As I quoted in an post several months ago, the position of the OCA on self-defense is that the Evangelical counsels of the Church consider “turning the other cheek” as being the ideal for a Christian. Nevertheless, as the article points out, in this fallen and damaged world this is not always either possible or […]
Archives for January 2012
On syphilis and science
Yesterday, I commented that science is based on the clash of competing theories as well as experimental studies. However, sometimes the studies lead into subjects that cross over into our understanding of history. One such subject is the study of the origins of history. Archeology magazine writes the following in an article: Debate about the […]
Unexpected twists in science
One of the things that most people do not understand about science is that one of the ways in which an accurate understanding of what we see, touch, hear, etc., is reached is by proposing alternate theories that try to explain what we see, touch, hear, etc. Then those alternate theories are tested against each […]
How badly overweight are we?
We are in the midst of a debate over just how overweight we are and whether it really matters to the health of this country. But, I ran across an interesting article that really made me think. We have all seen those signs that are ever-present in elevators, trucks, etc. They say that an elevator […]
