A Concise Statement of a Familiar Point

Cornelius Hunter at Darwin's God presents a new twist on an old objection to Darwinist views of origins.  Hunter's point is that there is an a priori assumption inherent to the mindset of most Darwinists that can logically prevent them from seeking truth.  Key paragraph is near the top.

Though evolutionists think of themselves as realists—ruthlessly objective investigators interested only in truth—their naturalistic constraint ultimately leaves them with only anti realism. This is because any a priori restriction of the answer might exclude the true answer.

The last line is worth repeating.  ANY a priori restriction of the answer logically may exclude the true answer.   (Read More)

Conservatism - The Care of the Widow

Amid all the political propaganda coming from the left, including the Christian left, there are countless portrayals of conservatives as somehow "against" the poor and "for" the rich.  Jim Wallis recently wrote that caring for the poor is one of the Biblical roles of government.  Not sure anyone would argue with the quote from Psalm 72 regarding the ruler:  "May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor."

But is it really right to leap from defending the poor to what Ron Sider in the article calls " both procedural and distributive" justice? How does one get from defending the cause of the poor to "distributive" justice?  What exactly does "distributive" justice mean?  (More)

The State of Political Discourse

Civility.

I keep hearing that word uttered by those who decry the sorry state of negative politics these days.  "Why can't there be more civility?" 

One cannot understand politics today without understanding a little bit about one Saul David Alinsky.  And in particular, his rule number five:

"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage."

Now I know that political satire and name calling and dirty tricks are nothing new.  They've been with us from the beginning.  But what has changed is the way Alinsky weaponized amoral tactics. (Read More)