Monthly Archives: May 2011

Comparing The Lord of the Flies and C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy

We have a special post this evening from a distinguished guest author: my sixteen-year-old daughter Lisa. She completed this project for her 10th grade Advanced English class. Be assured I would not have posted it here if it weren’t a real contribution to the blog. Bibliography and references here. British author Charles Kingsley once said, …

May 31, 2011 – 8:54 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments (3)

Bibliography for Lisa Gilson Article

Abrahams, Roger D. “Storytelling Events: Wake Amusements and the Structure of Nonsense on St. Vincent.” The Journal of American Folklore. Volume 98, No 378 (October-December 1982). pp 389-414. Web. “Bill Watterson Quotes.” Find the Famous Quotes You Need, ThinkExist.com Quotations. 2010. Web. 25 May 2011 Bonwit, Marianne. “Babel in Modern Fiction.” Comparative Literature. Volume 2, …

May 31, 2011 – 8:38 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in | Comments (0)

Evolution Doesn’t Favor Truth-Finding As Much As…

Apropos Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (PDF), and possibly also relevant to a long discussion here: I had a similar reaction, at first, to “argumentative theory,” a trendy new explanation of why human reason so often leads people astray. The cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier of the University of Pennsylvania and Dan Sperber of the Jean …

May 31, 2011 – 2:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments (10)

To Say No to Such Great and Pushy Possibilities

I was just downloading four hours of podcasts from the Beretta blog, thinking about how I could listen to them on my next trip. The Internet is great. There are so many ways to grow and learn here! I’m quite sure Glenn Peeples will give me considerably more insight on the human soul. Of course …

May 29, 2011 – 8:04 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments (4)

Ideological Hijacking Indeed

From James Emery White: Nicholas Kristof recently wrote an article for the New York Times titled, “Religion and Sex Quiz.” Based on a new book by Jennifer Wright Knust from Boston University, the point was to demonstrate how “murky and inconsistent and prone to being hijacked by ideologues” the Bible can be. What Kristof demonstrated …

May 26, 2011 – 6:30 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments (42)

Jump Start Your Worldview: The Point Radio and Blog

I want to make sure you know about ThePointRadio.org. It’s the Internet home of my friend John Stonestreet’s daily radio show, heard on some 700+ stations across North America. It’s also home base for The Point Blog, a team blog I participate in along with: Amy K. Hall — The A Team Brett Kunkle — …

May 26, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off