Consequent and consistent are terms that are related, and have specific meanings in terms of philosophy. But, it would be easier to say that our conclusions must logically follow from our premises. There are many examples of how this works. More important, there are also many examples of making a mistake in this area. It […]
The Crusades and reality
It is accepted modern orthodoxy to deride the Crusades and to claim that somehow Christians violated some type of moral or ethical code by engaging in the Crusade. Those who read this blog also know that I am progressive with regard to social causes, while being conservative with regard to moral causes. But, even that […]
Islam and Christian conquests
For the last couple of years, since the rise of ISIS, the social media have been filled with accusations about how Islam has always been violent, and has killed incredible numbers of people and caused mass migrations, etc. The main argument has been that Islam has only been quiescent, and that any apparent peaceful interlude […]
The darkness of being a LEO
One of my favorite authors is Michael Connelly of “Dirty Harry” fame. Actually, the real name of Dirty Harry is Hieronymus Bosch. Yes, he is named after the painter from the Netherlands. It does not surprise me that Mr. Connelly used the European painter, Bosch, as the namesake of Dirty Harry. Many of Dirty Harry’s […]
Adjunct Professors and the loss of educational integrity
If you cannot see the comic at the top of this paragraph (for instance, if you are on Facebook), click the link to the original blog post, or my commentary below will not make sense. I am an Adjunct Professor. Well, that is a bit of a stretch. I used to teach more often, but […]
Sometimes we look at the wrong end of the telescope
Philosophers and theologians enjoy debating the fine points of various issues. After all, it is important that we have neither invalid, nor illogical, nor inconsequent thinking in our formulations. In other words, we are trying to make sure that we are believing the right things for the right reasons. As a result, both philosophers […]
What if I told you …
I like the meme above. “What if I told you, you can be against police murdering citizens and citizens murdering police at the same time.” Reading the current political compost, one would be convinced that one must either support the police or the demonstrators. Not surprisingly, this is actually a very contradictory attitude. Why is […]
County clerks, Christians, and government
So, I was asked my position on Ms. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to follow the law, even after losing her appeal to the Supreme Court. I answered: “Every public official is subject to the rule of law.” This is not a popular one to answer, but let me […]
Old Testament interesting stories
Teaching high school Sunday School last school year and now teaching junior high school this school year has been a challenge. In order to keep some interest in the younger tweens, I am in the process of telling them some of the “funnier” stories in the Old Testament. Well, that is, I am telling them […]
Immigration and my personal story
Lately there has been much discussion of undocumented immigrants and anchor babies. But, in the midst of that discussion, the fate of legal immigrants is not being discussed. Why do I mention that? Well, because if the citizenship of natural-born citizens can be removed under some type of specious argument, then the citizenship of those […]
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