Japanese scientists have announced plans to generate embryos that are hybrids of human beings and rats. This news came shortly after researchers in China announced that they were successfully generating human/monkey embryos. These experiments build on the work of American scientists who two years ago made hybrids of human beings and pigs. The Japanese government recently changed its laws against such extreme genetic engineering and gave permission for the human/rat experiments, as well as for human/mice. The human/monkey hybrids were… Read more
August 7, 2019
“God Hates Visionary Dreaming”
August 7, 2019 By Gene Veith
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You’ve got to read Chase Replogle’s article in Christianity Today entitled Bonhoeffer Convinced Me to Abandon My Dream. He tells about “leadership” classes in seminary, encouraging him to develop his “vision” for ministry. He came up with a vision for the ideal church that he wanted to build some day. But after his seminary, his attempts to fulfill that vision kept failing. His dream was to build a relevant, contextualized megachurch. “We would meet in some industrial space with lots… Read more
August 6, 2019
Trade War
August 6, 2019 By Gene Veith
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One of the few areas upon which most of the Democratic presidential candidates and Donald Trump agree is that we need to “get tough with China” and adopt protectionist trade policies. A few days ago, President Trump , after a number of smaller escalations, announced that as of September 1 he would impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods. Now China has has announced what one expert describes as a “massive” retaliation: “on a scale of 1-10,… Read more
August 5, 2019
The New Terrorism
August 5, 2019 By Gene Veith
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We have long been subject to the threat of Islamic terrorism, in which radical Muslims murder innocent people unconnected to their grievances in an effort to strike down and terrorize the infidels. Now we have become subject to another kind of terrorism, in which 20-something loners murder innocent people unconnected to their grievances. Twelve hours after a young man shot up an El Paso Wal-Mart, killing 20 and wounding 26, another young man opened fire in a Dayton, Ohio, entertainment… Read more
August 2, 2019
A Catholic Defense of Communism
August 2, 2019 By Gene Veith
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The Jesuit magazine America has published an article entitled The Catholic Case for Communism. Its author, Toronto correspondent Dean Dettloff argues that while the Communist Party has indeed taught atheism and persecuted Christians, these are not necessary facets of Communism. He excoriates Capitalism for its rapacious, selfish, oppressive ways and says that Communism, with its goal of a classless society, is a movement that Catholics and other Christians should join. Dettloff is not just advocating liberation theology, with its Marxist… Read more
August 1, 2019
On Josh Harris Renouncing Christianity
August 1, 2019 By Gene Veith
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Josh Harris had earlier repudiated his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which launched the “courtship movement” and “the purity culture” that influenced a whole generation of Christian young people. A few days ago, he announced that he is divorcing his wife of 22 years and leaving their three children. The next day he announced that he is no longer a Christian. In his Instagram post in which he renounced his Christianity, Harris quoted Martin Luther on how the whole life of… Read more
July 31, 2019
The Democratic Debates, Round 2, Part 2
July 31, 2019 By Gene Veith
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Tonight the second group of Democratic presidential primary candidates will face off , the debate to be televised on CNN at 8:00 p.m. ET. This one will feature a confrontation between front-runner Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who damaged Biden and made herself relevant in the first debate. Again, I invite you to discuss the debate here–before, during, and after–at this blog. The 10 primary candidates on stage tonight, according to a random draw, are as follows: Jay Inslee Kirsten Gillibrand Tulsi… Read more
July 31, 2019
How Civil Rights Law Protects Religious Employees
July 31, 2019 By Gene Veith
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Some corporations are requiring all employees to sign “equality pledges,” affirming their agreement with the LGBT agenda. But this violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the grounds of religious belief, just as it prohibits other kinds of discrimination. Title VII is a powerful safeguard of religious liberty. So says David French, who, though known for his association with a controversy among conservatives, is an attorney who has successfully litigated many such cases. He… Read more
July 30, 2019
“The Myth of the Dying Church”
July 30, 2019 By Gene Veith
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We keep hearing that Christianity–particularly conservative, evangelical, orthodox Christianity–is dying out. We are told that secularists, atheists, and “nones” are getting the upper hand in American religion, that young people are deserting traditional faiths, that the church is dying. None of that is true. Quite the contrary. Glenn Stanton has written a new book entitled The Myth of the Dying Church: How Christianity Is Actually Thriving in America and the World. He cites an abundance of evidence from prominent objective scholars that… Read more
July 30, 2019
The Democratic Debates, Round 2, Part 1
July 30, 2019 By Gene Veith
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Tonight and tomorrow night the Democratic candidates for president will have their second debate, to be televised on CNN at 8:00 p.m. ET. The 20 hopefuls will be divided into two groups, with 10 debating on Tuesday night and the other 10 debating on Wednesday night. As it happens, this will produce some especially significant matchups. I invite you to discuss the debates here–before, during, and after–at this blog. The 10 primary candidates on stage tonight, according to a random… Read more
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