Archive for February, 2009
Does Your Church Want the Bible?
Listen to the MP3
A few Sundays ago at church, my Bible study class was about to begin when a woman came to the door and asked, “What class is this?”   I told her I was teaching about the Bible.   Her immediate response was, “Oh, no, I don’t want that.” She instantly realized that the words [...]
Contrasting Change
Â
As the market continues it falls back to levels not seen since the late 1990s, an often overlooked fact is that markets are forward looking indicators. They are not so much an indicator of how bad things have been, or even how bad things are. Markets are an indicator of what traders as a collective [...]
A Review of Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great – Summary
The following is an outline of my review of Christopher Hitchens’, “God is not Great”
Part I – Chapter One
The definition of Atheism. Do “the faithful” commit more crimes? Are atheist dogmatic?
Part II – Chapter One
the “four irreducible objections to religious faith.” Religion and sex
Part III – Chapter One.
Do believers claim to know everything? “essential knowledge”
Part [...]
Hitchens – God Is Not Great XXXII
Listen to the MP3
In my extended review of Christopher Hitchens book “God Is Not Great,” I have finally reached the last chapter, “In Conclusion: The Need for a New Enlightenment.” Hitchens opens the chapter with a discussion of a quote by Lessing, where he says that given the opportunity to know all truth, he would [...]
Dishonest – But it does not Matter
President Obama signed the stimulus bill today. The bill is essentially a huge lie passed with a number of already broken promises. It will not stimulate the economy. How could it? Most of the money will not be spent for years. But it will vastly expand the federal government, and as I explain in my [...]
Read More..>>