand the differences between the two. Without going too far down the many rabbit trails that one could be tempted by in this topic, the one area ...

Equal Rights in School

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | 2 Comments »

Double standards always seem to fascinate me. Sometimes atheists have them. Sometimes Christians have them. In some way, I wouldn't be surprised if we all have some double standards of our own. Public school is one of those places that one of the secular double standards rears its ugly head. I wouldn't have a big problem with it if it weren't for the fact that this is a very influential time for kiddos and if their ...