Sometimes what is old is new again. Sometimes ideas and understandings relegated to the past, and often considered insufficient, outdated, or simply wrong, come back into focus, and reveal to us how accurate the data of the ancients is when compared to what we now understand using our technologies and advanced education. Today there is … Continue reading
Tag Archives: reason and logic
Just Thinking About…God’s Will
I was having lunch with a friend. During the time that she had excused herself from the table I watched a commercial from UNICEF playing on the television. It was a sad, melancholy presentation featuring the sorrowful eyes of children with bloated bellies while the narrator, in a pleading voice, asks for monthly donations to … Continue reading
How do Christians become Christians?
One blogger I regularly read is Bruce Gerenscer who writes the blog The Way Forward. Bruce is a former evangelical preacher. His posts are often commentary written from his unique perspective revisiting his former Christian doctrines from an atheist point of view. My personal opinion of Bruce’s blog is that it offers very insightful reading for … Continue reading
Skeptical Me on “Going Ape”
Recently I have watched a series on the National Geographic Channel entitled, “Going Ape”. It is a fascinating observation of the comparisons between humans and apes. In watching this series I have been left with an increased awareness of the similarities between the two species which are quite compelling, and thus making it easy to … Continue reading
Mankind Rising
I watched the lasted episode of Discovery Channel’s Curiosity series, Mankind Rising. I tend to watch these series with an open mind and willingness to contemplate all possibilities as to the origins of man and the universe. This one left me contemplating science fiction. I mean, I am willing to suspend disbelief and stretch the … Continue reading
Little Spockers
This month I have been watching several of the Star Trek movies. As I have watched I have become aware of the similarities between the nature of Spock and the secular pronouncements of logic above all else. I wonder if Gene Roddenberry intended to incite a future generation of Spocks when he created his famous … Continue reading