Monthly Archives: June 2008

Homosexual behavior due to … ?

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Science "Journalism"

EurekAlert does it again! Would someone please explain to me how this article merits this headline??? Homosexual behavior due to genetics and environmental factors

June 30, 2008 – 3:26 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Origins and Science | Comments (10)

“Is Religion an Answer? Marriage, Fatherhood, and the Male Problematic”

From the conclusion of a paper out of the University of Virginia (emphasis added): This brief provides an array of evidence indicating that religion is an answer to the male problematic—that is, the tendency of fathers to become detached, emotionally or physically, from their children and the mothers of their children. I find that fathers …

June 30, 2008 – 3:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

A True-False Test for Moral Relativists

There are two groups of people in the world: those who divide the world into two groups of people, and those who do not. No, really, there are two groups of people in the world with respect to moral opinions: moral realists and moral relativists. Broadly speaking, moral realists believe that there are at least …

June 30, 2008 – 10:45 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics | Tagged , | Comments (223)

“Gay or straight, it’s decided at birth”

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Science "Journalism"

As a writer, I often enjoy Language Log simply for what I learn there about language, whether it’s connected to topics I’m involved with or not. Once in a while, though, they focus on one of my hot buttons: science journalism. On their blog they call it “The Language of Science,” on ways that science …

June 26, 2008 – 2:58 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments Off

God’s Heart For Missions

Missions is the most crucial thing taking place on earth today. It is the whole point of human history. And it is at its most exciting point in history, when the conclusion, the completion of the task is in sight. It is at the center of God’s heart, and thus it belongs at the center …

June 25, 2008 – 7:12 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged | Comments Off

Christian Carnival CCXXX: The “Broken Things” Edition

There’s somethin’ strange goin’ on here. This is the third time I’ve had the privilege of hosting the Christian Carnival. The first time, my blog broke down completely just about the time I was scheduled to write and post the Carnival. It was completely inaccessible for reading and for administrating for several hours. Well, that …

June 25, 2008 – 10:39 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Tagged , | Comments (7)

“Truth in the Fire: C.S. Lewis and Pursuit of Truth Today”

Truth In the Fire I have written appreciatively twice of Dallas Willard lately. Now I turn to his article, Truth in the Fire: C.S. Lewis and Pursuit of Truth Today: Publications: The Independent Institute. Originally delivered as a lecture ten years ago at the C.S. Lewis Centennial at Oxford University, this paper springboards from Lewis’s …

June 22, 2008 – 8:24 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Jason Rosenhouse’s Review of Ken Miller’s Latest

Jason Rosenhouse finds this, from Kenneth Miller’s Only A Theory, to be lacking: Turning our attention to the special case of our own species, we can be fairly confident, just as Gould tells us, that our peculiar natural history would not repeat, and that self-awareness would not emerge from the primates. Indeed, we would have …

June 22, 2008 – 3:29 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Bibles are big business in China – Los Angeles Times

Here’s one more sign of God’s surprising work around the world: A booming Bible industry is turning the world’s biggest atheist nation into the world’s largest supplier of the Good Book. [Link: Bibles are big business in China - Los Angeles Times]

June 22, 2008 – 3:13 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments (1)

Back Porch Neighborliness

Okay, this is going to be a challenge. I’m on a rather small airplane, and the passenger in front of me has leaned back so that I can’t open up my computer enough to be able to see the screen as I type. I really wasn’t intending to get my computer out on this flight. …

June 21, 2008 – 7:11 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments (6)