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Godly Love Means Hatred of Evil–Including No Justice (Social Justice)
By
Jack Kerwick
There is hardly a week that passes when Christian pastors and ministers from across denominations don’t use their time at the pulpit to admonish their flocks to love as Christ loved. As the Christian world prepares itself for the Passion and Resurrection of its Savior during this Holy Week, such calls to love intensify. To…
Richard Dawkins and the Amateur Philosopher Syndrome (APS)
By
Jack Kerwick
Richard Dawkins is a scientist who is apparently either extraordinarily bored with his discipline, or hopelessly oblivious to its limits. From his tireless defenses of atheism to his recent tweet on abortion, Dawkins, you see, spends very little time, it seems, sticking to what he knows. Instead, he is busy away treating his background in…
You Might Be A Neocon If…
By
Jack Kerwick
The bulk of what passes for “the right” these days consists of, not conservatives, and certainly not libertarians, but neoconservatives. In varying degrees, virtually every mainstream politician, journalist, and commentator deemed to be on the right is a neoconservative. In fact, the same can be said for many Republican voters. So, how do you know…
Amateur Philosopher Syndrome (APS): A Look at Richard Dawkins’ Tweet on Abortion
By
Jack Kerwick
Over the weekend, biologist Richard Dawkins made news when he tweeted that “any fetus is less human than an adult pig.” Dawkins’ latest remark on the abortion issue nicely illustrates what I will call the Amateur Philosopher Syndrome (APS). Though anyone can suffer from APS, scientists are especially vulnerable to it, for they think that…
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