Monthly Archives: July 2010

Postscript on blogs worth reading

A postscript to counter my pessimism here: this evening my friend Shelly at Cerebration linked to a blog post well worth reading: The Ethics of Ice Cream (I like caffe, myself).

July 31, 2010 – 10:14 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun | Comments Off

Christianity, China, and the West

I love it when two news items flow into one another virtually unawares. Chuck Colson wrote this morning: Chinese scholars were asked to “look into what accounted for the success, in fact, the pre-eminence of the West all over the world.” After considering possible military, economic, political and cultural explanations, they concluded that the answer …

July 28, 2010 – 6:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Knowing God | Comments Off

Freedom of Religion? No, Freedom of Sexuality

Related to the Keeton case: Freedom of Religion? No, Freedom of Sexuality. Discussion will be held on the linked page.

July 27, 2010 – 2:45 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments Off

Maverick Philosopher: “Some of Us Just Go One God Further”

Bill Vallicella on the New Atheists: Theist-atheist dialog is made difficult by a certain asymmetry: whereas a sophisticated living faith involves a certain amount of purifying doubt, together with a groping beyond images and pat conceptualizations toward a transcendent reality, one misses any corresponding doubt or tentativeness on the part of sophisticated atheists. Dawkins and …

July 27, 2010 – 7:21 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea, New Atheism | Comments (134)

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July 24, 2010 – 6:32 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments (1)

Disgusta State University to Professor: Change Your Beliefs or Get Out!

Based on events alleged to have taken place at Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. DISGUSTA, Ga. — Attorneys with the National Uncivil Liberties League (NULL) filed suit against Disgusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling professor told that her beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The …

July 23, 2010 – 2:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (7)