Sadly, I get asked about this a great deal:Advocates of the traditional family who also attend sacramental churches that reserve the priesthood to men sadly have to point out that this "limited patriarchy" need not apply to the secular sphere.One can oppose women priests, but that says nothing about one's position regarding the role of women in the state or business. Would tha...
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Frank Beckwith, a first rate thinker in this area, writes (regarding abortion):You may want to refer your readers to a piece I published last year in the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, "Roe v. Wade: Its Logic and Its Legacy." It is posted as an adobe file on my website on this page: http://homepage.mac.com/francis.beckwith/downloads.htm. Many of my other academic articl...
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My Way News: "The Groningen Protocol, as the hospital's guidelines have come to be known, would create a legal framework for permitting doctors to actively end the life of newborns deemed to be in similar pain from incurable disease or extreme deformities.The guideline says euthanasia is acceptable when the child's medical team and independent doctors agree the pain cannot be ...
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FOXNews.com - Politics - Poll Shows Support for Abortion Rights: "The poll found that 59 percent say Bush should choose a nominee who would uphold the 1973 Roe v. Wade (search) decision that legalized abortion. About three in 10, 31 percent, said they want a nominee who would overturn the decision, according to the poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos-Public Affairs."Polls like ...
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HughHewitt.com: "My guess is that most would double back and add Solzhenitsyn if they had a second chance. "Yes, Hewitt is right, of course. The toughest thing about being a conservative once-upon-a-time was being anti-communist. In academia, it was thought silly, perhaps even a bit wicked. I will never forget hearing one person who heard Solzhenitsyn speak at Harvard describe...
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Television - Entertainment - canada.com network: "You decide the Greatest Canadian"This is an easy one. William Shatner.Here are three reasons not to vote for a Canadian politician:1. Canadian politicians are not very important. Globally they rank in importance someplace just ahead of the ruler of Albania and just behind any member of the House of Lords. Canada is a great plac...
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Frequently, internet atheists argue that the American Constitution is a secular document. In one way, they are of course right. From a Christian point of view the Constitution governs the "secular authority." It is for the City of Man and not the City of God. This is just a traditional Western understanding that the secular and the sacred cannot be one until the return of Chri...
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No wonder geography is dying: "'We need to engage pupils more purposely,' he says. 'Water shortages, famine, migrations of people, disputes over oil, globalisation and debt are all major issues with which our world is grappling and this is the geography of today.' "Of course, British classes have dropped learning "lists" for these deeper issues. Shockingly, to educators, this ...
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HughHewitt.com: "The Los Angeles Times reveals that Secretary of State-designate Rice has always cheered for the Cleveland Browns. This ought to assure her confirmation."A sad little event took place today. I discovered that Hugh Hewitt roots for a team so bad they have no name. What does this tell us about Mr. Hewitt?We know he is bright. How could he fail to root for the on...
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SI Sportsman of the YearHe was not a spoiled superstar living for self.He quietly gave up millions to serve our nation.He died for our country fighting in Iraq. Vote for Pat Tillman as Sportsman of the Year.
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the evangelical outpost: "Is talk radio really better than I give it credit for? If so, who is the second best talk radio host in America? (We all know that Hugh takes the first honor.) Who is the worst? And is Rush Limbaugh past his prime or is he still a force to be reckoned with?"NPR has more intellectual content. Even when it is from the wrong point of view, it frequently ...
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I love holidays. Just hearing, "Happy holidays!" normally makes me happy.Not today. Who knows why?If blogs are supposed to be, at least partly, about self-reflection, then let me say that today is one of those days when I am tired of myself. Tired of my thoughts on politics. Tired of my thoughts on Plato. Tired of my thoughts on thinking. December is also the end of the year a...
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I have posted a new article (at last!) under the articles section of this site.
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