From the Centers for Disease Control on a report released yesterday: Syphilis, once on the verge of elimination, began re-emerging as a threat in 2001. In 2008, 13,500 cases of primary and secondary syphilis cases were reported, an almost 18 percent increase from 2007. The majority of these syphilis cases (63 percent) continues to be […]
Is Evangelicalism dying?
I have permission to reproduce below part of an editorial from an online Christian magazine published by post-evangelical writers. The editorial is quite strong and, typical of post-evangelical writers, flirts with phrases that will startle you. Unfortunately, it uses one too many phrases that also almost require philosophy training in order to understand. Nevertheless, I […]
Truly offensive Al Gore TV
You may not know or care that Al Gore is involved with Current TV. What is Current TV? Current TV is an independent media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. The cable television network went on the air at midnight EDT (4:00 UTC) on the morning of August […]
Carrie Prejean and Religious Right culture wars
Yes, Father Orthoduck is deliberately running a racy picture of Carrie Prejean because he needs to make a point. And it is a point that will keep biting conservative Christians, whether politically conservative, moderate, or liberal, until the Religious Right gets its act together. Yes, Father Orthoduck claims that it is possible to be a […]
Watterson on possible gods
Yesterday, I wrote on the subject of theodicy. For those who do not remember, it is the defense of God, particularly with respect to the suffering in the world. That is, it appears that, given the suffering in the world, God must either not be a good god or must not really be all-powerful. In […]
Watterson on the existence of God
Of course, Watterson is tackling the problem of suffering in today’s comic strip. In the philosophy of religion and theology, the problem of evil is the question of whether evil exists and, if so, why. The question particularly arises in religions that propose the existence of a deity who is omnibenevolent while simultaneously also being […]
On visiting wounded soldiers
While Father Orthoduck does not agree with every line and approach in this set of comic strips, he heartily agrees with the sentiment. If you are in a church with a reliable senior high school group, what about visiting a nearby VA hospital? Some of your juniors and seniors could probably volunteer to be candy […]
Watterson — virtue is a pain!
Both the original Reformer, Jean Calvín, and the philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, had very negative views of human nature. Calvin believed in the total depravity of humans. This does not mean that they were devils, but that every part of a human being was depraved to the point that there was no such thing as good […]
Watterson on the teleological argument for God
Above is one of the comics that had some Christians wondering excitedly whether Watterson was a Christian. Notice that it is not Hobbes, but Calvin who is making the teleological argument for God, which is a bit funny. Now, when I say the teleological argument, I do not mean the bastardized version that some creationists […]
Watterson on Calvinism
On my last post I received a question about Bill Watterson, so here is some more of his background: . . . when Watterson was coming up with names for the characters of his comic strip, he decided upon Calvin (after the Protestant reformer John Calvin) and Hobbes (after the social philosopher Thomas Hobbes) as […]
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