A horticulturist named George Ball writes a piece in the Wall Street Journal.Com warning against the radicalization of environmentalism. From, “Naturalism Has Been Hijacked: Man is Not a Cancer on the Planet:”Now a segment of the Green movement presents a fresh challenge to . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassion and Choices has touted a commentary from a blogger named Cynthia Yokey extolling hospice that, unfortunately, also sends a highly misleading message about acute medical treatment. From the quote cited in the C and C blog entry:In the acute care system, you continue to receive . . . . Continue Reading »
Uh, Nathaniel, I believe that that should properly be written, “Shame on the Sea Kitten Tossers!” Just, you know, FYI. via Radio Derb . . . . Continue Reading »
We Southern Baptists tried that for awhile, Nathaniel , but it didn’t work out so well. Turns out that if you baptize a Baptist baby it just makes them cranky, wet, and Lutheran. . . . . Continue Reading »
Ah, Joe , but wouldn’t it increase baptism totals even more if Baptists baptized those babies? Just a thought . . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Southern Baptist leader Daniel Akin is concerned about declining baptism totals, a benchmark used by the denomination to gauge the effectiveness of missions and evangelism. To fix the problem he proposes that the denomination focus on ten “commitments” including committing to biblically . . . . Continue Reading »
Rodney Coronado, now in a penitentiary for teaching people how to make an explosive devise with the intent that someone commit a violent crime—and convicted previously of torching an animal research lab—a terrorist who admits he committed other crimes for which he was not caught, is the . . . . Continue Reading »
I am sorry that I misinterpreted Joe’s position, and am happy to see that it is not the brand of theistic evolutionism represented by Francis S. Collins (and myself) that he really was criticizing. As I noted in my previous post , it is the insights of St. Augustine that are most needed here, . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s “the naked public square” in Spanish, for the non-Hispanophones out there, and it’s a phrase that Spaniards are going to want to remember in the coming months. As CNA reports: Publico , a newspaper closely allied with Spain’s ruling Socialist party, reported . . . . Continue Reading »
Maria Monk, Jesuitical trickery, Opus Dei, the Templars . . . why don’t the Cistercians get any conspiracy theories? So asks Br. Stephen Treat: Yeah, the Templars had a good run and went down in spectacular flames, but doesn’t that setback suggest that maybe they weren’t such . . . . Continue Reading »
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