The Politics of Balance
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | No Comments »The United States of America is approaching it's 250th year of existence. I hadn't really thought of it that way until just now. But, really, it's only 16 years away. That's not really all that far, when you think about it. It'll be here in the blink of an eye. When I think back over the last couple hundred years of American politics, particularly as it pertains to our political parties, something strikes me profoundly about ...
God is…
Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in God's Character | 1 Comment »God is love. We hear that a lot. And I think that's absolutely true. God is love. However, I sometimes wonder if we are understanding the entire scope when we say things like that. To say that "God is love" carries with it a rather distinct meaning from it's inverse, "Love is God." Those two things are not the same. This is very much unlike one of the mathematical theorems that says if a=b then b=a. ...
Discrimination Against Christianity
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | 1 Comment »One of the ironies in the area of politics and religion seems to be that those people who strongly profess a faith of some sort feel as though they are being persecuted by the secular minority and the secular minority feels as though they are being persecuted by those who are religious. It's an interesting predicament. Every time I read and article or hear a conversation about abortion or same-sex marriage or the myriad of other ...
The Convenience of Money
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Society & Culture | No Comments »I don't know if you're old enough to remember this, and perhaps I'm showing my age a bit, but do you remember what life was like before debit cards? I still remember what it was like when we didn't have the Internet (or at least the World Wide Web), or cell phones, or ATMs. The more I think about that, the more I can't help but wonder if all the conveniences and advances in technology actually ...
Misapplication of Truth
Friday, August 6th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Bible & Scripture | No Comments »It's not a new thing to point out the flaws of Christians and use that as an argument against the veracity of the Christian faith. Many things have been written on this subject and today I've been thinking about something along these lines that I have not yet read anywhere else. That is, the idea of misapplying objective Truths. While, on the one hand, I could say that non-believers do this, I would be remiss if ...
Abortion – A Religious Issue or a Secular Issue?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | 4 Comments »Ever since Roe v. Wade abortion has been quite a hot topic in the United States. It seems like every presidential election, Supreme Court Justice nomination, congressional election and senatorial election, this is one of the major topics of discussion. Where does each given candidate or nominee stand on the abortion issue? Personally, I think that many of the pro-lifers out there who's rhetoric I've heard discussed are taking the wrong approach. It would seem pretty ...
Truth and Relativity
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | No Comments »In the ever-present effort to keep religion out of politics (I actually don't think this is even possible, but that's a subject for another time) many Christians are not doing their faith much justice. I'd like to say that I am often surprised at how often people downplay the importance of their faith in their lives, but I can't. While I understand the concept of not having a "state-sponsored" religion, I sometimes think that many Christians ...
Open Minded
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | No Comments »Have you ever heard someone tell you that you need to be more open minded? The most interesting part about that is that most of those people don't actually realize what they're saying. What does it actually mean to be open minded? In general, to be open minded means that you have a willingness (or openness) to listen to, and perhaps even entertain, thoughts or ideas that may directly conflict with your already established beliefs. But that ...
Teaching the Bible in Public School
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Political Issues | No Comments »It looks as if Texas is not the only place one can find the Bible being taught as part of the public school curriculum. A school district in California has just unanimously passed a vote to include an elective class that teaches the Bible from the standpoint of its being a work of literature and history. The school district must carefully craft this curriculum so as not to breach any California statutes and it must adhere ...
God of the Gaps
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Apologetics | No Comments »You've probably heard the term "God of the Gaps" before. If not, another phrase used for this concept is the "argument from ignorance." This is basically an anti-theist argument which tries to make theists look like wishful thinkers. The main premise is that the anti-theist claims that believers will give the credit to God for anything that they can't think of a natural explanation for. Essentially, they like to make it look like we just throw ...
