OK all you theological geeks. To which argument for the existence of God is the above comic referring? No, you cannot answer with “Intelligent Design.” Give me the actual philosophical name for the argument that is pictured in the above comic. For instance, is the above comic an example of the: cosmological, teleological, ontological, anthropic, […]
Archives for April 2012
Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Elijah
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about […]
This catches a definition problem in the USA
What the comic says is accurate. Less than half of currently serving USA servicemen and servicewomen think that we are likely to succeed in Afghanistan. But, we have a definition problem in the USA. The person on the left asking the questions is a reporter from an ostensibly neutral network. Nevertheless, as you can see […]
Now that I am a senior citizen
I am 60 years old now. My wife and I have four grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. We are blessed and we are happy. But, all too often I find that I am sleepy sooner than I ever used to become sleepy. Were I able to take an afternoon nap at work, I certainly would. Mind […]
So … stay at home moms work full-time? Then why is it so bad if they receive welfare?
The still photograph above comes from the video “It’s Free Swipe Yo EBT”. I would not watch the video unless you are quite able to take a video with profanity, etc. I quit watching it early in the video. The video is a satiric video that takes on the all too common obsession with welfare queens. […]
It is not always easier
The story line in the comic 9 Chickweed Lane continues. For those who have not been following it, the granddaughter (the one on the right) has an unplanned pregnancy. Her mother (the one in the middle) is the result of an unplanned pregnancy. The grandmother (the one on the left) became pregnant with the mother as […]
Yes, it can get worse, Virginia
Read the quote below from an opinion article: Just when you thought the religious right couldn’t get any crazier, with its personhood amendments and its attacks on contraception, here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: after-birth abortion. No, I didn’t make this up. “Partial-birth abortion” is a term invented by pro-lifers. But […]
A certain way of looking at things
Now before some fellow Orthodox or a Roman Catholic who will say to me that we go with Scripture and Holy Tradition, stop a moment and re-read the comic above. The Early Church Fathers, who ensured that what was received was passed on, were all strong Scripture scholars. Remember that the Septuagint version of the […]
What our response ought to be
On 9 Chickweed Lane the series on the young woman’s pregnancy continues. You would have to have been following the series to know that over a year ago they had a series on the grandmother during World War II. She herself got pregnant with the child of her wartime love, though she ended up marrying […]
