Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Dearborn Four and the Rule of Law

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Dearborn Four

The “Dearborn Four” are to be arraigned this morning. Here’s a local news report on their situation (via answeringmuslims.com). What shall we say about this, especially the mayor’s remarks? I don’t recall it being illegal to talk about one’s faith outside a “designated free speech area.” I wonder what name you give to public places …

July 12, 2010 – 7:38 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Religions | Comments (9)

Trying again with Technorati

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July 11, 2010 – 12:29 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments Off

I’m no Aquinas scholar, but …

… even I can see that this Slate author hasn’t done his “grade-school” homework on Thomas Aquinas. And so atheists really exist on the same superstitious plane as Thomas Aquinas, who tried to prove by logic the possibility of creation “ex nihilo” (from nothing). His eventual explanation entailed a Supreme Being standing outside of time …

July 9, 2010 – 3:32 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Origins and Science | Comments (4)

The New James

Here’s a brand new magazine for southern Virginia, available online for everybody: The New James. Check out my piece on intelligent design! (If you’ve been reading here a while it may look familiar.)

July 9, 2010 – 2:58 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

Christian Carnival 335

This week’s Christian Carnival is now posted at Other Food: daily devo’s. I especially appreciated Adam Faughn’s reflection on my favorite hymn, “Be Still My Soul” (followed closely by “Be Thou My Vision” and the much more recent “Blessed Be Your Name” from Tree63). I was also glad to see Matthew Keegan’s news about a …

July 9, 2010 – 6:12 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments (1)

Scientific American: “Dubitable Darwin? Why Some Smart, Nonreligious People Doubt the Theory of Evolution”

The Scientific American piece ends, Is it possible that some future genius will discover an alternative that supplants Darwinism as our framework for understanding life? Will we ever look back on Darwin as brilliant but wrong? Is it a crack in the Darwinist monolith? Maybe. But not, alas, much of a nod in the direction …

July 6, 2010 – 5:49 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments (16)

Matching Game Answers: What Could We Do If We Tithed?

Here are the answers to my June 17 “Fascinating Matching Game.” I encourage you to go back to that post and try your hand at it before you look at the answers here. Main Section A1. Amount spent on entertainment and recreation AG. $705 billion A2. Amount spent on state lottery tickets AC. $58 Billion …

July 5, 2010 – 7:39 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments (1)

Christian Carnival 334

Christian Carnival 334 is up. This week it’s at RodneyOlsen.net. Thanks, Rodney!

July 1, 2010 – 9:55 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off