So I took the GRE (Graduate Record Exam) a couple of weeks ago. It’s like the ACT or SAT for people going into grad school. Got my scores back yesterday. *glee* Verbal (the English stuff): 670 (94-percentile) Quantitative (the math stuff): 610 (45-percentile) Analytical Writing (the uh, writing stuff): 5.5 (85-percentile) I’m quite happy! The [...]
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CNN.com – Bush: U.S. will succeed in Iraq or troops will leave – Mar 21, 2006
CNN.com – Bush: U.S. will succeed in Iraq or troops will leave – Mar 21, 2006 “We are doing the right thing. A democracy in Iraq is going to affect the neighborhood. A democracy in Iraq is going to (inspire) reformers in a part of the world that is desperate for reformation.” In all the [...]
READ MORE »Why Do We Need a Messiah?
Following a link that’s supposed to go to “The God Squad’s” argument that atheism = immorality, I found this article instead: TMS Features: WHY DO WE NEED A MESSIAH? In case that link stops working, here is the article reprinted without permission (at least I give full credit where it’s due!) Scroll on down for [...]
READ MORE »Absolutely Relative (the theme continues)
Conservative Christians are all the time trying to argue against relativism and naturalism. Take for example Newsojourn: Learning to think and Newsojourn: Revenge of the sith and the article http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=14793. Their favorite argument is that by saying “there are no absolutes” you are stating an absolute and contradicting yourself. Oh I’ve debating this before: More [...]
READ MORE »Christianity is Absolutely Relative
Some recent blog discussions, found here: Newsojourn: Attack of Clones and Newsojourn: ESCR is Not a Complex Issue, and here Newsojourn: Revenge of the Sith which contains a link to an article here: http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=14793, involve discussions on absolutism versus relativism. Naturally the point of view of the evangelical, conservative Christian right is that there is [...]
READ MORE »CNN.com – New animal resembles furry lobster – Mar 8, 2006
CNN.com – New animal resembles furry lobster – Mar 8, 2006 No telling how many new and unusual discoveries are to be had in the depths of the ocean. It’s a pretty weird, alien world down there.
READ MORE »Teaching the Controversy pt. 2
Hilarious! washingtonpost.com (Click the image or link above for the full comic.) A wonderful illustrated satire on “teaching the controversy.” Check my previous post: “Should We Teach the Controversy?”
READ MORE »Should We “Teach the Controversyâ€?
An excellent article: Should We “Teach the Controversyâ€? Beautifully describing why Intelligent Design (as yet) has no place in schools and no credibility in science, and there’s no controversy in the scientific community regarding it. Found it on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_the_Controversy
READ MORE »CNN.com – New Florida town would restrict abortion – Mar 2, 2006
CNN.com – New Florida town would restrict abortion – Mar 2, 2006 Basically, this guy is wanting to create a town that follows a religious doctrine. This may surprise anyone who knows me and my anti-religious stance, but I say go for it. If it’s a new town, created by people of a similar philosophy, [...]
READ MORE »CNN.com – Feingold on Patriot Act: ‘The die has now been cast’ – Mar 1, 2006
CNN.com – Feingold on Patriot Act: ‘The die has now been cast’ – Mar 1, 2006 This is the part that literally disgusts me and fills me with rage: The war on terror can’t wait for more debate, Republicans said. “Civil liberties do not mean much when you are dead,” Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, told [...]
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