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It is now generally agreed…
If you hear a politician, businessman, or religious leader say “it is now generally agreed” you immediately know that the person making that statement has decided that something is true despite what other people might think about it. As an … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Economy, Government, History, News, Politics, Science and Technology, Society, Updates, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Piracy, politicians, presumptions, Thinking
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The theology of climate science inerrancy
A fundamental part of the debate over the nature of global climate change is the notion that scientists–because they are educated, because they have done research, and because they consulted with each other–have produced an understanding about the impact of … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Government, Philosophy, Updates, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Beliefs, Changes, claims, Faith, information, Philosophy, research, Results, science, Theology, Thinking, understanding
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Live free or die
The reason our freedom is dying is because we do not live free. We have indentured ourselves to servitude in the name of comfort and security without thinking about the consequences. We submit ourselves every day to our employers, our … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Farming, Government, History, Military, Philosophy, Society
Tagged Action, Consequences, Ideals, Independence, liberty, Sacrifice, Service, Thinking, work
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Thinking about Iran
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Is it all a ruse?
After all, just beneath the thin veneer of West-pleasing democratic motions lies the dictatorship of the Grand Ayatollah. That same dictatorship underlay the previous administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That same dictatorship has been behind Iran’s nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs since the 1980s.
I am not saying that the millions of people protesting all over Iran are not sincere. Instead, I am saying that the same dictatorship of the Grand Ayatollah that has been orchestrating things in Iran since it first overthrew the Shaw in 1979 could very likely be allowing the events unfolding there now for its own purposes. […] Continue reading
Posted in Entities, History, Iran, Nations, News, West, the, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged History, Iran, ruses, Thinking
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Thinking ahead
One of the great tragedies of the 2008 presidential election is that so many people believe they are voting for the lesser of evils. I think even hardcore leftists will admit quite a lot of misgiving and embarrassment that their candidate is a freshman ideologue whose strengths seem to be limited to giving good speeches and having media charisma.
Underlying this tragedy is an even greater misfortune, one that has haunted American politics for so long that people now believe that this state of affairs is how it has always been. The reason we face electing the lesser of evils in 2008 is that none of us participated in the process that led to the current candidates occupying the positions they do. […] Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government, Political Freedoms, Politics, Society, Voting
Tagged Choices, Elections, Participation, presidents, Thinking
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