Category Archives: Life and Choices

“Brave New World: UK ethicist wants women to abandon motherhood, use artificial wombs”

An “ethicist’s” opinion: NORWICH, U.K., January 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In remarks that critics have said are disturbingly reminiscent of Aldous Huxley’s famous dystopian novel “Brave New World,” a UK ethicist has argued that since pregnancy causes “natural inequality” between the sexes, women must be liberated from the “burdens and risks of pregnancy” through the …

January 27, 2012 – 1:12 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (11)

“First Things On, and For, Life”

A compendium, on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade abortion debacle:  First Things On, and For, Life

January 23, 2012 – 1:07 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ready, Set, Re-Engineer Our Children!

The old school house isn’t what it used to be—especially if your child’s principal is a member of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). If so, then he or she has helped sponsor a curriculum that you need to know about. It’s called “Ready, Set, Respect!” Its ostensible mission, as presented on its first few pages, is …

January 23, 2012 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (65)

The Meaning of Biblical Marriage: Who Decides These Things?

Shari Johnson describes herself as “I am an evangelical Christian who, I am sorry to say, used to be one of the ‘don’t-confuse-me-with-facts-because-my-mind-is-made-up’ type of Christian.” Now in a Fox News opinion piece she tells us, “When I hear terms like ‘God’s design’ and ‘Biblical marriage’ I have to wonder who decides these things.” Her …

January 7, 2012 – 7:49 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , | Comments (9)

Sex-Selective Abortion: Whose Rights Are At Stake, Anyway?

The proposal: Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., an outspoken pro-life advocate, is preparing to do battle again on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, he’ll chair a House hearing in support of his latest legislative effort, the Prenatal NonDiscrimination Act (PreNDA). The measure would ban abortions done on the basis of gender or race. “It would simply say …

December 5, 2011 – 9:15 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (8)

If Christianity Is Your Religion, Don’t Thank God for the Cross

If Christianity were my religion, I wouldn’t thank God for the Cross. But it’s not my religion, and on Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. tomorrow, I will be giving God all the thanks I can give him for the Cross of Jesus Christ. I know I need to explain that, and I will. First …

November 23, 2011 – 8:13 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Religions, The Faith, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (13)

Penn State’s Missing Outrage

“Penn State’s Missing Outrage,” an alternate perspective on “Losing Control…“

November 14, 2011 – 11:35 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Life and Choices | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Penn State Sex Scandal: “Losing Control Draws Me Toward All of This”

Joe Paterno has been fired as football coach at Penn State. It happened at about 10 pm yesterday. News reports say he was notified of his dismissal by phone. The situation evokes grief over all that has been lost, astonishment over the absurd disproportionality of it all, and of course outrage over crimes reportedly committed …

November 10, 2011 – 1:02 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (10)

“Private Beliefs”—It’s All In How You Pose the Question

SteveK tipped us to an article that includes: Improbably, gay marriage and religion loom as issues in the Nov. 8 race for a part-time, $12,000-a-year clerk’s job in this town of gently sloping hills on Cayuga Lake. Voters are posed with the question: Where is the line between an elected official’s public duty and private …

November 2, 2011 – 2:49 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (17)

Harold Camping: A Failure of Accountability

Harold Camping was wrong with his prediction that the world would end on May 21, he is still wrong about May 21, and now he is also wrong about October 21. The world didn’t end last May, so he revised his calendar and says the end will come this Friday instead. He is so obviously …

October 17, 2011 – 10:08 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (5)