Assuming Evolution

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

It seems to be taking me an obscenely long time to read through Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion. One reason for this is the fact that shortly after starting the book, I began to realize how utterly ridiculous Dawkins’ arguments were against theism. They were riddled with double-standards and self-refuting ideas. There is one particular thing that I would like to draw attention to that is in his book. It is also an argument that I ...

Inconsistent Skepticism

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | Comments Off

It seems that the more I read or listen to many of the common arguments from non-believers, there is a very narrow range of types of objections to Christianity or any sort of theism. One such argument has to do with the level of skepticism they have regarding any claims of a divine being. What I have found, however, is that this argument tends to be every bit as inconsistent as many others. For example, one ...

Since It’s Gross…We Can Admit It’s Bad

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | 2 Comments »

Recently, I read a news article about the now famous (or infamous) abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell who was recently charged with eight counts of murder for abortions he performed. The story is not for the faint of heart, so if you're going to read the entire article, please be prepared. There were a number of things that concerned me while reading through this. And that's in addition to the gruesome details of the things this man ...

Judging Inconsistencies

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 by Dan Carrington posted in Society & Culture | Comments Off

Recently, I've been listening to the Unbelievable? podcast, available on iTunes. In my usual, borderline OCD manner I had to start listening beginning with the oldest podcast available, so I started listening to episodes from the end of 2007. On one such episode, they had a guest on the show who was a Reiki healer named Beverly. While there were a number of things that she said that I took issue with theologically, one of the ...