We tend to think of other names in the Rob Bell debate, but I don’t think anyone has written as extensively on Love Wins as Mark Galli from Christianity Today. Galli has written a pre-review, a review, and now a post-review. Though not as pointed as others, Galli’s review, “Rob Bell’s A Bridge Too Far,” […]
A Bridge Too Far, But Not Really That Far Read Post »
Here in Chicago not long ago, a Sun-Times astrologer told a woman suffering from depression that her problem was “due to transiting Saturn adversely positioned to [her] natal Saturn in an area that [dealt] with [her] status and professional goals.” Meanwhile, the Tribune’s astrologer encouraged me and my fellow Geminis, to “use all of [our]
What’s a “Gemini” to Do? Read Post »
Christopher Hitchens tells us that “religion poisons everything” as he points to what he takes to be grave missteps by the likes of John Calvin, Martin Luther, Jerry Falwell, and Pius XII. But then, what about the atheist Jared Lee Loughner, who shot six to death in Tucson, including a nine-year-old girl? (You may have
Does the Tucson Shooting Show that Atheism Poisons Everything? Read Post »
Believing as I do in the priority of the human species among all other animal species probably makes me, ironically, a dinosaur. Happily, I’m not alone. Attorney, author, and activist Wesley J. Smith is also a proud speciesist. His latest book, A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy: The Human Cost of
A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: On Being a Speciesist Read Post »
We live in an age in which it has become fashionable to talk about the rising tide of agnosticism and atheism. But the truth of the matter is that we live in a society flush with faith. You have to have faith when you live in uncertain times. You go looking for answers. As long
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In Moliere’s 17th-century play, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (“The Rotarian,” so to speak), a Mr. Jourdain asks his tutor to help him write a love letter. When asked, in return, whether it should be a work of poetry, Jourdain says no. In that case, it’ll have to be “prose,” replies the tutor. But Jourdain doesn’t want
The Checkout Clerk Is an Ethicist, and So Are You Read Post »
