Philosopher Edward Feser clears us misconceptions about the cosmological argument for the existence of God: 1. The argument does NOT rest on the premise that “Everything has a cause.” Lots of people – probably most people who have an opinion on the matter – think
Are you following the scandal swirling around media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s empire, which includes The Wall Street Journal and Fox News, just to name two of his American holdings? It seems reporters from his British tabloid News of the World have been caught hacking into
The great pitcher Roger Clemens testified before a Congressional hearing that he had not used steroids. But then came evidence that he had. So he was brought to trial for perjury. The prosecution used hearsay evidence that the judge told them not to
You’ve got to read Mollie Hemingway on the Lutheran/anti-Christ controversy, in which she notes the irony of the media becoming indignant over the “anti-Catholic bias” of the Lutheran confessions, while they themselves savage Roman Catholic beliefs at every opportunity. An excerpt: Also, you’re kidding me
The teaching that got Michele Bachmann into trouble–that the papacy is the antichrist– and made her leave Lutheranism in order to be a creditable presidential candidate (see the other post for today) is not limited to the Wisconsin Synod. It is a tenet of the
It is now official, I guess. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann left the Wisconsin Synod shortly before running for president. This, as the press started portraying the conservative Lutheran denomination as a weird cult for believing that the Pope is the antichrist and that homosexuality is
Republican presidential candidates keep getting asked to sign pledges–not to raise taxes, to oppose abortion, etc.–in order to get the support of key voters. The latest is a pledge about marriage that goes on to include stances on various issues of sexual morality. Signers must
The revolution in the institution of marriage continues, as the legalization of polygamy is now being taken up by the courts. Tomorrow [July 13] in Salt Lake City, legal scholar and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley will file suit to challenge Utah statutes
The BBC reports that Great Britain’s online economy is harmed by bad spelling: An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses. Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling
I think I was the only person in America who did not follow the Casey Anthony story at all. The prospect of a mother murdering her own little girl was too horrible for me to contemplate. But now that the mother has been acquitted of
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